Alexander: LAFC had a great regular season, but it’s not enough

LOS ANGELES — Strange things happen in the playoffs. LAFC was reminded of that again Tuesday night, in brutal fashion.
Brutal, as in the way Carlos Vela was banged, bounced, jolted and otherwise had his path impeded by the Seattle Sounders, who came in with a game plan to disrupt LAFC’s explosiveness and particularly its best player, and performed it brilliantly. Brutal, as in Latif Blessing being helped off the field twice late in the first half and eventually subbed out because of