The Reds were again the better team in the MLS Cup, but this year they made sure they came away with the title by dominating Seattle.
TORONTO — In the very same locker room where last year the Sounders sang, danced and poured Champagne, the players sat gloomily and tried to explain what had gone so very wrong.
The faces were grim, the voices quiet. To the Sounders, the disappointment wasn’t just the fact they had failed to defend the MLS Cup in a 2-0 loss to Toronto FC at BMO Field. It was that they played so poorly and were so thoroughly dominated by the same team they squeaked past in penalty kicks a year ago.