It started in the first weekend of June, a plan years in the making finally put on display in Foxborough, Mass., at Gillette Stadium.

Then unfamiliar teams filled with familiar faces stepped onto the field for the first time, launching the Premier Lacrosse League. Archers and Chrome kicked things off in dramatic fashion when Will Manny scored the game-winning tally in overtime in the league’s first-ever showcase.

How far ago does that feel?

Since, the PLL has played 10 regular seasons weekends, an all-star game and three postseason weekends. It’s traveled across the United States and into Canada. It’s helped lacrosse get on the biggest stage, network television, for the first time.

It’s reached thousands of people in the crowds, on TV and on social media. It’s been the platform for new superstars and fan favorites to emerge like Connor Farrell, Ryder Garnsey, Jules Heningburg, Jarrod Neumann and Tim Troutner and found its first folk hero, regular season and championship MVP Matt Rambo.

And if Paul Rabil and company have anything to say about it, this is just the beginning.

As the PLL puts a bow on its first season, it’s hard to say it was anything but a success. Sure, there were bumps in the road, but that was to be expected. Simply making it to the end of the year in one piece, something other startup sports leagues recently have failed to do, is an accomplishment.

For diehard pro lacrosse fans, the PLL offered broadcasts whose quality was unparalleled and showed off the on-field talent they’ve come to know. Newly implemented technology allowed Brendan Burke and Ryan Boyle to get up-to-the-second updates from players on the field and cameras in the huddle gave behind-the-scenes views of how plays and strategies are constructed.

For casuals, it made watching professional lacrosse more accessible than it ever has been and increased the opportunity to connect with players on a personal level. The social media and video product helped create new followers of the sport on Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Balanced roster construction bloomed into down-to-the-wire games and unpredictable outcomes. The playoff picture came down to the final weekend, with Redwoods, Archers and Atlas fighting for two remaining spots.

It was only fitting the championship would come down to overtime in the most thrilling game of the year, with Redwoods storming back from a 9-2 deficit in the third quarter to take the lead, only for Rambo to score the equalizer and a historic game-winner.

It’s mind-blowing to think that this league was announced just over one year ago.

“I’ve got to tell you, this beat our expectations,” Rabil said in a video he tweeted following the title bout. “Because of all of you guys supporting us at home, through devices like these and on TV — 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, you name it — the PLL is here to stay.”

As the PLL enters the offseason, it’s once again in uncharted waters. There’s no way to gauge what a PLL offseason should look like, and so far the league hasn’t revealed any plans to enlighten its fanbase.

Will there be free agency or another form of player movement? It seems fair to expect a league that has used “For the Players” as one of its main mottos to give power to its players when it comes to deciding the team they want to compete with.

Rabil has also discussed the possibility of expansion, a process he said has hastened due to the response to the league in its inaugural season. If more teams are coming, that leads to even more questions. Will there be a traditional expansion draft? Will the league remain single entity, or will potential investors look to add their own franchises?

“We’re going to consider it,” Rabil said of expansion on NBC following the championship game. “We’re talking about it over the next couple of weeks, and we’ll have a report out through the NBC wire as well as the PLL account.”

When it comes to television, Jon Miller, the president of programming for NBC Sports and NBCSN, said the broadcast company is working on making the TV presentation even bigger and better in 2020. NBC reportedly sold three times as many PLL passes as it expected it would in the first year.

Finally, there are a handful of big-name players the PLL will likely be highly interested in bringing into the fold, both current pros and incoming rookies. Can the league accumulate even more electrifying and marketable athletes?

We’ll have to wait and see what the PLL has up its sleeve next.