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Crossfire 1 : CASL 0 (OT)
The scoreless match was decided on a strike eight minutes into overtime on a strike from Maggie Graham took a loose ball 20 yards out from goal and smashed it on a half volley into the upper left corner, avenging their 2-1 loss in the opening game of group play on Friday.
"We had a rough start and the first game against CASL was a wake up call. It was the first ever SYL loss and it was a bit of a shock to the system. From there on though, it was a great team effort," said coach Peter Hattrup, who has come full circle in the USL family having won championship with the Seattle Sounders in the USL First Division.
"It’s great, but I didn’t win this. The girls won this championship. I told the girls the other day though that I had a lot of big moments of my career here in Tampa and it would be great if I could get it back to a high note," said Hattrup, referring to his collegiate Division II championship with Seattle Pacific over the University of Tampa in 1983 and the career-ending knee injury he suffered playing for the defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny in Major League Soccer’s debut season in 1996.
"This was a great experience," added Hattrup. "This level of competition did not exist when I was a youth player."
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