Toronto, Seattle look to add to their respective success stories in MLS Cup
TORONTO — One more chance. Or one more championship.
For Toronto FC, Saturday’s MLS Cup final is an opportunity for redemption and to punctuate a record-breaking season with an unprecedented treble, adding the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy to the Supporters’ Shield symbolic of the best regular-season record — in this case the league’s best regular season ever — and the Voyageurs Cup as Canadian champion.
It’s also a chance to erase the sour memory of last year’s penalty shootout loss to Seattle in a scoreless BMO Field final that saw Toronto one kick from hoisting the trophy.
For the Sounders, it’s a chance to build their own dynasty. Only three MLS teams have ever repeated as champions (D.C. United in 1996-97, Houston Dynamo in 2006-07, and the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011-12).