Yes, Toronto FC had a little bit of luck; they were always going to need it in this game. Yes, the Reds spent periods of the match bunkering defensively and repelling Seattle Sounders pressure.
But there was really no other way for Greg Vanney to approach this match and realistically expect to get a result. In a way, though it’s hard to argue that leaving a player like Sebastian Giovinco at home is ever helpful, Seattle may have preferred to face a Toronto team that came at full strength and attempted to play on its own terms rather than the reactive one with a packed midfield that was actually put in front of them.