The stakes are high for Toronto’s final soccer game of the season, when they face the Seattle Sounders for the second year in a row at the MLS finals Saturday.

Toronto mayor John Tory and Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan have set a wager that if the Toronto team wins, Durkan will light Seattle’s city hall red and wear a Toronto FC scarf, and send a basket of Seattle-related goodies (including Starbucks coffee, and salmon) to Toronto.

Meanwhile, if Seattle wins, Tory will light the Toronto sign green, wear a Seattle Sounders scarf, and send a basket of Canadian goodies, such as Tim Hortons coffee, peameal bacon and maple syrup, to Seattle.

No matter who wins though, the mayors said they’ll donate $100 to a charity for each goal scored.

The bet was posted on Twitter Friday morning, just a few weeks after a similar agreement was struck between Tory and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

After losing the 2016 MLS Cup final to Seattle, Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley says the team is grateful to have “another crack” at the Sounders on Saturday. Seattle’s coach says the championship is getting harder to win. (The Canadian Press)

Nenshi and Tory wagered a bet for the Grey Cup final in November. The Toronto Argonauts proved victorious against the Calgary Stampeders, beating the team 27-24 and winning the cup for the first time since 2012.

As a consequence, Nenshi had to wear an Argonauts jersey and recite a poem Tory had written, which ended with the line, “Now we have business to do and I must end this tale of woe, but I have to wrap it up by saying, ‘go Toronto Argos, go, go, go.’”

Additionally, the losing mayor also donated $5 for each point scored to a food bank of his choosing.

Toronto FC will get a chance at redemption after a heartbreaking loss to the Sounders last year, when the Seattle team won 5-4 in a round of penalty kicks.

The Dec. 9 final will be held at BMO Field at 4 p.m. and the daytime temperature is expected to be a fresh 0 C. There is also a 70 per cent chance of precipitation, with 2 to 4 centimetres of snow expected to fall.

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