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That Night in Mexico: Making sense of Tigres vs. Toronto FC

There was every reason for them not to do it. Nobody would’ve blamed them if they’d lost respectably; one might even say they were expected to lose.

This morning, the city of Toronto woke up to found itself the home of a world-class football club. Their Toronto FC played late into the Mexican night, fighting tooth-and-nail to the final seconds to knock Tigres UANL out of the CONCACAF Champions League.

There is no shortage of superlatives and taglines that can be attached to the 4-4 aggregate series. It was David versus Goliath, Canada and the U.