Frei played the villain against his old team in Sounders’ MLS win last season
TORONTO — Stefan Frei began his Major League Soccer career for Toronto FC and played five seasons for the Canadian franchise.
His career highlight at BMO Field however didn’t come in a TFC goalkeeper’s shirt, but in a Seattle uniform in the 108th minute of last year’s MLS Cup Final.
Forever preserved on the Internet, and known simply as “The Save,” the six-foot-three Frei dove to his left and just got his finger tips on the ball to deflect a header from Jozy Altidore. The game eventually went to a shootout, and the victory to Seattle.
Altidore’s cross came off a cross from Tosaint Ricketts, and Ricketts had leapt in the air in celebration just as the ball glanced off Frei’s fingers.