An overtime, game winning goal at Red Bull Arena is the stuff dreams are made of for many young athletes in Hudson County. But Brandon Gjekaj and Martin Lipinkski, two seniors at Henry P. Becton Regional High School, it’s a bit more literal. The two rode home together after a training session on Sunday where Lipinkski admitted to his teammate that he’d dreamed the center-midfielder was going to score the game winner in their Monday night clash against Wood-Ridge High School in Harrison.
At the time, Gjekaj just brushed him off. But after his shot sailed into the net three minutes into the first half of extra time it was Lipinkski running up and screaming “I told you so”.