I've been following the team pretty closely for 6 years, and everything they have ever touched has turned to a turd.
This year has been incredible. Steal the Canadian Championship in the dying seconds, and this conference final should have been dead so many times given the clubs usual mentality in tough situations.
3-0 down in game 1? Should have been cooked.
Give up the early goal at home to go down 4-2 on aggregate? Old TFC folds like a house of cards.
Give up the go ahead goal in the second half to make it 5-4 on aggregate after coming back to put yourself in a position to win? Should have been an implosion.
Giovinco gets injured when you need to either score a goal or survive penalty kicks? Panic should have set in.
That was the most incredible part. Giovinco, besides his two corners these games, was not only contained by Montreal, he saved his 2 worst career free kicks for these games. The team won in spite of their star player being ice cold.
I've traveled to Portland, LA, Montreal and Toronto to see this team play and never even seen them score a goal in person. They've killed me inside so many times, which has made this so much sweeter. It feels very '04 esque. All the years of disappointment washed away, and being in a final and just being happy to be there.
I was selfishly hoping for Colorado to advance as that may have made it possible for me to attend, but that crowd was amazing and will help them on Dec 10.
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