After poor start to season, MLS Cup finalists now travelling different routes
TORONTO — Coming off a short off-season and facing early CONCACAF Champions League matches, Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders both stumbled their way into the 2018 MLS season.
Seattle started the campaign with three losses and went 1-4-2 before beating Toronto 2-1 at BMO Field on May 9. The MLS Cup runners-up then lost five of their next seven (1-5-1).
After 15 games, Seattle was 3-9-3.
Toronto opened with two straight losses and managed just one win in its first six games (1-4-1). After 15 games, the MLS champions were 4-8-3.