A resodded field improved the soccer conditions, from bad to decent.

The opponent?

A large step up.

San Diego FC ran into an attuned Vancouver Whitecaps club on Saturday night that booted the home team around its Mission Valley stadium soon after kickoff and dealt the first-year club a sour end to a sweet season that began in February.

Goal. Goal. Goal.

That’s how things went in the first half.

Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, thank goodness, kept things from being a total bummer for first-seeded San Diego FC and a full-house crowd of 32,500.

The left wing scored a gorgeous goal in the 60th minute.

“Choo-ky Lo-zaaano” fans chanted.

The fans never faltered, nor did SDFC’s up-tempo efforts to score twice more.

The lopsided first half was just too much to surmount. The Major League Soccer W

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