The end could be very near for MLS champion Toronto FC’s playoff hopes
TORONTO — A 2-0 weekend loss at the New York Red Bulls has left Toronto FC’s playoff hopes hanging by a thread. The coup de grace could come this week for the MLS champions.
Ninth-place Toronto (8-15-6, 30 points) is 10 points out of the sixth and last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with five games remaining (at home to New England, Vancouver and Atlanta and away to D.C. United and Montreal).
Seventh-place D.C. United (9-11-8, 35 points) and No. 8 New England (8-10-11, 35 points) are also chasing sixth-place Montreal (12-14-4, 40). Fifth-place Philadelphia (14-12-4, 46 points) is probably clear of the chasers.
The FiveThirtyEight analytical website gives Toronto a two per cent chance of making the post-season. A number that could soon reach zero.