All week leading up to the MLS Cup final there was talk about how cold it was going to be at BMO Field. Somehow, we were all still woefully unprepared. The influx of major media organizations covering the final meant that a number of us were pushed outside into an auxiliary press box.
I was lucky enough to sit under a temporary structure that at least had some resistance from the wind. Many of the approximately 250 other accredited media members were not so lucky. They sat in the stands in sections 226 and 227 with nothing to protect them from the freeze.