WATCH: Freehold Township Boys Soccer Team Makes ESPN SportsCenter Top 10

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Every athlete dreams of being a game-winning hero and having their 15 minutes of fame.

For Freehold Township's Jon Finocchiaro, scoring a winning goal turned into 10 seconds of fame (maybe 15) on one of the most coveted stages of them all: ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays of the Day.

On Saturday night, Finocchiaro, a junior, drove home the winning goal in the Patriots' 2-1 victory over Point Pleasant Boro in the opening round of the Shore Conference Tournament in dramatic fashion: a bicycle kick inside the penalty area.

His dramatic finish then made the Top 10 plays on SportsCenter on a night with some of the biggest sports news in weeks: the Chicago Cubs clinching their first trip to the World Series in 108 years, and Penn State's football team upsetting No. 2-ranked Ohio State.

With the Patriots tied with Point Boro 1-1 in the secoind half, the junior was in the right place at the right time. A free kick by Sean O’Donnell sailed deep into the penalty area and the Patriots' Adrian Barajas headed the ball toward Finocchiaro, who buried it, according to a report by the Shore Sports Network. It was just his second goal of the season, according to the report.

Freehold Township's high school sports Twitter account, @Townshipscores, tweeted video of the play with the SportsCenter Top 10 plays hashtag #SC10, and sure enough, it got picked up.

Here's the original tweet of the goal:

Photo: Screen grab from ESPN SportsCenter, via YouTube