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As USL season approaches, T2 relies on youth to spark campaign

Late last September, the players and coaching staff of T2 made an end-of-season run of seven wins in their final 10 matches to threaten a spot in the playoffs, only to narrowly miss out due to goal differential in the USL Western Conference. That T2 was in the playoff hunt at all was a remarkable feat for a team that months earlier had sat near the bottom of the table.

Come this weekend, a new season dawns and head coach Andrew Gregor's side will look to build on that positive run of late-season form as it kicks off the 2017 USL regular season against Real Monarchs SLC this Saturday, March 25, at Providence Park (7:30 p.