SEATTLE—Greg Vanney understands the demands of a Major League Soccer season.
The 45-year-old former defender spent 11 seasons in the league as a player, reaching three finals with the Los Angeles Galaxy. And he’s leading Toronto FC to its third MLS Cup final in four years as a head coach. So it was saying something when Vanney recently said 2019 felt like a “really long year.”
“Sometimes when I’ve sat back and thought about what transpired over the course of the pre-season, it doesn’t even seem like the same year,” Vanney said.
The TFC team that reported for training camp in mid-January is, in Vanney’s mind, a different iteration of the squad that will face the Seattle Sounders at CenturyLink Field on Sunday.