That’s it, fam. Though Orlando City still has a game left this weekend, the season is over. This was my first as a season ticket holder who didn’t miss a match, my first as a Mane Land staff writer, and my first getting attached to the idea that this team could make the playoffs. As the season dies I present to you, the seven stages of grief:
1. Shock
It set in every time Orlando lost or drew one of those “must win games” toward the end of this season. Each time the percentage of opportunity shrank and we watched the playoff line get further and further away.