Match Thread - MLS CUP FINAL - TORONTO FC VS. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC - DECEMBER 9, 2017 (R)

It’s Seattle!

Got my tix this morning.....4 of my 6 were my regular seats.....2 were bumped by MLS demand.....so, same as last year..,,,and I think I actually bumped into the same seats.....so my apologies are extended to whomever normally has section 122 row 9 seats 11 and 12.

 

"Welcome to the second annual TFC-Seattle MLS Cup match."

Just let's look for a better result this time.

 

Great - i never got the email with the link. I've gotten every other TFC email for years and this one bounces to my junk mail. I realized it now and when I try and buy tickets, I get an error message. Doesn't say sold out but "There was an error with the search."

Is it sold out already? This is pretty damn disappointing.

 

Well I figured out the issue and got tickets. Eight or nine hours late so not ideal seats but at least I'm in the building. I'll be in the temporary north grandstand. It was either that or 30 rows up in the 200 level on the east side. I'm normally just eight rows from the field at the top of the box. Not impressed but at least I'll be there.

 

Vanney’s interview yesterday getting some ink.

https://www.sounderatheart.com/2017/12/2/16727984/greg-vanney-doesnt-know-his-history-mls-cup

 

Vanney's not inexperienced when it come to speaking to the media. He wouldn't poke the bear for no reason.

Perhaps he's goading them to attack in order because it favours us to have a more open game.

 

If anyone was thinking of driving to match.....Green P in Liberty Village is closed so that MLSE can sell tickets to people who are willing to stand outside and watch this match on a large(ish) TV.

 

I am not a big fan of legislation in this area .....our government has a ton of other stuff to deal with first and I choke a bit every time we spend any time at all at QP debating bots.....but it would be good if the club found some way to make their pre-sales worthwhile.

Last year, with a 36k stadium, I logged into the presale 30 seconds after it opened and got shut out (TBH, I was not sure if I was gonna buy or not but wanted to see what was there.....nothing was the answer)......I wouldn't have bothered at all this year but a friend asked me to......was on right at noon on Monday....had hit "best available" by 15 seconds into the sale....and got "no tickets available"...it is a waste of time.

Did the club scrap it's limit on number of tickets in a season ticket holder account?

I thought it was 4 or something like that (although a few did get grandfathered from year 1 if I recall - that is how I ended up with 2 clubs and 4 supporters seats).....but anyway, if there is a limit how did this guy get 9 seats in a row to sell?

 

Stub Hub prices are always in USD.

Tickets purchased thru account manager or ticketmaster.ca were priced in Maple Dollars.

 

Here's an annoyingly long and poorly formatted collection of statistics and whatnot for the MLS Cup referee Allen Chapman. Included are his regular season and playoff stats and his stats for games involving either Toronto or Seattle.

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Allen CHAPMAN

REGULAR SEASON:
108 games, 3.67 Y/g, 24 R (0.22/g)
HOME: 1.68 Y/g, 12 R (0.11/g)
AWAY: 1.99 Y/g, 12 R (0.11/g)
HOME RECORD: 65 W - 25 D - 18 L (2.037 PPG)

PLAYOFFS:
6 games, 3.50 Y/g, 0 R
HOME: 1.67 Y/g, 0 R
AWAY: 1.83 Y/g, 0 R
HOME RECORD: 2 W - 3 D - 1 L


2017 GAMES:
3/4
REAL SALT LAKE 0 - 0 TORONTO FC
CAUTION: RSL - Chris Schuler (DR) - 23'
PENALTY: TOR - 29'
CAUTION: RSL - Nick Rimando (UB) - 29'
CAUTION: TOR - Nick Hagglund (UB) - 45'
CAUTION: TOR - STEVEN BEITASHOUR (DR) - 53'
CAUTION: RSL - Sunny (PI) - 72'
CAUTION: TOR - Sebastian Giovinco (UB) - 82'
CAUTION: TOR - Jozy Altidore (PI) - 90+3'

