Friends, compatriots: it’s finally here. The new Chicago Fire season is just three days away.
The Men In Red are still trying to find their footing after more than a decade of mediocrity (and counting). After a barnstorming 2017 campaign that put them in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time in years, the Fire crashed hard and finished 2018 with the second-to-worst record in the Eastern Conference.
Can Chicago turn it around this year? Or are we doomed to another year of crushing sadness?
How did they finish in 2018?
James Bridget Gordon: 10th in the Eastern Conference, semifinals in the US Open Cup.