When the Union were in need of goals, Cory Burke stepped up. When David Accam was struggling, Fafa Picault came through on the wing. And when left back looked like a position of concern, Ray Gaddis filled in without missing a beat. But the team's MVP was Borek Dockal. Not simply for what he did in 2018 as the league leader in assists, but for how he filled the club's greatest on-field need from a year earlier, helping to elevate them to the playoffs and a US Open Cup final.
Dockal was recruited to be a volume player: He needed to look for the final pass and, when it didn't come off, continue looking for it.