3/18
PORTLAND TIMBERS 4 - 2 HOUSTON DYNAMO
PENALTY: POR - 10'
GOAL: POR - Diego Valeri (PK)
CAUTION: POR - David Guzman (UB) - 20'
CAUTION: POR - Roy Miller (UB) - 34'
PENALTY: HOU - 37'
CAUTION: POR - Diego Chara (UB) - 37'
CAUTION: POR - Sebastian Blanco (DT) - 37'
GOAL: HOU - Erick Torres (PK) - 38'
CAUTION: HOU - Erick Torres (DR) - 39'
GOAL: HOU - Romell Quioto - 45+2'
GOAL: POR - Diego Valeri - 58'
GOAL: POR - David Guzman - 66'
CAUTION: POR - Darlington Nagbe (DR) - 76'
GOAL: POR - Fanendo Adi - 88'

4/1
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 4 - 2 LOS ANGELES GALAXY
GOAL: VAN - Cristian Techera - 19'
GOAL: LA - Romain Alessandrini - 26'
GOAL: LA - Romain Alessandrini - 30'
CAUTION: LA - Jack McBean (DR) - 60'
GOAL: VAN - Fredy Montero - 66'
GOAL: VAN - Matias Laba - 67'
CAUTION: LA - Jermaine Jones (UB) - 77'
CAUTION: VAN - Fredy Montero (DR) - 80'
GOAL: VAN - Matias Laba - 87'

4/9
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 3 - 1 COLORADO RAPIDS
GOAL: SKC - Seth Sinovic - 6'
CAUTION: SKC - Ilie Sanchez (UB) - 38'
GOAL: SKC - Gerso Fernandes - 58'
CAUTION: COL - Eric Miller (UB) - 84'
GOAL: SKC - Dominic Dwyer - 85'
CAUTION: COL - Jared Watts (PI) - 86'
PENALTY: COL - 90+3'
GOAL: COL - Kevin Doyle (PK) - 90+4'

4/22
HOUSTON DYNAMO 2 - 0 SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
PENALTY: HOU - 8'
GOAL: HOU - Erick Torres (PK) - 9'
CAUTION: HOU - Joe Willis (DR) - 32'
CAUTION: HOU - Alberth Elis (UB) - 34'
CAUTION: SJ - Florian Jungwirth (UB) - 35'
CAUTION: SJ - Shaun Francis (UB) - 46'
GOAL: HOU - Alberth Elis - 72'
CAUTION: HOU - Romell Quioto (UB) - 90+4'

4/29
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 3 - 3 NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
GOAL: NE - Daigo Kobayashi - 15'
GOAL: NE - Juan Agudelo - 26'
CAUTION: SEA - Tony Alfaro (UB) - 44'
GOAL: NE - Juan Agudelo - 54'
GOAL: SEA - Nicolas Loderio - 75'
CAUTION: SEA - Will Bruin (DT) - 80'
GOAL: SEA - Will Bruin - 85'
GOAL: SEA - Osvaldo Alonso - 88'

5/3
SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK
CAUTION: SKC - Ike Opara (UB) - 30'
GOAL: SKC - Dominic Dwyer - 46'
CAUTION: SKC - Dominic Dwyer (UB) - 52'
CAUTION: NY - Sean Davis (UB) - 62'
GOAL: SKC - Dominic Dwyer - 68'
CAUTION: NY - Connor Lade (UB) - 76'
CAUTION: Bradley Wright-Phillips (UB) - 90+2'

5/13
TORONTO FC 3 - 2 MINNESOTA UNITED FC
PENALTY: TOR - 19'
GOAL: TOR - Sebastian Giovinco (PK) - 20'
GOAL: MIN - Kevin Molino - 52'
GOAL: TOR - Christian Ramirez (OG) - 54'
PENALTY: MIN - 61'
GOAL: MIN - Kevin Molino - 62'
GOAL: TOR - Tosaint Ricketts - 77'
CAUTION: TOR - Jozy Altidore (FRD) - 90+3'

