Union manager Jim Curtin.
For as well as the Union played in the five-game unbeaten streak that took them up to fourth place in the Eastern Conference, there was still a nagging sense that it could all fall apart at the end of the season.
Sunday brought another disastrous loss, this time a 3-1 defeat at New York City FC that sent the Union all the way down to sixth. Instead of getting a home playoff game for the first time in seven years, they're likely heading back to Yankee Stadium on Wednesday or Thursday as the No.