It was a close run thing but Major League Soccer writers across the United States and Canada narrowly avoided any kind of criticism of Toronto F.C. (or MLS as a whole) as they fell on penalty kicks to Chivas in the CONCACAF Champions League final.
“It’s been a wild ride” said a spokesperson. “Back in February, we were writing a lot of think pieces about how this competition was stupid and nobody actually cares about it because F.C. Dallas were embarrassed by Tauro. Then it looked like a team from MLS might actually win, so we had to back off from that position pretty quickly in order to avoid anything short 100% praise for MLS and its teams.