5/20
ATLANTA UNITED FC 4 - 1 HOUSTON DYNAMO
GOAL: ATL - Miguel Almiron - 30'
GOAL: ATL - Miguel Almiron - 42'
CAUTION: ATL - Greg Garza (UB) - 51'
CAUTION: HOU - A.J. DeLaGarza (UB) - 54'
CAUTION: HOU - Adolfo Machado (UB) - 59'
GOAL: ATL - Julian Gressel - 76'
PENALTY: ATL - 78'
GOAL: ATL - Miguel Almiron (PK) - 80'
PENALTY: HOU - 89'
GOAL: HOU - Erick Torres (PK) - 90'

5/31
ORLANDO CITY SC 2 - 0 D.C. UNITED
CAUTION: DC - Taylor Kemp (PI) - 34'
CAUTION: ORL - Donny Toia (UB) - 35'
CAUTION: ORL - Joe Bendik (DT) - 65'
GOAL: ORL - Cyle Larin - 66'
CAUTION: DC - Lloyd Sam (DT) - 66'
GOAL: ORL - Giles Barnes - 88'

6/18
PHILADELPHIA UNION 0 - 2 REB BULL NEW YORK
EJECTION: PHI - Derrick Jones (SFP) - 53'
CAUTION: PHI - Warren Creavalle (DR) - 67'
CAUTION: NY - Damien Perrinelle (UB) - 71'
CAUTION: NY - Aurelien Collin (UB) - 84'
GOAL: NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips - 87'
GOAL: NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips - 90+2'

7/1
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 2 - 1 LOS ANGELES GALAXY
GOAL: LA - Jelle Van Damme - 11'
GOAL: SJ - Chris Wondolowski - 75'
CAUTION: LA - Jelle Van Damme (DT) - 84'
CAUTION: LA - Joao Pedro (DT) - 90'
GOAL: SJ - Shea Salinas - 90+3'
CAUTION: SJ - Shea Salinas (UB) - 90+4'
EJECTION: LA - Jelle Van Damme (DT/2CT) - FT

7/22
NEW YORK CITY FC 2 - 1 CHICAGO FIRE
CAUTION: NYC - Yangel Herrera (UB) - 8'
EJECTION: NYC - Yangel Herrera (UB/2CT) - 12'
CAUTION: CHI - Joao Meira (UB) - 44'
GOAL: NYC - David Villa - 47'
GOAL: NYC - Frederic Brillant - 50'
GOAL: CHI - David Accam - 54'
CAUTION: CHI - Johan Kappelhof (UB) - 61'
CAUTION: NYC - Jack Harrison (UB) - 83'
CAUTION: NYC - Frederic Brillant (DR) - 87'

7/29
ATLANTA UNITED FC 1 - 1 ORLANDO CITY SC
CAUTION: ATL - Yamil Asad (UB) - 24'
GOAL: ORL - Kaka - 40'
CAUTION: ATL - Hector Villalba (UB) - 56'
CAUTION: ORL - Cristian Higuita (UB) - 56'
CAUTION: ORL - Will Johnson (DR) - 86'
GOAL: ATL - Hector Villalba - 90+2'

8/5
D.C. UNITED 1 - 1 TORONTO FC
GOAL: DC - Kofi Opare - 6'
CAUTION: TOR - Marco Delgado (UB) - 11'
CAUTION: TOR - Michael Bradley (UB) - 36'
CAUTION: DC - Sean Franklin (UB) - 38'
EJECTION: DC - Lloyd Sam (SFP) - 44'
GOAL: TOR - Steve Birnbaum (OG) - 52'

8/18
PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 - 0 RED BULL NEW YORK
CAUTION: NY - Fidel Escobar (DR) - 26'
CAUTION: POR - Zarek Valentin (DR) - 28'
GOAL: POR - Diego Valeri - 65'
CAUTION: NY - Derrick Etienne (UB) - 67'
EJECTION: POR - Larrys Mabiala (DGF) - 80'
CAUTION: NY - Sacha Kljestan (UB) - 85'
GOAL: POR - Darren Mattocks - 90+6'

