Another wild Concacaf Champions League evening left MLS with some familiar heartache, but also its best chance to win an elusive continental title for the first time in 17 years—and with it a prized spot in the FIFA Club World Cup.
Any lingering debate about whether Toronto FC is the best MLS team ever is 180 minutes from being dead and buried. On the heels of their CCL quarterfinal upset of Mexican champ Tigres UANL, the Reds on Tuesday dispatched Club América—Concacaf’s most decorated club—in the semis thanks to a well-earned 1-1 draw at the Estadio Azteca. Combined with last week’s 3-1 triumph in Toronto, Tuesday’s result was more than enough to see the Reds through to this month’s finals.