Up until the moment Roman Torres curled his penalty into the back of the net to win the MLS Cup for the Seattle Sounders, Toronto FC held out hope. Why wouldn’t they? After all they had overcome to get to this point, recovering after falling behind twice in the Conference Finals, Toronto FC seemed like a team whose time had finally come.
That is what a tifo unveiled over the south end of BMO Field before the match suggested, and Toronto FC’s players seemed to get the message. Throughout the match they dominated, besting the Sounders in almost every statistical category.