The pain on Luis Binks face said it all.
It had been a herculean effort by the Montreal eleven and those who entered the game later. They even threatened up until the midpoint of a gripping second-half, to turn the game on its head. But a withering Revolution responded strongly in the closing stages.
The Impact, defending ever more deeply as the final whistle approached, thought their patched up team had done enough to extend its season at least by another thirty minutes.
After all the circumstance surrounding this game, and their weary season, no-one would have denied them any stroke of luck that was heading their way.