Toronto FC players make the best of a chilly training session ahead of MLS Cup
TORONTO — Mother Nature offered a taste Wednesday of what MLS Cup final day offers — chilly temperatures with a twist.
On Wednesday, it was a stiff, biting wind that swept across Toronto FC’s largely unprotected practice fields like a Mongol horde. Three degrees Celsius was said to feel like -3 C but high gusting winds soon left exposed digits feeling like icicles.
The forecast for Saturday’s championship game at BMO Field between Toronto and the Seattle Sounders calls for scattered flurries/some snow with a temperature of zero, feeling more like -5. Kickoff is 4 p.m. local time, as opposed to 8 p.m. last year.
“I’d rather it be 75 degrees (Fahrenheit) and sunny to be fair,” said Toronto defender Drew Moor, a Texas native. “But it is what it is. We’re used to some pretty cold weather. The wind can be a bit annoying but it was a good (training) session.”