Pain teaches you joy

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports If you’re like me, you’ve had an extra pep in your step the last 48 or so hours. Everything is incredible. The Sounders trounced The Greatest Team In MLS History™ a few nights ago and then Toronto FC did the equally impossible by beating The Greatest Expansion Team In MLS History™ 24 hours later. We’re hosting an MLS Cup in just over a week. Has that sunk in for you yet? It’s the first thought I have every morning and the last thing that crosses my mind before I fall asleep every night. In this moment, everything is incredible.

Not to be a the one that opens old wounds or anything, but remember April 21? In that moment, everything was not incredible. Quite…