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Final Score: North Carolina 1-0 Charlotte ... Ben Speas scores the match-winner and Scott Goodwin earns the shutout ... Second National Championship for the Tar Heels and 2011 marked their fourth consecutive College Cup appearance ... 49ers reached the Finals for the first time and the College Cup for the second time (1996) ... Congratulations to UNC - the best team all year long in men's collegiate soccer!

PS - Congratulations to Rock Hill's Enzo Martinez who accomplished an incredible feat in soccer:

2011 NCAA Division 1 Champion - University of North Carolina
2009-10 NCAA Semifinals - University of North Carolina
2009 National Youth Champion - Discoveries Soccer Club
2009 National High School Champion - Northwestern HS
S.C. State Class 4A Champion - Northwestern HS (2006, 2008, 2009)

Note - Enzo could not attend a Palmetto State secondary school due to his birth place of Uruguay ... His brother, Alex, is a midfielder at High Point University (NC) ... Gamecock senior Vance Benson and Charleston redshirt freshman Robbie Benson have been "host brothers" to the Martinez Family since their arrival in Rock Hill, S.C. ... Great folks and I could not be more proud of Enzo!

Ditto! While watching the College Cup I could not help but wonder how many players have been Clash of the Carolinas participants.

Great weekend of Soccer. Watched semis from my warm couch on ESPN3. Same for the finals as I don't have ESPN U. ESPN had website issues that were cleared up after the match began. A shame they could not broadcast on ESPN or another major network. Also, checked the papers today, USA Today posted a one line score buried at the end of the sports section. The State did a little better, a one inch blurb on the bottom left of page two in the sports section. Come on guys. Give me a break.

The Charlotte Observer had the game as its headline on the front page and the front page of the sports section. Granted there were 2 NC teams in....but they did a great job. You would have thought it was basketball!!!!