over North Carolina, 3-2, in the final of the NCAA Women’s College Cup, giving the Bruins their second national championship.
They did it in the most dramatic way possible: In extra time on a rebound goal by Maricarmen Reyes, a Fountain Valley and San Ana product who plays for Mexico’s national team. After tying it with 16 seconds left in regulation on a header by Reilyn Turner from a corner kick by Ally Lemos . After beginning a comeback from 2-0 down on a goal by Lexi Wright with 10 minutes to go. With first-year coach Margueritte Aozasa defeating North Carolina’s 21-time championship coach Anson Dorrance.
Somehow, college soccer’s timing method, using a scoreboard clock that stops for injuries and other delays and counts down to :00 rather than up to 90 minutes, made it more dramatic than the more familiar professional system under which the stories would have vaguely said the tying goal cameIf the way the Bruins won was shocking, their championship itself is anything but. They had been the No. 1 team in the country since September, when they won back-to-back road games over then-No.
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