I felt I had a pretty good idea why Greg Vanney would be confident about Toronto FC’s chances in Saturday’s MLS Cup final.
I didn’t think he’d say it out loud.
“Obviously, Seattle is the class of the Western Conference,” Vanney told TSN at the weekend. “Honestly, I just felt like as I watched the Western Conference [playoff] games… I just think they weren’t nearly as intense or as high-speed or as hotly contested as the Eastern Conference [games].
“I think that’s how the whole season was, to be honest.