The Fire struggle defensively once again, giving up two goals in the last twenty minutes and wasting an opportunity to get a result on the road.
This, in a vacuum, is what happened on Saturday night and should have dragged supporters back into the same listlessness that they’ve experienced for almost a decade; except it didn’t.
Yes, they bottled a chance to win their first MLS opener in ten years, but I think JBG spoke for all Fire fans when they said that you can’t help but have an inkling of optimism after the performance we saw in Carson.