None of this really matters anymore.
The Fire were still in playoff contention heading into tonight’s game. Mathematically. But nothing about this team passes the sniff test. Any suggestion that this squad had any real chance of making the postseason would’ve gotten you laughed out of the building.
But it still stings a little to see it all made official. There’s numbers and everything. Whole-ass integers. All painting a clear picture of how terrible things are right now.
Pauno made three changes from the team that drew 2-2 in Foxboro over the weekend, the biggest one being Stefan Cleveland in goal.