New England Revolution forward Adam Buksa (9) is embraced by midfielder Brandon Bye after the team's 3-2 loss to New York City FC in an MLS playoff soccer match Tuesday at Gillette Stadium. (AP photo)

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The season suddenly came to an abrupt end for the New England Revolution after Tuesday night’s penalty kicks loss in the MLS Eastern Conference semifinals to New York City FC, and now all the Revs can do is reflect on what went right after a record season — and what went wrong.

“It was good. We had a very good year, and you could argue that maybe we played a little bit in over our heads,” Revolution coach Bruce Arena said. “I think it was a good year. We don’t have the best roster in the league. It’s got to get a little bit better, for sure. But I think, if you look at the year on the whole, it was a really good year.

“Certainly, we would’ve liked to have won the MLS Cup, but you know, those things happen when you get into the postseason with single elimination. Then you go to penalties, and you position yourself for that, it’s a crapshoot. Anyone can win. And give New York City credit for winning the shootout.

“We fell behind a goal, obviously. We had to get a goal back, got it, and had a few chances at the end to win it in the second overtime. And then penalty kicks are penalty kicks. It can go either way, you know.”

Arena said he didn’t have many words for the Rev players, but will have those today.

“”I didn’t say much,” he said. “We’ll get together on Thursday to discuss the year and our plans for next year.”

Will those plans include his return?

“My future? I didn’t think about it after the game ended, to be honest with you, but we’ll see,” Arena said. “We’ll see what makes sense. Every day I coach is sort of a blessing.

“If it ends today, it ends today. It’s not the end of the world. I’m really comfortable with the number of years I’ve been able to coach, and we’ll see if it continues. We’ll see what makes sense. We’ll think about it a little bit, let the owners think about it a little bit, and then we all move forward.”

Arena maintained it was a successful season, despite the ending.

“I think any sensible, reasonable person would say that,” he said. “If you think otherwise, I think you need to have your head examined.

“Well, these things happen. One team walks off the field for tonight winning and one loses. You don’t feel good about it, but that’s the reality of the situation. I think our guys gave a great effort, as did our opponent. It was a very competitive game tonight and give New York City credit for winning it.”

Arena said afterward he wasn’t happy with the officiating.

“I think it was a difficult game,” he said. “I think the referee really struggled to take control of the game. There was a lot of fouling. I don’t even know how many actually, but they did a good job disrupting us most of the night with fouls, which the referee for some reason wasn’t real aware of the fact that Carles Gil got fouled probably 10 times in this game; and others, but that’s not an excuse.

“We didn’t play particularly well in the first half. Second half, I thought we played better. I think they obviously did an outstanding job. Matt [Revs goalie Turner] had a chance on probably two of those and fell short. Give them credit for the (penalty kick) save. [NYC keeper Sean] Johnson did a good job on [Adam] Buksa.”

All the Revs could do was tip their caps and reflect on what was, and could have been.

“I think you want to remember the good parts,” New England midfielder Matt Polster said. “I think right now, it’s tough to bring them up and think about them, but give it a couple of days.

“I think some of the boys will be happy with what they achieved and be able to carry that into next season and be even more hungry. I don’t know if we’ll beat the point record, but go for an MLS Cup, get into the playoffs and do something that we wanted to achieve this year, next year. I think we have that kind of team and that type of mentality. Just tonight (Tuesday) wasn’t our night.”