With no seeding to play for, the Union avoided the obvious pitfalls in a 2-0 loss on Decision Day at Charlotte.

It didn’t stop them from conceding goals to Wilfried Zaha in the 24th minute and Kerwin Vargas in the 30th, giving a Charlotte team the fourth-place finish in the East it desired. The Union (20-8-6, 66 points) were locked into first place after clinching the Supporters’ Shield last week.

They managed to get out of Bank of America Stadium without any injuries or red cards, which is more than Zaha, sent off in the 90th minute, can say.

The Union now await the winner of eight-seed Chicago and No. 9 Orlando, who will play a one-game Wild Card Wednesday. The Union will begin a best-of-3 with the survivor of that sometime next week. Charlotte, which has home-field advantage in a bes

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