That’s, uh, “Keeping It Real Positive.”
The Chicago Fire are a shadow of their former selves professional football franchise in Major League Soccer. Last season, the Men in Red (as the Fire are also known) faded horribly after a promising first half finished third in the overall MLS table.
The Fire were MLS’ first expansion team, back before the league became a Ponzi scheme harvesting exorbitant expansion fees had much traction in the American sporting landscape, winning the double in 1998 to set all of us up with unrealistic expectations going forward secure the slightly-less-delightful-as-the-years-go-by-but-still-desperately-defended moniker of ‘Best MLS Expansion Franchise.