North Carolina FC's Nelson Flores Blanco reflects on his journey from the NCFC Youth Academy to having a chance to play for a USL League One title on November 5 in Cary.
We have here with us after a massive 31 semi final win heading to the championship on your home field, Nelson. You've been with this club for a long time. There have been some tough years. This has been a great year so far. And now the biggest moment in club history comes to fruition. What does this mean to you? It means everything to me. You know, the club that gave me the opportunity when I was 17 to 18 years old just to repay them and take them to a final with my team. It means everything for me and not only for me but for the fans that has been struggling with us for the last two years and also for the, they're amazing coaches and I know they deserve it as well. You can win in a number of different ways. This was a physical game tonight. What does that say about this team? You can go toe to toe with another really physical team and win a game like that. It just shows that we're all together. We've been saying this since the beginning of the season. We want to be a family. So if we're struggling, we're all struggling together, but we want to fight to the end. And that's, that's what we want for the whole club. Answer the question I have when you break your, it means everything. I mean, we all have families, you know, we all come from different parts and we all sacrificed for nine months. So, you know, we all try to get as long as possible in the locker room. So, you know, become closer on and off the field. So that's what we try to do since preseason championship game in. No, it couldn't work out even better. It's a rival game. So, you know, we're excited, you know, that's the game that we're hungry for, especially, you know, the whole boys all happy playing the final year at the stadium. So a dream come true, especially for me. I never thought if you would ask me at 17 years old, I was going to play a final at 24 years old. It's crazy. So.
