What/When Toronto FC (4-4-1) will pay a visit to CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington to take on the defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders FC (2-4-2) on Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 3:00 pm EDT. TV/Video This match will be shown live on TSN2 (http://www.tsn.ca/, English) in Canada, ESPN (http://espn.go.com/, English) in Seattle, MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live (http://live.mlssoccer.com/, U.S. only). Radio/Audio CHUM AM 1050 (http://www.tsn.ca/toronto/, English) in Toronto; KIRO FM 97.5 (http://www.kiroradio.com/, English) and KKMO AM 1360 (http://elrey1360seattle.com/, Spanish) in Seattle.
odd isn't the word....and to make it worse.....MLS has, what, 8 matches on Saturday.....the early match (noon in Seattle) involves that team that played last night and then has to fly for 5 hours and change 3 time zones. I get that ESPN probably wanted this Cup Final rematch as their match this weekend....but, jeez, competitive fairness has to be considered at some point.
The early start may actually be a concession to TFC because it helps minimize the impact of the time zone switch. Still, it's disappointing to have the MLS Cup rematch game skewed with the short week for one team. I'd understand if TFC has a tough time with this one. That said, if they can pull out a win - wow! They're already playing like a top team and a win in Seattle on a short week would be an emphatic underlining of that fact.
The team played on a Friday then 5 days later on a Wednesday and then 3 days later across the continent and on Turf no less? Absolutely ridiculous. Unfair isn't a strong enough word for this scheduling. TFC will have to play park the bus in Seattle otherwise they will run out of gas by half. Unfortunate to because the team is finally clicking and on a roll.
he is available....not sure how many yellows he has picked up this year but he is not at the suspension level yet.
I guess Vanney has to stick with five at the back because Seattle's going to send wave after wave of attack.
nicely worked give and go between Chapman and Altidore....Altidore bundled over in the box...penalty....Altidore sends Frei the wrong way and it is 1-nil for the visitors!
Tidy first hafl comes to an end.....1-nil. Hard to pick between Chapman and Altidore as man of the half....but since they were dominant together forming a nice partnership....we don't have to.
good serves the MLS right for scheduling the way they do. You want the marquee matchup...give teams a chance to rest AND not have to travel cross continent. If MLS wanted a big game with big players they should have figured this out....Vanney figured it out and checkmate MLS.
Match ends 1-nil with a very professional performance by TFC......in the end my MOTM has to go to Nick Hagglund....never put a foot wrong all day and made, what, 4 consecutive great headed clearances in the final 5 minutes as Seattle pressed hard for the equalizer.
66 hours rest Fly across the Continent Play on Turf No Giovinco or Vasquez ....and still win? Great performance today the team was visibly gassed in the second half and held on. Cheyrou and Jozy were beasts. Welcome back Irwin between you and Bono the goal is in great hands.
Of course I am disappointed with my team, and the referee was awful, but full marks to Toronto. Apparently you have 20 good players, not just 11, and an astute manager.
This was a surprising win in many ways. Who knew the team was this deep? If you told me that Vanney would make two changes in midfield, I would've guessed that Osorio and Cooper were going to start. As it turns out Cheyrou and Chapman started and both were equal to me as men of the match. Mavinga redeemed himself big time from the horror show against Atlanta. Hernandez was solid as well. I think the two of them today could've given any central defender who played for us from 2007-2011 a run for their money.
A dominant performance with our B+ team sandwiched between two midweek eastern conference games against the team that spoiled our final no less. As impressive a win as I can remember from this club
The game could have gone either way but great to see the win with the depleted line up. It says something about the depth on this team when someone like Osorio is coming on as the sub for a backup starter.