It’s the final, full-length Sunday night column of the year, which means this is a good time to go through every game one-by-one with an overview of what was at stake, what we saw, and what the implications are.

Is this my way of saying I’ve spilled so much digital ink on these teams that there’s basically nothing left to say? In part. You all know their shapes and strategic predispositions if you’ve been reading this column all year, and I don’t think another round of “ Cincy play a relatively unstructured 3-4-1-2” and “ San Diego ’s possession is actually what launches them into transition” will do much to move the needle.

So, overview it is! We’ll go in order of the Supporters’ Shield standings because the Union earned the right to lead this column two weeks in a row.

In we go:

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