Sebastian Giovinco has been perhaps the best player in MLS since he joined Toronto FC in 2015, winning the MVP in his first year with the Reds, leading TFC to an appearance in the league final last season and helping them to the Canadian Championship and Supportersā Shield this year.
Thereās still one trophy that eludes him, however: MLS Cup.
Giovinco wrote about his search for the MLS title in an essay published Wednesday on The Playersā Tribune, detailing how his childhood in Turin and background at Juventus shaped the player heās become with Toronto.
The Italian also revealed a particularly interesting detail about TFCās painful shootout loss to Seattle in MLS Cup: He sensed the loss might be coming.
āBut, that final. I mean, what can you really say about it? If Iām being honest, I had this feeling a couple of days before,ā he wrote. āI donāt know, there was just something in the back of my mind telling me that things werenāt going to go our way. I spoke to a couple of my family members and friends about it. And you try to shake it off by game day. We had our opportunities, but we just couldnāt finish. I couldnāt finish.ā
Giovinco and Toronto will be the favorites to lift MLS Cup this year, but, as they know all too well, anything can happen in the postseason. They have this weekend off before theyāll close the regular season against Montreal on Oct. 15 and at Atlanta on Oct. 22.