Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei leaps to make a save on Toronto’s Tosaint Ricketts during the second half of the Sounders’ 2-1 win Wednesday in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei leaps to make a save on Toronto’s Tosaint Ricketts during the second half of the Sounders’ 2-1 win Wednesday in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Sounders beat Toronto 2-1

Bwana’s first MLS goal was the difference between the two sides who played for the last 2 MLS Cups.

Associated Press

TORONTO — Handwalla Bwana scored early in the second half and the Seattle Sounders beat Toronto FC 2-1 on Wednesday night in a rematch of the previous two MLS Cup finals.

Seattle won the championship in a shootout in 2016, and Toronto won 2-0 in December.

Will Bruin also scored for Seattle (2-4-2), and Stefan Frei made five saves. Jonathan Osorio scored for Toronto (2-5-1).

Tosaint Ricketts had a chance to tie it in stoppage time off Jordan Hamilton’s header, but Frei was able to re-direct the shot wide.

Bwana scored his first career MLS goal, taking a through ball from Bruin and beating Bono between the legs in the 54th minute.

Seattle opened the scoring in the 25th minute when Bruin picked up a through ball from Magnus Wolff Eikrem, outran Gregory van der Wiel and beat Bono for his third of the season. Osorio tied it for Toronto in the 40th minute on a header off Sebastian Giovinco’s feed.

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