Tuesday’s 2-1 overtime loss to Shawnee Mission Northwest delivered double sadness for the Free State High girls soccer team, which walked away disappointed by the outcome and teary-eyed over the special meaning behind the game.

Tuesday was a night for “Molly’s Movement” at FSHS, where both teams honored Baldwin High junior Molly Ogden, who suffered a stroke in late 2012 and is now in the process of trying to relearn tasks that many people take for granted.

The Firebirds, a few of whom played with Ogden on the club soccer circuit in the past, raised money for the family, wore purple T-shirts with the words “Molly’s Movement” and “She can do it” emblazoned on the front and welcomed Molly and her family to the game.

For a while, it looked as if the Firebirds would be able to dedicate a victory to the Ogden family as well. After a scoreless first 70 minutes and sensational goaltending from Free State’s Annie Hierl and SM Northwest’s Courtney Jones, Free State’s Maddie Dieker put the Firebirds (4-3) ahead with 5:42 left in the game. Dieker’s rocket of a shot from the left wing banged off the far post and into the back of the net after senior midfielder Anna Craig’s picture-perfect pass hit Dieker in stride.

“I just saw her making her run, which was a great run, and tried to get her the ball,” Craig said. “At that point, it felt like any goal could win the game.”

And it looked that way for the next couple of minutes as Hierl stood strong in net and the Firebirds continued to attack.

However, with 1:52 to play, Northwest’s Mikala Modiri lofted an in-between hop over Hierl’s head and into the net for the game-tying goal.

Thirty-eight seconds into overtime, Modiri struck again, right down the heart of the Free State defense, putting a sour ending on an otherwise special night.

“It definitely feels like we gave this one away,” Free State’s Hadyn Hutchison said. “And that sucks because we really wanted to win this one for Molly.”

FSHS coach Kelly Barah said the game-winner happened so quickly, he did not have time to digest what went wrong.

“It’s truly one of those where we’ll have to go watch tape to find out what happened,” Barah said. “We know we’re capable of so much better.”

Hutchison said she thought the quick counter-attack by the Cougars (3-3-1) came out of nowhere after a chance for Free State early in overtime.

“I just think we weren’t quite ready for that even though I know we should’ve been,” she said.

The Firebirds have just two days before they get back onto the field and Barah said he loved the timing of his team’s city showdown matchup with Lawrence High on Thursday.

“We want this bad taste in our mouths,” Barah said. “Especially going into a rivalry game.”