The first home playoff game in the history of New York City Football Club was many things.
Humbling. Atrocious. Disturbing. Calamitous.
Most importantly? Eye-Opening.
Right off the bat, let me say that Toronto FC was, without a doubt, the worst team that NYCFC could have drawn in the Eastern Conference semifinals. They were never going to stop Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore, who torched the Blues defense for five of their seven goals on aggregate.
They fought hard in the first leg and actually looked as if they might nick an away goal and head back to Yankee Stadium with a huge advantage.