It's the biggest night in the history of Toronto FC.
Success in Major League Soccer has yet to come for the Reds, who have failed to make the playoffs since entering the league in 2007.
But despite its failures on the domestic front, TFC is on the verge of clinching a historic berth in the CONCACAF Champions League and rubbing shoulders with the elite in North American club soccer.
Toronto posted a 1-0 win over Club Deportivo Motagua at home last week in the opener of its CONCACAF Champions League qualifier. A tie or victory in Tuesday's second leg, in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, would see the Reds qualify for the tournament.
TFC's travel woesThe road to Honduras has been a rocky one for Toronto FC.
The team's charter flight was scheduled to land Monday in Tegucigalpa, site of the MLS squad's CONCACAF Champions League game against Motagua on Tuesday night.
Instead the pilot flew to San Pedro Sula after deeming that airport safer for landing, and the players were then loaded onto a bus for the winding five-hour drive to the Honduran capital.
Team officials said the squad would also depart from San Pedro Sula.
Toronto's road trip had a less-than-auspicious beginning when the team's luggage went missing on its first stop in Kansas City. The luggage showed up a couple of hours before kickoff, and Toronto went on to lose 1-0 to the Wizards on Saturday.
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