What do you even say about a season like this?
We had a few years to acclimate to a team that underperformed. We didn’t like it— especially not the old-timers who remember the glory days— but at some point you have to acknowledge reality.
The 2017 season gave us hope that maybe the glory days were back. That maybe we were reclaiming our rightful place among Major League Soccer’s elite. In retrospect, that was unspeakably cruel.
Failures in the transfer market. Poor results. Inadequate business growth. And a protracted conflict between the club’s most dedicated supporters and the Front Office, hitting its peak— or depth, if you prefer— when Sector Latino were issued a permanent stadium ban while Section 8 found themselves under increased scrutiny.