Less than a month after the Sounders dropped a 2-0 decision to Toronto FC in the MLS Cup final at BMO Field comes word that the rematch will take place at the same venue on May 9. The Major League Soccer schedule, announced Thursday, has the Sounders visiting Toronto exactly five months after their defeat in the championship match.
It had already been announced that the Sounders would open the season on March 4 at home against the new Los Angeles FC expansion squad. That match will be one of three played by the team in the opening month, in addition to the second leg of a CONCACAF Champions League series against Santa Tecla FC of El Salvador on March 1.