They’re very close now.
Toronto FC have one road game, one home game and then, all being well, another at BMO Field left between them and a first MLS Cup.
No player or staff member at the Kia Training Ground this week was going to look past Tuesday’s first leg of the Eastern Conference final against the Columbus Crew for even a fraction of a second, but I can.
And they’re really close.
In that sense it becomes tempting to look at the final road trip of the year, which may be the biggest hurdle they have left to overcome, in terms of survival: come back to Toronto relatively unscathed and the path to the Cup is clear.