Despite having the majority of the chances the San Francisco Deltas found themselves on the losing end at Kezar Stadium against FC Edmonton 2-1. Here are three things we learned from the game:

1) The law of averages struck the SF Deltas

Sure San Francisco came into the match against FC Edmonton undefeated, but they won all three of the games 1-0. They all could’ve easily gone the other way. On Saturday night the Deltas played perhaps their best game against the Eddies, dominating the possession and shots, but they were unable to score with a plethora of opportunities.

FC Edmonton really had only two decent chances all game and they scored on both of them.

Even when the Eddies had defender Karsten Smith sent off for two yellows and San Francisco had a man advantage, the referee awarded a red card to the Kyle Bekker to even the sides back up a few minutes later.

“To come out of here with a loss is very, very disappointing. We did everything in the game to try to win the game. We created a lot of chances, balls hitting the post, balls going over, Farago getting some saves on the goal line,” said SF Deltas Head Coach Marc Dos Santos. “We have to be better and more clinical in the final third and unfortunately we weren’t today.”

2) It was not Tommy Heinemann’s Day

The SF Deltas strongest offensive threat all season has been Tommy Heinemann. FC Edmonton appeared to focus on taking Heinemann out of the game and it seemed like their physical play worked. Twice in the first ten minutes, two Eddies defenders jumped over and made contact with the Deltas forward sending him to the ground. The second challenge required the trainer to come out on the field to make sure he was OK.

Afterwards, Heinemann just seemed to be slightly off.

At the start of the second half started Heinemann received a cross from Pablo Dyego. He blasted it over the cross bar. In the 54th minute, Dyego once again found Heinemann who was wide open in front of goal but Heinemann’s shot struck the far post and bounced off.

Only one of Heinemann’s six shots was on target. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t his, and the San Francisco Deltas, night.

3) One point out of six possible points at home is not good enough

San Francisco came into a two game homestand at Kezar Stadium in a strong position in the standings and their stated goal to make the postseason. However, the Deltas gave up their lead on NCFC and settled for a tie last week. Losing to the Eddies, who are the last place in the combined standings, also didn’t help their cause.

True, the Deltas still hold onto second place but they don’t have an easy schedule ahead.

6 of their final 11 games are on the road. Four of them are against other teams battling for a playoff spot. Two are away at Miami, one in New York, and one against North Carolina FC. San Francisco also still has a home game against Miami FC as well.

The results are making the Deltas margin for error razor thin. San Francisco is currently only two points above the third-place Cosmos, three above Jacksonville, and four above North Carolina FC.

San Francisco’s playoff hopes could well come down to the final game of the season, a home match against the Jacksonville Armada on October 28th.