In more ways than one, the reds need to make sure that their performance against DC United bleeds over to their next couple of matches.
Few in the Toronto FC camp will care about whether or not the team wins the Trillium Cup today. The trophy is just physical evidence of what many feel to be one of the league's most manufactured rivalries.
However, there is something far more important on the line today when Toronto FC meet their "rival" Columbus Crew at BMO Field: momentum. It is something that Toronto has only had sparingly in what has been a stop and start 2016 season.