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Despite what seemed like disarray earlier this year that led to multiple in-season changes and a level of uncertainty going into the offseason, 最新杏吧原创 City SC goalkeeper and captain Roman Burki gave local soccer fans and City SC followers at large a reason for hope, perhaps even optimism.

Don鈥檛 confuse that with a guarantee of future success or a proclamation that City SC鈥檚 season-ending tie in a soggy, rain-drenched Energizer Park on Saturday night marks the start of an epic turnaround. No, not so fast. More needs to be done before anyone jumps to such lofty conclusions.

Brendan McSorley was on the roster for 最新杏吧原创 City SC on Saturday night and came off the bench in the second half in the 65th minute and had two shots, one on goal, and an expected goals total of .89, the second-highest total for the team in the game.

His biggest concern postgame, with a City2 playoff game less than 24 hours was whether he could get enough rest. The City SC game didn鈥檛 end until around 10 p.m. and he didn鈥檛 get to sleep till around 2 a.m.

For someone whose soccer career largely involves the use of his hands, 最新杏吧原创 City SC goalkeeper Roman Burki cast a definite vote with his feet on Saturday.

While a couple of defensive breakdowns by City SC had Burki, as he is wont to do, yelling angrily at his teammates in front of him, that displeasure was based in the present and not a future.

In 90 minutes of soccer on one rainy Saturday night, 最新杏吧原创 City SC did a fine job of summarizing a 34-game season that played out over almost eight months.

There was incredible enthusiasm at the start, quickly followed by defensive gaffes that put the team in a big hole. Then there was a spirited comeback that was exciting at times but came a little too late to produce a victory. The offense certainly produced plenty of chances (City SC鈥檚 expected goals total was 3.7, its highest total of the season for a game that didn鈥檛 have a red card). It just couldn鈥檛 finish them.

It鈥檚 been two years since Miguel Perez became one of the faces of 最新杏吧原创 City SC, a local kid playing on the town鈥檚 brand new Major League Soccer team. Perez was 17 years old when he debuted with the team in 2023, earning an unlikely spot on the roster, working his way into the lineup, appearing in 15 games and scoring a goal that first season.

And then he dropped largely out of sight.

The evening began with a roar when goalkeeper Roman Burki鈥檚 contract extension was announced and ended with more cheering, only wetter, as 最新杏吧原创 City SC closed out its season with a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake on a late goal by Klauss to reward those fans who stuck it out on a rain-soaked Saturday night at Energizer Park.

City SC fell behind by two goals in the first 32 minutes, got a goal back shortly before halftime and applied steady pressure and then tied the game in the 88th minute on a long throw in by Devin Padelford that was headed on by Fallou Fall and then headed in by Klauss, as Brendan McSorley made a lunge at the far post just in case.

A great deal of uncertainty hangs over 最新杏吧原创 City SC as it heads into an offseason that promises plenty of change, at all levels of the organization. But the team has taken care of one of the bigger ones among its players, signing goalkeeper and captain Roman Burki to a new two-year contract running through 2027, with a club option for 2028, which may well mean Burki finishes his illustrious career in 最新杏吧原创.

Burki鈥檚 initial three-year contract with the club runs out after this season, and he was one of the few players with the team not to have a club option in his contract. He would have been free after the season to sign with a club anywhere in the world 鈥� and with City SC getting no transfer fee. Instead, he has opted to stay in Major League Soccer and 最新杏吧原创, even in the wake of two unsuccessful seasons for the club.