Austin FC close the season at home against Portland

LA Galaxy 4–1 Austin FC, and Lozano came back to score

Your team's season is one game from done and it ended badly in LA. LA Galaxy 4–1 Austin FC on Saturday, with Hirving Lozano scoring on his return after two months out (2). Sergi Roberto got his first MLS goal, set up by Marco Reus (1).

That is four losses in your last five. The one win was 2–1 away at Sporting Kansas City on Oct 25.

Fourteen of fifteen, and Portland next

Austin FC sit 14th of 15 in the Western Conference on 34 points from 33 games, with a goal difference of -21. Sunday, Nov 8 is the last one: Portland Timbers at home, 01:00 CET.

Elsewhere in the league

Cincinnati have qualified for the MLS playoffs. Columbus kept their revival going and Charlotte thrashed Orlando City on the same matchday (2).

Fan reactions

With the season already gone, Austin fans have moved on to watching their own. One thread flags a chance to see CJ Fodrey get minutes for the opposition in a game against Celtic, and the mood is short on anger and long on keeping track of the academy kids. Read the whole thing here.

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