8/26
COLUMBUS CREW SC 2 - 1 FC DALLAS
GOAL: CLB - Ola Kamara - 50'
CAUTION: DAL - Tesho Akindele (UB) - 70'
GOAL: CLB - Jonathan Mensah - 71'
GOAL: DAL - Walker Zimmerman - 78'
CAUTION: DAL - Matt Hedges (UB) - 90+3'

9/9
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS 3 - 2 REAL SALT LAKE
CAUTION: VAN - Tim Parker (UB) - 21'
GOAL: VAN - Cristian Techera - 29'
GOAL: RSL - Chris Wingert - 37'
GOAL: VAN - Kendall Waston - 52'
CAUTION: VAN - Jakob Nerwinski (UB) - 57'
GOAL: VAN - Yordy Reyna - 64'
GOAL: RSL - Tony Beltran - 83'
CAUTION: RSL - Joao Plata (DT) - 90+1'

9/23
NEW YORK CITY FC 1 - 1 HOUSTON DYNAMO
GOAL: NYC - Maximiliano Moralez - 6'
GOAL: HOU - Mauro Manotas - 16'

9/30
TORONTO FC 4 - 2 RED BULL NEW YORK
GOAL: TOR - Justin Morrow - 32'
GOAL: TOR - Justin Morrow - 37'
GOAL: NY - Gonzalo Veron - 39'
CAUTION: NY - Luis Robles (DT) - 52'
PENALTY: NY - 76'
GOAL: NY - Daniel Royer (PK) - 77'
PENALTY: TOR - 79'
GOAL: TOR - Victor Vazquez (PK) - 80'
CAUTION: TOR - Jozy Altidore (UB) - 82'
GOAL: TOR - Justin Morrow - 90+1'

10/15
CHICAGO FIRE 3 - 2 PHILADELPHIA UNION
GOAL: CHI - Nemanja Nikolic - 3'
GOAL: PHI - Johan Kappelhof (OG) - 6'
GOAL: PHI - Alejandro Bedoya - 13'
CAUTION: CHI - Matt Polster (UB) - 45+1'
PENALTY: CHI - 63'
GOAL: CHI - Nemanja Nikolic (PK) - 64'
GOAL: CHI - Nemanja Nikolic - 78'

10/22
PORTLAND TIMBERS 2 - 1 VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC
GOAL: VAN - Kendall Waston - 29'
CAUTION: VAN - Nosa (UB) - 31'
GOAL: POR - Liam Ridgewell - 32'
CAUTION: VAN - Jordan Harvey (UB) - 33'
CAUTION: POR - Diego Chara (PI) - 45+5'
GOAL: POR - Darren Mattocks - 48'
CAUTION: POR - Liam Ridgewell (UB) - 58'
CAUTION: POR - David Guzman (PI) - 80'
CAUTION: VAN - Kendall Waston (UB) - 89'

10/26
KNOCKOUT ROUND
ATLANTA UNITED FC 0 - 0 COLUMBUS CREW SC
CAUTION: CLB - Hector Jimenez (UB) - 64'
CAUTION: CLB - Artur (UB) - 96'
CAUTION: CLB - Josh Williams (UB) - 112'
KFTPM: ATL - Julian Gressel - X
KFTPM: CLB - Federico Higuain - GOAL
KFTPM: ATL - Leandro Gonzalez Pirez - X
KFTPM: CLB - Kekuta Manneh - X
KFTPM: ATL - Hector Villalba - GOAL
KFTPM: CLB - Niko Hansen - GOAL
KFTPM: ATL - Jeff Larentowicz - X
KFTPM: CLB - Adam Jahn - GOAL



2017 REGULAR SEASON:
22 games, 3.41 Y/g, 5 R (0.23/g)
HOME: 1.68 Y/g, 4 R (0.18/g)
AWAY: 1.73 Y/g, 1 R (0.05/g)
HOME RECORD: 16 W - 5 D - 1 L (2.409 PPG)

