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So, what went wrong then this season for Toronto FC? Maybe a better question is what didn’t.

A nearly comical run of injuries combined with a massive amount of travel (including a few trips to Mexico) and a lack of mental sharpness all added up to the worst TFC campaign in years (and possibly the worst defensive one ever, depending on how the final three matches go) and will lead to an off-season filled with quite a bit of soul-searching.

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Toronto was officially eliminated from the playoff race on Saturday by Vancouver, but still has to travel to Washington and Montreal later this month.

After the game, head coach Greg Vanney said this had all been building for some time now.

“It’s not like it’s an overnight thing,” Vanney said, and he was right.

It was obvious back in April that something was up. The 2017 powerhouse that had run roughshod over the rest of the league was shutout in consecutive matches to start the campaign. Before long the Reds held a 2-6-1 record. The players, particularly some crucial, highly-paid ones, started going down like flies and the rest of the roster could not fill in adequately.