Are you tired of winning yet?
The Whitecaps seemed to be as they almost conspired to throw away a game they had been completely dominant in for the first eighty-three minutes.
But the chaotic finale produced two wonderful individual moments.
A clawing save from Takaoka as he reached a ball that seemed to have gone beyond his reach. And Sergio Cordova strolling by a through ball in befuddlement instead of taking it on and attempting to score a goal.
But it would have been a travesty had Vancouver not won this game and subsequently lifted their second consecutive Canadian Championship.
Gauld and Cubas buzzed about all night. Gressel and Brown always looked dangerous down the right side of the pitch and Brian White had one of his best games leading the line and linking up with the midfield.
Last season the Whitecaps fell away after lifting this trophy and missed out on the playoffs.
The question for this season is whether they can use it as a springboard to better things rather than an anchor that drags them down in their own sense of satisfaction.
Time will tell on that score, but two trophies in two seasons undoubtedly makes Vanni Sartini the most successful coach of the MLS era and it cements Russell Teibert as the greatest captain of the same era.
Time for the Soccer Shorts player ratings!
Takaoka-6.5, Brown-6, Raposo-4.5, Blackmon-5.5, Veselinovic-5.5, Cubas-6, Gressel-5.5, Teibert-4, Johnson-4, Gauld-6.5, White-6.5* (Vite-5, Martins-5)
Soccer Shorts (The Director's Cut) 