Expect Toronto to line up in their usual 4-3-3, with Fraser's side pressing high and looking to dominate the middle. The double pivot will sit deep, screening the back four, while the wide forwards stretch the Revs' full-backs. Without Osorio, the creative burden shifts to the attacking midfielders — they'll need to knife through the lines with quick, vertical passes. Toronto's full-backs love to bomb on, and with New England's wingers tracking back, that could create space in the half-spaces for the hosts to exploit.

New England will likely mirror that 4-3-3, with Matt Turner in goal and a back four of Polster, Kohler, Fofana, and Sands. Carles Gil pulls the strings in midfield — he's the heartbeat, the one who can unlock a low block with a single pass. But the Revs' problem is consistency: they can look like a top-four side one week and a relegation candidate the next. Their 0-2 loss to Houston showed a lack of ideas when the opponent sat deep. If Toronto press high and force errors, Gil will be crowded out, and the Revs will struggle to build from the back. Set pieces could be key — both teams have aerial threats, but Toronto's physicality at home gives them the edge.