2017 PLAYOFFS:
1 game, 3.00 Y/g, 0 R
HOME: 0.00 Y/g, 0 R
AWAY: 3.00 Y/g, 0 R
HOME RECORD: 0 W - 1 D - 0 L


TORONTO GAMES:
9/1/2012
SKC 2 - 1 TOR
Y: 2 R: 0

9/21/2013
TOR 1 - 2 SKC
Y: 4 R: 1 (S. Caldwell-SFP)

7/16/2014
TOR 1 - 1 VAN
Y: 5 R: 0

6/20/2015
TOR 0 - 2 NYC
Y: 8 R: 0

3/6/2016
NY 0 - 2 TOR
Y: 4 R: 0

5/28/2016
NY 3 - 0 TOR
Y: 3 R: 1 (G. Veron-SFP)

7/31/2016
TOR 3 - 0 CLB
Y: 2 R: 0

3/4/2017
RSL 0 - 0 TOR
Y: 7 R: 0

5/13/2017
TOR 3 - 2 MIN
Y: 1 R: 0

8/5/2017
DC 1 - 1 TOR
Y: 3 R: 1 (L. Sam-SFP)

9/30/2017
TOR 4 - 2 NY
Y: 2 R: 0

TORONTO ALL-TIME:
11 g, 3.73 Y/g, 3 R (0.27/g)
TORONTO ONLY: 1.82 Y/g, 1 R (0.09/g)
OPPONENTS: 1.91 Y/g, 2 R (0.18/g)
TORONTO RECORD: 4 W - 3 D - 4 L (1.364 PPG)

TORONTO 2017:
4 g, 3.25 Y/g, 1 R (0.25/g)
TORONTO ONLY: 2.00 Y/g, 0 R
OPPONENTS: 1.25 Y/g, 1 R (0.25/g)
TORONTO RECORD: 2 W - 2 D - 0 L (2.000 PPG)


SEATTLE GAMES:
7/3/2013
SEA 2 - 0 DC
Y: 3 R: 0

9/13/2013
SEA 2 - 0 RSL
Y: 7 R: 0

3/29/2014
SEA 1 - 2 CLB
Y: 3 R: 1 (D. Traore-DGF)

11/2/2014
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL
DAL 1 - 1 SEA
Y: 1 R: 0

7/11/2015
CHI 1 - 0 SEA
Y: 3 R: 0

8/7/2016
ORL 1 - 3 SEA
Y: 7 R: 0

4/29/2017
SEA 3 - 3 NE
Y: 2 R: 0

SEATTLE ALL-TIME:
7 g, 3.71 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g)
SEATTLE ONLY: 1.71 Y/g, 1 R (0.14/g)
OPPONENTS: 2.00 Y/g, 0 R
SEATTLE RECORD (REG SEASON): 3 W - 1 D - 2 L (1.667 PPG)
SEATTLE RECORD (PLAYOFFS): 0 W - 1 D - 0 L

SEATTLE 2017:
1 g, 2.00 Y/g, 0 R
SEATTLE ONLY: 2.00 Y/g, 0 R
OPPONENTS: 0.00 Y/g, 0 R
SEATTLE RECORD: 0 W - 1 D - 0 L (1.000 PPG)

 

That is hard to read...so, can you tell me....

1. Can we praise the ref
2. Can we curse it
3. Should we wait and see the result and pick between 1 and 2 accordingly?

 

so excited for today....and yet so nervous. I guess if we would have won last year the pressure would be off to win...but omg, the pressure is on!

Lets go Reds!

 

Are you playing today?

 

You can also take pictures with the Supporters Shield, the Eastern Conference Championship trophy and the Trillium Cup.
Was thinking of going to this but apparently you can only buy tickets through the Toronto FC app.

 

No Canadian Cup? The Trillium Cup has a higher instagram value than our own national cup?

 

Lol. The Canadian Cup wasn't mentioned but it's gotta be there.

Also, tickets are available on Ticketmaster not just that scam of an app.