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Photo courtesy of Tormenta FC We all knew the rules going in and I don't have a better way of ending a tied game, but losing in a penalty kick shootout just feels dumb. But no one asked me and so here we are at the end of the Tormenta season after they fell in penalties to Spokane Sunday night. It was a tight game with both teams having opportunities to score in regulation that weren't capitalized on. Both teams converted penalty kicks in Extra Time to send us to the shootout . It was an intense, exciting game. Now for a quick digression before we get back to Tormenta. I was reading Craig Calcaterra's excellent Cup of Coffee baseball newsletter Friday morning and he brought up something that I'd kind of known, but could never really could put it into words until he crystallized it for me.  There are no grand conclusions to be drawn from any one playoff game or postseason run. That's not to say they're not important. The games mean a lot to the fans, the players...