IT HAS BEEN a long, painful road for fans of Toronto FC.
The franchise first entered Major League Soccer in 2007 but have consistently failed to come close to winning the championship.
In fact, even the play-offs have always eluded them.
Until last night.
And it was a case of cometh the hour, cometh the man as Sebastian Giovinco – the former Juventus player who arrived at the club in March and who has single-handedly amazed both fans and critics with some relentlessly-impressive performances – came up trumps once more.
The 28-year-old played half an hour for the Italian national side in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Norway on Tuesday and had stepped off a plane just hours before Toronto kicked-off against New York Red Bulls on Wednesday evening.
Unsurprisingly, Giovinco started on the bench, and watched as Herculez Gomez put Toronto in front after 51 minutes.
But he was sprung from the dugout with twenty minutes to go and shortly after he conjured a moment of absolute genius to score of the finest MLS goals the league has ever seen.
A special night for the city of Toronto and with the diminutive attacker playing so well, who knows what the future holds for the club?
Go on the dubs! Take that, "kingdom", or whatever ye call yerselves…
Well done Dublin great game.
Well done to the Tipperary minors and to the Dubs. Football just got interesting again!! :))
The jacks are back, well done Dublin fantastic team effort and thank fully we just edged a close game with Kerry.
Living as I do approx 3 miles from SAMs ancestral home I much prefer for the cup named after him to be temporarily resident in Dublin rather than Kerry. Well done the Dubs.
Well done to Dublin. They best team on the day & great comeback against us. To be the best, you got to beat the best
Bless the Dubs, O Lord we pray, keep them on their winning way. Bless the colours, worn with pride, from Ballybough to Stepaside. Bless the banners and the flags, not to mention all the gags. Bless Gilroy too, the uncrowned king, let his name around Croke Park sing. Bless Bernard Brogan in the square, kicking points from everywhere. Bless Cluxton too, that agile ace, who guards his goal with style and grace. Bless the man with all the go, the dashing, dauntless, Cullen yoo. Bless the fans, that faithful throng, keep their voices loud and strong. Bless next All-Ireland final day, be sure the Dubs will rule OK
Well done, damn ye!
McMenamin made some impact when he came on! Great performance by the Dubs, fully deserved to win! Coppers will be hopping tonight!
Gutted, but fair play to the dubs.They played to their potential, and we didn’t. Agus sin e.
Kerry will win I’d say, Dublin will be fair disappointed to come away with nothing, not even the minor!
What the hell was wrong with Cluxton? running down the tunnel and not joining in the celebrations and generally looking miserable after the match and in the hotel on the Sunday game…whats up there??
As much as I’d love a Dublin win, I think Kerry will be too clinical towards the end. Conditions have opened it up a bit though.
Gee Adrian!
Even from Kathmandu… I reckon you photo caption needs adjustment!
COME ON THE DUBS GREAT WIN