Tom Krasovic: Bumpy pitch put SDFC at a homefield disadvantage. Here's hoping it doesn't last.

Homefield advantage can thrill even hardened athletes.

Don’t San Diego FC’s players know it.

Vocal support from a full house of 32,500 cheering and chanting fans in Mission Valley, the players said, spurred them in Monday night’s 1-0 playoff victory, while also impressing veterans of Major League Soccer and European leagues.

Alas, homefield disadvantage was a real thing, too.

While no one was to blame for it, I can’t recall any other San Diego sports team dealt a comparable homefield disadvantage in recent decades. At least, not within a major sports league’s postseason.

A pitch made very bumpy by San Diego State’s recent football game became a drag on go-go San Diego FC as it tried to book the Western Conference final that’ll come Saturday night – on a resodded field – in Mission V