45+2', Archie slides late and gets a yellow. LV storms in and bumps him hard post-whistle, but nothing given for retaliation.

Half. 2-3. Work to do for the boys in red. Plenty left in it, but we need to capitalize on every chance and mark free men in our 18. #whynotus

46', 2nd half underway. We kickoff, moving right to left on your dial.

46', a giveaway in the back lets their 9 have a free shot. Noah sets, and 9 pushes it wide to Noah's right on the turf.

48', LV hooks us on the left and whips one low across our 6. Players stumble and the ball ends across line for a goal kick

49', a through ball into our 18 forces Noah to leave the line and slide in hands first. 2-3, but the field feels tilted against us.

56', LV shown yellow for coming through Sean J's back.

66', 2-4, a through call finds its way into the 18 for a 1v1.

68', Dillon renters the game for Will.

74', Xander smashes one into the right upper 90! 3-4

79', we've put a couple dangerous ones across, but collected by LV GK. Track meet opening up.

80', 3-5, a corner headed in over Noah's back as the backpedaled to it.

84', LV stall tactics begin. Hopefully referee saving a few mins for the end.

87' subs for LV. Lots of long balls each direction now.

89', Everyone getting forward on everything now. Noah traveling to midfield.

90', 2 mins stoppage indicated.

Final, 3-5. Congrats to a fine group of young men that battled their hearts out. Couldn't be prouder of how they've represented the badge and their families.

The last huddle- what a ride. What careers. Thanks for tuning in all year, Thanks to Eric for manning the Tweets as I took the pics- with Justin

A few more posts before we close it up...wanna know the secret sauce for this team? They all had a choice on where to spend this evening.

Final stat line across all competitions for this year's U19 ECNL squad: 16 Wins, 7 Losses, 6 Draws. 49 goals for, 38 goals against.