TORONTO – The Seattle Sounders’ drive for an MLS Cup repeat came up just short, as Jozy Altidore scored the opener and Víctor Vázquez added the insurance at the death to lift Toronto FC to their first-ever championship at BMO Field on Saturday.
The defeat denied the Sounders their second-consecutive championship, a year after they bagged their first against the same TFC squad at BMO in 2016.
Seattle withstood a wave of pressure from TFC in the first half and managed to escape to the locker room with the score 0-0, thanks to some more standout goalkeeping from last year’s MLS Cup MVP Stefan Frei.