After the hangover that was the last-second loss to Toronto FC in Wednesday's ACC final, the Vancouver Whitecaps returned to MLS action with a, to put it mildly, reasonable-yet-unfulfilling 2-0 loss away to the LA Galaxy.
CascadianLion summed up well last Thursday the heartbreak of the cup final loss, with the first three quotes included in his article, so there was certainly going to be concern as to where the Whitecaps' collective head would be in returning to the slog of the MLS regular season.
Would there be newly ignited maelstrom of redemption?