To Chicago Fire fandom, starved as we are for those brighter feelings engendered by support, this dominant preseason - even on the back of previous dominant preseasons followed by dismal campaigns - is as intoxicating as stumbling into Oz’s field of poppies; if you let yourself go, you can float right to opening day. Two three-goal wins in five days - is this a narcotic? Do we really care?
Chicago’s magical-realist preseason continued Sunday night with a frisky 5-2 dispatching of Alessandro Nesta’s Miami FC at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The Fire played a split-squad scrimmage in one game, playing combo A/B squads for 45 minutes each, giving us a chance to really see the state of the two-deep roster.