It was a freezing cold winter's night at Hawker, in a David v Goliath FFA Cup qualifying encounter, when Olaide Yinka-Kehinde had the small crowd mesmerised.
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The ANU striker unleashed his trademark blistering pace before slotting the ball into the net to give the Capital League side a surprise 1-0 lead against the best team in Canberra.
Belconnen United predictably went on to easily win the tie 5-1, but in that moment, Yinka-Kehinde put forward his resume for the ACT National Premier League.
"To score against last year's champions got rid of any doubt in my mind that I wasn't good enough to play at the top league," Yinka-Kehinde said.
"It confirmed that all my doubts were wrong, I am capable of playing at this level."
Several clubs made enquiries to gauge his interest, but the 20-year-old is putting loyalty first, eager to repay ANU with a Capital League title.
Yinka-Kehinde is doing his part. His nine goals for the season, including a double in last weekend's 4-3 win over White Eagles, puts him at the top of the goal-scoring charts.
Winning comes naturally. Whether it's in Australia, in the US where he spent three years in high school, or in England in the youth academies of Birmingham City and Brentford.
"If there is anything I've learnt, when you're playing football at that level, you can't commit halfway or three-fourths, you have to commit the whole thing," said Yinka-Kehinde, who was born in Nigeria. "Some of that has rubbed off on me.
"Before I played for Birmingham FC, I was a good player, but maybe not at the level for Birmingham FC, but after coming out of there, it changed dramatically the way I played my football, the aggressiveness I show, how I play.
"The number one factor would be the competition, it's just ridiculous there."
Yinka-Kehinde started in ANU's Capital League reserves team last year and wants to repay the faith shown in moving up this season.
"These guys are like family to me," he said. "Most of these guys are dropping me off at most of my games, to come to training so I have a lot of respect for them.
"They've been the ones helping me out and I feel like there's a bit of loyalty there. Winning the title this year would continue everything I've done in my life."
The Capital League has a bye this weekend.
SATURDAY: ACT National Premier League: Belconnen United v FFA Centre of Excellence at McKellar Park, 5.30pm.
SUNDAY: ACT National Premier League: Gungahlin United v Monaro Panthers at Gungahlin Enclosed, 3pm. Tuggeranong United v Canberra FC at Kambah 2-1, 3pm. Canberra Olympic v Woden Weston FC at O'Connor Enclosed, 3pm.
