# @clubeleven on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIB2zwYRqbw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28940038-clubeleven-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c43dd697dc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-04-04T15:04:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CLUBELEVEN (@clubeleven) — https://gondola.cc/clubeleven

## Caption

The Way Life Should Be. That’s the first thing you read on the road sign welcoming you to Maine. Fittingly, it’s also the first thing that pops into your head when you’re at a hearts_sc game. The crisp smell of wood fire perfumes the air, neighbors huddle close for a bit of warmth, and thousands of footy romantics let their minds wander for 90 minutes. This time it was 120+ minutes. No matter how long it took, though, all of us knew that the night would end with a victory—someway, somehow. We’d sensed that magic just a couple of weeks back in the first round of the Open Cup. That rare, indescribable buzz that happens when all things are going right with a club. It was the same on Wednesday. We got a 116th minute equalizer, a penalty shootout for the ages, and swiftly sent a USL Championship club packing. As the final whistle blew, kids from the Rosati Leadership Academy (a local after-school program that uses soccer to teach leadership and social-emotional skills to youth in the community) rushed the field to celebrate with the players. The roar of the crowd was deafening. Tears were surely shed. And standing in midfield amidst the celebrations, you couldn’t help but think… this is “The Way Soccer Should Be.” Bring on Rhode Island. 

📸: lukestergiouphoto

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