Sachem East’s James Schneider slipped a brilliant pass into Ward Melville’s penalty area, finding Rodrigo Alvarez with less than a minute to go in a tied Suffolk League I boys soccer match.

Alvarez’s shot, however, rang off the inside of the far post. Shortly after, the whistle blew, indicating the end of the second half.

However, in varsity soccer, that doesn’t mean the end of the game.

“I felt so much frustration, because I didn’t know there would be an extra half,” Alvarez said.

Shortly into the first 10-minute overtime period, Jaxson Weber lofted a pass to Alvarez who suddenly had the ball at his feet again, almost exactly where he was at the end of regulation. Only this time, with two Ward Melville defenders on his back, Alvarez steadied himself and slipped the ball into the right

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