The Union realized how difficult it is to flip the switch. They ended the Major League Soccer regular season on a serious slide and couldn't reverse matters in their brief postseason stay.
The 2016 season officially ended with Wednesday's 3-1 loss at Toronto in an opening knockout round playoff game.
Counting that game, the Union ended the season 0-6-2 and lost their last four games. During the final eight games they were outscored, 17-6.
To the Union's credit, they got down 2-0 on Jonathan Osorio's goal in the 48th minute and kept fighting back, getting to within 2-1 on Alejandro's goal in the 73rd minute in a scramble up front.