Toronto FC Feels the Cruelty of Soccer in MLS Cup Defeat

Toronto FC has been used to swallowing bitter pills for nine years, and Saturday night’s MLS Cup loss to the Seattle Sounders at their home BMO Field will sting for a while.
Toronto FC Feels the Cruelty of Soccer in MLS Cup Defeat
Toronto FC players look on in defeat after the Seattle Sounders scored the game-winning penalty kick at MLS Cup in Toronto on Dec. 10, 2016. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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TORONTO—There’s no tougher way to lose a final than sudden-death penalty kicks after a dominating performance in which the opponent didn’t get a shot on target.

Toronto FC has been used to swallowing bitter pills for nine years, and Saturday night’s MLS Cup loss to the Seattle Sounders at their home BMO Field will sting for a while.

But this loss—unlike in prior years—doesn’t raise doubts, and actually validates the club’s progress and place in the city’s and country’s sporting landscape. 

The effect we had on the city it was palpable.
Clint Irwin, Toronto FC
Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
Journalist
Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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