TORONTO – Legacies are difficult to pin down in the immediate aftermath of a championship match, especially for the losing side.
The only certainty after the Sounders were thoroughly manhandled 2-0 by Toronto FC in the MLS Cup game here on Saturday is that nobody will be discussing Brian Schmetzer’s team as an all-time great. That had been a possibility up until the victorious “Reds’’ proved if any team deserved such consideration, it should be them after handily outplaying the Sounders in the title game a second straight year.
And just like last season – even though the Sounders pulled out an improbable 2016 championship on penalty kicks – the work starts now to close the gap with a Toronto side clearly superior.