Toronto Titans Need an Upset to Advance to ISL Final
With five of the six matches of this year’s ISL playoffs completed, Energy Standard and the London Roar have already clinched spots in the ISL final, and two other teams, the Cali Condors and LA Current, are close to securing their spots. However, the Toronto Titans still have an outside chance of sneaking in — if they can pull an enormous upset in the final match of the playoffs.
Energy Standard has two match wins in the playoffs, while London, Cali and LA each have one. Cali, with Caeleb Dressel absent in the sixth playof match, can advance with either a win or a second-place finish. Toronto, however, needs to defeat Cali and win a playoff match for the first time ever in order to qualify for the ISL final. Previously, Toronto placed third in Playoff Match 2 (behind LA and London) and second in Playoff Match 3 (behind Energy Standard).
Because LA beat Toronto in the teams’ only head-to-head matchup of the postseason, the Current hold the tiebreaker over the Titans. So the only way in for Toronto is to get a win in Playoff Match 6, giving them a first, second and third-place finish for the postseason, compared to a first and two thirds for LA.
Toronto will bring a handful of stars to the sixth playoff match, including Kylie Masse, Louise Hansson, Fabien Schwingenschlogl, Shane Ryan, Kasia Wasick, Luc Kroon and Lisa Bratton, but it will take a huge effort for the Titans to upset Cali and advance to the final.
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- Live Results
- Start Lists
- Match 1: Energy Standard Wins, Summer McIntosh Moves Toronto to Second
- Match 2: Coleman Stewart’s World Record Leads Cali Condors Domination
- Match 3: Sarah Sjostrom, Siobhan Haughey Lead Energy Romp
- Match 4: Caeleb Dressel Wins Four Events, Kelsi Dahlia Takes Two as Cali Condors Pull Away
- Match 5: Toronto Titans Claim Victory Behind Depth, Skins Win
- Match 6: Duncan Scott, London Roar Hold Off Caeleb Dressel-less Cali Condors
- Match 7: Skins Strength Sees Cali Condors Surge Past Toronto Titans
- Match 8: Ilya Shymanovich, Sarah Sjostrom, Siobhan Haughey Help Energy Standard Hold Off London Roar
- Match 9: Evgeny Rylov is MVP as Dominant Energy Standard Remain Unbeaten
- Match 10: Aqua Centurions Confirm Place In Eindhoven Play-Offs; Daiya Seto Is MVP
- Match 11: DC Trident Heading to Playoffs; Team Iron Also Moves On
- Playoff Match 1: Cali Condors Edge Energy Standard in Opening Postseason Match
- Playoff Match 2: Anastasia Gorbenko, Tom Shields Rally LA Current to Win
- Playoff Match 3: Energy Standard Rolls, Toronto Surges for Second
- Playoff Match 4: Led by Duncan Scott and Kyle Chalmers, London Roar Beat Cali Condors
- Playoff Match 5, Day 1: Ryan Murphy Sets U.S. & ISL 50 Back Record; London Roar into Lead
- Playoff Match 5, Day 2: Shymanovich, Haughey, Sjostrom Lead Energy Standard Past London
