Seattle, WA - The Seattle Sounders defeated Toronto Football Club, today, as they earned the right to play Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) in the MLS Cup Champions Cup.

MLS executives announced that the newly created MLS Cup Champions Cup has the winner of MLS Cup face off against a team picked by Major League Soccer in a best of three home-away-home de-facto league championship for the season.

"It’s important that the best team in league history have a chance to win MLS Cup or the MLS Cup Champions Cup,” stated Commissioner Don Garber. “Our competition mechanisms will always have to evolve and we find that the fair way for all teams involved means that some teams will have multiple opportunities to be winners in our league.”

According to team insiders, the Sounders and their coaching staff found this information out in a champagne soaked dressing room as owner Adrian Hanauer was dispatched to inform the team that they had three more games to play.

“The tournament will give home field advantage to the best team over the course of the season,” stated President of Major League Soccer Mark Abbot. “In order to emphasize the season long accomplishments of LAFC they will be given two home games during this three game series. We feel this will showcase their brilliant fanbase and give them the best chance of winning the MLS Cup Champions Cup.”

For their part, the Sounders executive staff was, publicly, thrilled by this news as they stated that fans who purchased tickets for MLS Cup would have first choice to purchase tickets for the MLS Cup Champions Cup.

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as there’s gotta be one more way for LAFC to have a crack at the championship this season.