A well-rested Toronto FC team will look to maintain its lead in the Eastern Conference against last-place D.C. United at BMO Field on Saturday night.
Then things get hairy.
After being one of 16 teams to sit out league play last weekend because of the international match window, Saturday marks the beginning of a six-match, 19-day stretch for Toronto (8-2-5). Four of those games are in the league, and the other two are a home-and-away Canadian Cup Championship series against the Montreal Impact.
Two matches come with just one off day between them.
“I can’t recall it in MLS,” coach Greg Vanney said of TFC’s upcoming schedule to the Toronto Sun.