MILWAUKEE – The Green Bay Preble boys soccer team has earned a trip to the WIAA Division 1 state title game three times since 2013.
It just must figure out how to finally win once it gets there.
Preble lost to Middleton 2-0 in the championship match Saturday at Uihlein Soccer Park, one day after it pulled off a magical upset against No. 1 seed Milwaukee Marquette.
Middleton has won back-to-back D1 state championships.
The Hornets were the underdog when they arrived here, the unranked team in a field loaded with what were considered the three best teams in the state in Middleton, Marquette and Brookfield East.
But they showed they belonged despite coming up short. They believed when perhaps nobody else did.
“I mean, there is nothing to really be sad about,” standout senior midfielder Yosef Navarro said. “But at the same time, it’s obviously not what we wanted.
“We worked our ass off. We shocked the world (Friday), beating Marquette 2-1 in double overtime. It’s sad, but we worked, man. We made it happen. We were the underdogs going into this. We couldn’t fully execute the plan, but we worked our ass off.”