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Somersall: The word family is more than a word
USL League 1 championship MVP Raheem Somersall talks to the media after winning the title.
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USL League 1 championship MVP Raheem Somersall talks to the media after winning the title.
It feels amazing. I'm lost for words honestly, but, you know, it's an amazing feeling. Um We work hard and I thought we deserved it in the end. So all I can say is I'm just grateful that the guys didn't give up, you know, in the hurdle. I told the guys just believe, you know, we need 5% extra and I took it upon myself, you know, the message was believe, and I just let the guys ride the wave and follow my footsteps. So revenge. That's it. For me, it's revenge. They beat us 51 last year, the last game of the season. And I took that personally and for me, I've been replaying that video. They posted a video on Instagram. I've been replaying that video for the last week and I said it's not gonna happen again. What does it mean to kind of turn worst to first, so to speak last year, you guys were in last and now obviously the champ, um it was a process, you know, um like you said, last year, we came last and the year before the team came last. But one of the things that we spoke about in the locker room this year was making sure we never ever, ever have that type of feeling again. So we, we put everything into perspective, the feeling from last year and we just said we'll turn it around and make sure we don't finish in the bottom half of the table this year. So, yeah, with the chance, talk about for this. Great. Um, you know, I would definitely say it starts with coach Mike mcginty. He every day instilled the the the word family and he basically told us like it's more than just a word. It's more than just friendship. It's more than just blood, it's more than just love, you know. So I would definitely say we build off of that, but the bond in the in the locker room is extremely special and because of that bond, we were able to accomplish great things this year. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good job.