Alexander: Disappointing end but encouraging first year for LAFC

LOS ANGELES >> When you think about it, really, the Los Angeles Football Club probably shouldn’t have expected to get this far.
They were starting from scratch: New players; new coach; new stadium and practice facility and all the bugs that had to be worked out of all of the above. Even by Major League Soccer standards, and even with a coach in Bob Bradley who had previously won an MLS Cup with an expansion team, the odds were stiff.
But the disappointment was real when LAFC&rsq