LAS VEGAS – There are times when the results of preseason games shouldn't really be trusted as far as you can throw them.

But Las Vegas Lights FC putting a 5-1 result on a Toronto FC lineup that included Alex Bono, Laurent Ciman and Jay Chapman in its starting lineup? We might have to make an exception.

Sure, Toronto could have been treating this as a training exercise, especially with another lineup set to go up against Vissel Kobe later on Saturday at Orange County SC's Championship Soccer Stadium.

Las Vegas could have been treating this game like its own USL Cup.

But there's a head-turning aspect to this result that should have other USL Championship teams paying attention: The Eric Wynalda era has arrived in Sin City, and if Saturday night is any indication, it's not here to mess around.

“We played a team today that was playing for a final,” said Toronto Head Coach Greg Vanney after the game. “They were flying into challenges, they were in it to win it, and I thought as that started to happen, we didn’t match the intensity.”

Whether it was a pair of goals by former Toronto FC II forward Edwin Rivas – maybe there was a little extra motivation there, you think? – or Irvin Parra finding the net for the first time in his new colors, Las Vegas ran up the score on a club that is getting set to play in the Concacaf Champions League in two-and-a-half weeks. For the more than 5,000 fans on hand at Cashman Field, the expectations could easily be sky-high following an afternoon that washed away the memory of a first season that had some tremendous highs, but too many lows for the USL Cup Playoffs to be a realistic proposition.