A boring scoreless draw wasn’t what anyone had in mind for a match against DC United. But in hindsight, there was some interesting things that deserve a second look.
This is what we learned.
Who knew that playing defenders on the back line instead of converting midfielders to play defense would work? The Chicago Fire played three natural defenders last night— Johan Kappelhof, Francisco Calvo, and the debuting Jonathan Bornstein, and they played near flawless defense. DC United had a lot trouble finding shooting lanes, and while they had the majority of possession, the Fire kept them to only ten shots and they only had one shot that managed to register as on target.