Legends are tricky things. The best ones are at least rooted in fact. There are, of course, others that are so loosely moored in reality that they do a disservice. But the reason we call them “legends” and not “history” is at least partly because there’s an assumption that they aren’t entirely true.
We’re only a few days removed from Jordan Morris’ so-called “flu game” performance that effectively clinched the Seattle Sounders’ spot in their first-ever MLS Cup final, so it’s obviously impossible to know how much of what happened will become any sort of sporting legend.