On a warm September evening in South Boston, Courtney and Stephen decided to join a coed soccer team without knowing anybody else. Stephen asked Courtney to kick a soccer ball around prior to their first game and they hit it off from the start. It took Stephen a few games to build up some courage to ask Courtney out, but eventually he did, and they never looked back.

On a vacation to Kennebunkport in Maine on Gooch's beach, with a beautiful summer sunset as the backdrop, Stephen asked Courtney to marry him. Although she actually never said yes, she was quick to try the ring on