It’s tempting, while the wounds are raw, to start assigning blame.
Greg Vanney, for the first time this postseason, did not use his substitutes to great effect. Bringing on both Will Johnson and Benoit Cheyrou for the more attack-minded Jonathan Osorio and Armando Cooper might have taken something out of Toronto FC’s search for a goal. Tosaint Ricketts should have seen the pitch sooner, and should have replaced someone other than the team’s best penalty taker (though we now have an explanation for that).
Michael Bradley’s penalty was poor. Justin Morrow’s hit the crossbar.