When Raphael Wicky was running down the list of new Chicago Fire players for 2021, he mentioned plenty of names you’d expect—Stanislav Ivanov, Chinonso Offor, and Jhon Espinoza were all off-season signings, and will join the club this season.
There’s also defender Carlos Teran, who joined the team in October, only seeing around 14 minutes of action. And there’s Luka Stojanovic, the highly regarded creative playmaker who only saw around 60 minutes of action before suffering a season-ending injury at the MLS is Back tournament. Neither player is technically “new,” but you get the point.