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The Whitecaps face the San Jose Earthquakes at Avaya Stadium today (2 p.m., TSN2, TSN 1040), but with both teams eliminated from the playoffs, the post-mortem is well underway.

We polled Province readers about what went wrong, and why, and where to next. Almost 1,000 of you responded as of Saturday. Thank you!

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Whitecaps beat reporter Marc Weber breaks down some of the reaction.

Management, ownership taking more heat than Robbo

More than one-third of readers pointed to the players at the biggest reason why the Caps missed the playoffs this season. Not surprising.

The Caps finished second in the west last season and the core returned. Expectations were high, and that core underperformed. Captain Pedro Morales garnered 73 per cent of the vote as most disappointing.

But what is surprising is that another one-third of voters felt the front office was most to blame for the poor season. Not the players. Not the coach (Carl Robinson). But Bobby Lenarduzzi and Co. at Water Street.