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Last Wednesday night, the decisive leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final between the Impact and Mexico’s Club America took the sellout crowd of 61,004 at Olympic Stadium through an emotional roller-coster ride.

It was a game for the ages — a great and unexpected ride — with countless moments to cherish for years to come. Enjoy it while it lasts seemed to be the basic message, for we cannot realistically envision a repeat of those historic and memorable events anytime soon. Or can we? Considering that the only certainty about sports is the uncertainty, maybe there is hope of seeing this all over again with the Impact after all. Fingers crossed.

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Here are my pros and cons from the big finale, which the Impact lost 4-2 to fall 5-3 on aggregate for the two-game final.

Pro: I want to take this opportunity to thank all 61,004 fans at the game for giving me goosebumps. What an ambience. Fact is, Impact fans deserve a tremendous amount of credit for showing up in such large numbers over the past several weeks at Olympic Stadium. A total of 132,783 supportive fans attended the three home legs of the knockout phase games, for an average of 44,261 per match. Impressive.