After a quick photo together and a clasp of hands, two coaches with a history sent their boys soccer teams out on the Darcy Field turf Wednesday in the bright late-afternoon sunshine.

Their history was sunny, too. Floral Park coach Ahkeel Rodney played for South Side coach Pat Corvetti at Elmont, then became an assistant under him at Elmont, SUNY Old Westbury and Sewanhaka before moving on to run his own successful program.

Corvetti and Rodney’s teams have met a few times since, including for the championship of the South Shore Summer League a couple of weeks ago. South Side won that on penalty kicks.

And Corvetti’s Class AA Cyclones opened their season on this day in Rockville Centre against Rodney’s defending state Class A champ Knights with another victory, a 1-0 decision built on a

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