From goalkeeper Hugo Lloris’ perspective, the Los Angeles Football Club’s season-ending defeat last weekend in Vancouver was a reflection of the past nine months.

“Two faces,” Lloris expressed following LAFC’s penalty shootout playoff exit in the Western Conference semifinal.

A weak, passive start nowhere near the level of the moment led to a two-goal deficit at the break. A spirited, aggressive, proactive second half drew LAFC level. A dominant extra 30 minutes resulted in chance after chance to finish a game-winner that never came.

Dormant and down to active and fighting, the highs, lows and inconsistencies that defined LAFC’s 50 games from February to November seemed to emerge one by one in front of Lloris and the 54,000 fans watching inside BC Place.

The year provided plenty of exa

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