The Blake School girls soccer team felt it was robbed during Friday’s 1-0 loss to Mahtomedi in the Class 2A title game at U.S. Bank Stadium. Zephyrs coach Dave Wald didn’t offer much disagreement.

“I feel like we stole one, in a way,” said the Zephyrs’ 20th-year bench boss after his claimed its second consecutive state crown. “But we get better and better and play harder and harder. The pride I feel in these guys is amazing.”

Crucial to the larceny was Mahtomedi goalkeeper Harlow Berger, who made a dozen saves, several of them spectacular. Blake held a 19-6 shot advantage and took 10 of the contest’s 12 corner kicks but couldn’t solve No. 43 in the yellow jersey.

Blake’s Livi Abboud-Young entered with 34 goals scored, the last being Wednesday’s winner during a semifinal victory over Hol

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