Your (sarcastic) summary of MLS Cup 2010

By Eric Beard, very disappointed. Photo: MLS Insider

If you didn’t spend three hours watching the MLS Cup take place tonight in Toronto, then you missed out. You really did. Unless you were doing something more worthwhile, such as eating a late dinner, sleeping, reading about how some movie blogger felt like Harry Potter wasn’t that special, playing FIFA 11 trying to recreate an 8-0 win for Barcelona, or walking your dog. Between ~~Casey Conor’s~~ Conor Casey’s goal from a yard out (that somehow stole the Man of the Match award from Jeff Larentowicz) and Macoumba Kandji’s toe poke that ended up in an own goal match-winner, there was so much class on show at BMO Field. In the build-up to the cup final that would irrefutably decide the best club in the league, I had five modest hopes for the match and I have to say that my hopes were entirely blown away.

The atmosphere was perfect. An artistic Miro-esque minimalist aesthetic decision must have been put on by the league to leave the seats barely half full (notice the positivity) to highlight the burning red seats that were being drenched with rain. It worked, too. I never thought 8,000 empty seats could have enough personality to match the product on the pitch, but I was proved wrong. As for the fans that did show up, well they were the best. Sure, most were Toronto natives that laughed at each and every miskick, but the majority of the Toronto FC faithful that normally sell out the stadium were kind enough to not stage a massive halftime walk-out and not be a distraction to the television-based audience. Oh wait… they actually did stage a massive walk-out. Thanks for that.

(Source: cheekychip)