So, the date is set: Toronto FC’s 2017 playoff campaign will begin on Monday night (October 30) at Red Bull Arena against the New York Red Bulls.
It’s the most favourable matchup that was available to Toronto. Greg Vanney will not tip his hand either way when it comes to preferred opponents but the Reds will be pleased not to have to return to Atlanta United this year and the club that beat them, the Columbus Crew, is the hottest in MLS right now.
The injury and goalkeeping problems that plagued the Chicago Fire in their 4-0 defeat to the Red Bulls probably made them the weakest of the contenders in the Eastern Conference, but they were never a possible TFC opponent in this round as the third seed.