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NCFC wins USL League 1 titles on penalty kicks
It looked like NCFC was going to come up short, but an own-goal and penalty kicks helped NCFC secure it's first USL League One title Sunday night.
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It looked like NCFC was going to come up short, but an own-goal and penalty kicks helped NCFC secure it's first USL League One title Sunday night.
THE TITLE GAME. >> WELL, IT'S INCREDIBLE. HOW FAR IN CFC HAS COME. THEY WERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STANDINGS. JUST A COUPLE SEASONS AGO. >> NOW THEY WERE HERE TONIGHT, A BIG MATCH TAKING ON CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE FOR THE USL LEAGUE. ONE TITLE PAT WELTER WAS THERE TO BRING US ALL THE ACTION FROM WAKE MED SOCCER PARK. >> FOR A TEAM ON THEIR WAY TO THE USL CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE NCFC MADE SURE THEY GOT EVERY LAST MINUTE AT A ONE. 90 MINUTES WASN'T ENOUGH. CHARLOTTE FINALLY COMES THROUGH IN THE EXTRA PERIOD. HECTOR ACOSTA WITH THE HEADER. IT'S ONE NIL. HEAD COACH JOHN BRADFORD'S AND THE PLAYERS MESSAGE WAS BELIEVE IN. HOW'S THIS FOR A LITTLE FAITH WHERE SOMERSAULT ON THE 100 11TH MINUTE. CAME THROUGH THE TEAM'S YOUTH ACADEMY AND NOW HAS A CHAMPIONSHIP HERO. IT'S A PENALTY, KICKS TO DECIDE. LOUIS, SORRY, I GO FOR THE WIN. NCFC WINS THE ONE TITLE ON PENALTIES. 5, 4, AFTER 1, 1, DROPPED SUMMER SAW THE TOURNAMENT MVP IS AMAZING FEAT WE WORK AT AND I THOUGHT WE DESERVED DIDN'T END SO. >> I CAN SAY IS I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT THE GUYS DIDN'T GIVE UP. I'VE BEEN ASKED A LOT ABOUT THIS TEAM THIS WEEK AND I KEEP SAYING THE WORD TOGETHERNESS. I KEEP SAYING THE LEAST, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AFTER THEY SCORED, OBVIOUSLY, IT HURTS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE GUYS CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIGHT BACK IN GOAL, GET OURSELVES THE PENALTIES. BROOKS COMES UP WITH AN AMAZING SAVE. >> AND ALL 5 GUYS STEP UP AND GET THE JOB THAT. >> AFTER FINISHING LAST MOVIE, THE LAST 2 LAX ANDERSON SAID HE AND OTHER PLAYERS GOT ON THE PHONE AND STARTED SELLING SEASON TICKETS BEFORE THIS YEAR. HE DIDN'T SELL A SINGLE WHAT IT DIDN'T TAKE OFFENSE BECAUSE HE KNEW THEY HAD TO EARN THEIR WAY TO GET FANS IN