Tom Pistore would “hang fans” from BMO Field’s “roof trusses” if he could.

But there’s simply no more room at Saturday night’s MLS Cup after tickets for the one-off final sold out in a matter of minutes Monday afternoon.

Pistore, MLSE’s vice president of ticketing, told the Toronto Sun he “never” expected such demand for Toronto FC, which is preparing to host the Seattle Sounders in the league’s championship game this weekend in front of 36,000.

“You dreamed about it,” Pistore said. “I would have hoped we’d won a championship by now. We are busy, but we are having so much fun.”

The same can’t be said for the public. At least not everyone.

Throngs of Toronto FC fans white-knuckled their computers Monday morning with the understanding Major League Soccer would release thousands of tickets ahead of the league’s marquee game.

Around 9,000 seats went on sale at noon and were snatched up in a matter of seconds. This after around 20,000 seats were purchased by existing season seat holders during an exclusive pre-sale event over the weekend.

Additionally, around 5,000 seats were allocated to the league, which has an obligation to provide tickets for sponsors, rights holders and fellow MLS clubs. At least 1,500 tickets were allocated to visiting supporters from Seattle.

“This would maybe surpass the Toronto Raptors in terms of emotional demand,” added Pistore, when asked if interest in this weekend’s MLS championship is comparable to any of MLSE’s other major franchises.

And added interest means secondhand tickets — and lots of them.

Hours after "selling out," MLS Cup tickets began popping up on StubHub, with prices ranging from $225 US to $1,599 US. Face value for those same seats range from $55 to $555.

“It’s part of the new digital landscape,” Pistore said of the online re-sell market. “It always existed before with brokers. Now it’s just part of how we shop.

“In a lot of ways it’s unavoidable,” he added. “We scrub our lists for brokers. We’re always working with partners to try and get as many tickets as we can into fans’ hands.”

But even that’s not an absolute guard against scalping.

“When you have an event like this — when demand exceeds supply by so much, driving up pricing based on capitalism — some of our fans turn to posting as well,” Pistore added.

“As much as you might be a fan, and you bought for $50, there’s a temptation to see how much of a fan you are based on what you can gain for tickets. There’s that temptation with basketball and hockey and all of it.”

An example: Someone in Toronto FC’s south-end supporters section is currently attempting to StubHub a pair of seats — valued at around $55.00 each — for $1,400.

Expect those prices to come down before the weekend.

“All we ask is for them to post on TM plus, the only way to verify tickets,” Pistore said.

An MLSE spokesperson advised fans to check back daily as more tickets could be released closer to game time.

There are currently 1,200 tickets being held back for “league-related” partners — something that’s mandated.

Toronto FC also is looking to expand the standing room configuration to potentially pack a few hundred more fans into BMO Field.

GIOVINCO ONE OF MLS’ BEST XI

Another day, another award for the Atomic Ant.

Sebastian Giovinco has been named to Major League Soccer’s Best XI for the second straight season.

Giovinco finished the 2016 regular season with 17 goals and 15 assists through 28 appearances, making him the first player in MLS history to collect 30 “points” (combined goals and assists) in a single season.

The 29-year-old’s MLS trophy case already contains a pair of MLS all-star appearances, a Golden Boot, a newcomer of the year award and an ESPY award for the league’s best player.

Joining Giovinco in this year’s MLS Best XI are goalkeeper Andre Blake (PHI), defenders Matt Hedges (DAL), Axel Sjoberg (COL) and Jelle Van Damme (LA), midfielders Mauro Diaz (DAL), Giovani Dos Santos (LA), Sacha Kljestan (NY) and Ignacio Piatti (MTL), and forwards David Villa (NYC) and Bradley Wright-Phillips (NY)

MLS CUP A REALLY, REALLY BIG DEAL

So much for Toronto suffering from “big game fatigue.”

This year’s MLS Cup final between Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders is the most “in demand” game that SeatGeek — the web’s “largest event ticket search engine” — has seen since it began tracking data in 2010.

Broadly speaking, this weekend’s MLS Cup trails just the NBA all-star game and NBA’s All-Star Saturday Night in terms of “demand” in 2016, according to SeatGeek.

Furthermore, Saturday night’s MLS final is more “in demand” than any of the Raptors’ home playoff games earlier this year.

Going back to 2013, “demand” for Toronto FC-Sounders is in line with “demand” for the Toronto Maple Leafs last playoff series against the Boston Bruins, SeatGeek told the Toronto Sun.