Bitter taste for Vancouver Whitecaps after playoff loss [Video]

A bitter taste lingers for the Vancouver Whitecaps as another Major League Soccer season comes to an end.

The ‘Caps were ousted from the playoffs Friday by Los Angeles FC when Vancouver dropped the decisive game of the best-of-three first-round playoff series 1-0 in California.

It was the second year in a row Los Angeles eliminated Vancouver in the first round.

“Definitely a bit of frustration,” striker Brian White said of the season’s end. “You think back on opportunities missed, think about what could have been if you had done better this game, that game.

“It’s always going to be that way if you don’t win the ultimate prize of the trophy.”

The campaign was full of highs and lows for the Whitecaps.

The club started the 5-2-3 in MLS play and worked its way to a third straight Canadian Championship title at the end of September. But a compacted …