The 2015 Chicago Fire season felt like more of the same old losing ways. It was enough to earn Head Coach Frank Yallop a pink slip less than two years into his tenure in which he was tasked with building and coaching the team. For fans, it was more poor results heaped on years of poor performance. While the team only earned eight wins for the season, the season was far from the worst in MLS history. In fact, it was the best season for a last place team since the league stopped settling draws with penalty shootouts.
The idea for this investigation came about last fall in one of those Saturday evenings filled with despair to which Chicago Fire supporters have become all too accustomed.