The Sounders’ MLS Cup victory marked only the third time a Seattle team won a major-league championship at home, after the Metropolitans became the first American team to claim the Stanley Cup in 1917 and the Storm took the WNBA title in 2004.

Kelvin Leerdam scored on a deflected shot in the 57th minute, substitute Victor Rodriguez connected in the 76th and Raul Ruidiaz added the capper in the 90th to give the Seattle Sounders a 3-1 victory over Toronto FC in the MLS Cup

Jordan Morris said the magic words in late July, following a win against defending MLS Cup champion Atlanta United: “I consider myself a winger.”

Sunday marks Stefan Frei’s third MLS Cup final, but it might be his most cherished.

MLS’s new single-elimination playoff bracket took Cristian Roldan back to his childhood.

The MLS Cup final will be played before one of the largest crowds in league history.

Nick DeLeon scored the tiebreaking goal in the 78th minute, Quentin Westberg stuffed a penalty kick and Toronto FC advanced to the MLS Cup title game with a 2-1 victory over defending champion Atlanta United in the Eastern Conference final Wednesday night.

Frank de Boer never seems to get flustered. The stoic Dutchman can switch from one language to another with ease. He speaks bluntly and rarely betrays any sense of doubt in his coaching abilities.

Alejandro Pozuelo converted a penalty kick in the 90th minute for his second goal of the game and Toronto FC beat top-seeded New York City FC 2-1 on Wednesday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Rudy Camacho, Bojan and Daniel Lovitz scored in a shootout and the Montreal Impact beat Toronto FC 3-1 in the tiebreaker Wednesday night after the MLS teams tied 1-1 in the two-game Canadian Championship.

Will Bruin and Cristian Roldan scored two minutes apart midway through the second half and the Seattle Sounders stayed unbeaten with a 3-2 victory over Toronto FC. Seattle knocked Toronto from the ranks of the unbeatens in the only regular-season matchup between the MLS Cup finalists from 2016 and 2017.

One of the oft-forgotten elements to what’s been a run of excellence for the Sounders going on three-plus years is how they’ve managed it without a one-season reboot. The same can’t be said for their Saturday afternoon opponent, Toronto FC, a franchise that began its own stretch of excellence around the same time back in 2016.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 500th worldwide goal Saturday night in the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 5-3 loss to Toronto FC.

Handwalla Bwana scored early in the second half and the Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC 2-1 in a rematch of the previous two MLS Cup finals.

Mexico’s Chivas beat Toronto FC 4-2 on penalty kicks to win the CONCACAF Champions League and the right to play in the Club’s World Cup for the first time in its history. Toronto got the 2-1 win in the Akron stadium to force the penalty kicks, where the Mexicans scored their four shots while Jonathan Osorio and Michael Bradley missed for Toronto.

Alan Pulido’s free kick in the 72nd minute was misjudged by goalkeeper Alex Bono and went in for a go-ahead goal that gave Chivas Guadalajara a 2-1 win over Toronto in the first leg of the Champions League final. Rodolfo Pizarro scored off a cross from Isaac Brizula just 70 seconds in, but Jonathan Osorio tied the score in the 19th minute. The second leg of the total-goals series is April 25 in Mexico.

Jonathan Osorio scored and Toronto FC advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League final, playing to a 1-1 tie against Club America of Mexico for a 4-2 aggregate victory.

Sebastian Giovinco and Jozy Altidore scored first-half goals and Toronto FC beat Mexico’s Club America 3-1 in the CONCACAF Champions League in the first leg of the semifinal on a wet and breezy.

Federico Higuain and Gyasi Zardes scored to help the Columbus Crew beat Toronto FC 2-0 on Saturday, spoiling the defending MLS champion Reds’ home opener.