'More star power': What Austin FC fans want after another MLS season without playoffs Austin American-Statesman. Austin FC finished out the MLS season with a 2-0 loss to the Portland Timbers as another season without a playoff appearance passes. The protests around an anti-ICE T-shirt show that politics can never be separated from sports, especially now On 26 September, Daniela Silva was expelled from Austin FC’s match with San Diego FC.