Hirving “Chucky” Lozano was on the Snapdragon Stadium field on Sunday night, hugging minority owner Manny Machado before San Diego FC’s inaugural playoff game against the Portland Timbers.

But that was the extent of his involvement. The Mexican star and avowed face of the franchise was not among the 11 starters or the nine players suited up on the bench, a further indication that the rift with coach Mikey Varas has not been fully mended.

Lozano did not make the trip to Portland for the club’s regular-season finale last weekend after what Varas called “a situation in Houston.” Lozano was subbed out at halftime of the Oct. 4 game at the Houston Dynamo, the height of indignity for a player of his stature, and threw a locker room tantrum, according to multiple sources not authorized to spea

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