Dario Vidosic thanked Albion’s fans for their support at Wembley – and said he would have loved to have given them more to cheer.
The Seagulls went down to a harsh 4-0 defeat to WSL super powers Manchester City in the Adobe WFA Cup final.
They had the better of the first half-hour but saw moments of promise pass them by.
The game changed when they conceded a soft opener to the prolific Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw on 38 minutes and a killer second to Alex Greenwood right on half-time.
City then illustrated the gulf in resources as they added goals from Aoba Fujino and Vivianne Miedema from their lavish array of substitutes.
Albion had fabulous backing from behind one goal in the crowd of 44,000 and they applauded their side long and loud after the game.
The hope will be that, despite the scoreline, the experience and elements of the performance will help grow the support ahead of the anticipated move to a 10,000-capacity stadium in or before 2030.
Head coach Vidosic said of the support: “I wasn't surprised. I think it has just been growing and I want to say a massive thank you to the fans.
“They were terrific today and also throughout the season.
“We're sorry that we couldn't have gave them something more to celebrate, but that wasn't from a lack of trying.
“The girls gave absolutely everything. They tried. It just wasn't our day today, getting the ball into the back of the net.
“But we are very thankful to our fans and hopefully we will just keep growing that and we can have even bigger numbers supporting us next season.”
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Vidosic was pleased with his side’s bright start to the game.
He added: “To show that bravery, to play the way we did, to pin them back and it looked like we were causing them a lot of issues.
“We created some okay chances as well and some last-ditch defending or the last ball just let us down.
“And then conceding two soft or softer goals made it very, very difficult.”
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