Dawson McCartney and Michael Pellegrino were born three years apart but they’ve crossed paths quite a bit in their soccer journey from South Jersey Elite Barons to the Philadelphia Union Academy and beyond.
Now as Notre Dame teammates the South Jersey natives find themselves one win away from playing for a national championship.
The Irish take on Clemson in a battle of ACC teams in the first game of the College Cup tonight at 6 p.m. in Cary, N.C. Georgetown takes on Washington in the second game at 8:30 p.m.
McCartney, from Voorhees, N.