It’s been a long time since Toronto FC president Bill Manning experienced an autumn without being in the post-season.
In his seven years as president of Real Salt Lake, Manning’s club reached the playoffs every season, winning the MLS Cup in 2009 and reaching the final again in 2013. Fast forward to his current position, and Manning watched as the Reds fell flat in the 2015 play-in game, lost to the Seattle Sounders on penalties in the 2016 final, and avenged that loss by winning the franchise’s first MLS Cup a year later.