Welcome to Fire20, our weekly series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club by making deep dives into the team’s history. This week we look back at the last time the Sounders darkened our doorsteps.
With Chicago welcoming Seattle to Toyota Park on Saturday, it seemed fitting that this week’s Fire20 touch on one of my personal favorite memories as a Fire fan.
The day is July 11, 2015. The setting is Bridgeview, Illinois. I stepped out of the backseat of my father’s Nissan Maxima onto the unpaved parking lot surrounding Toyota Park, and sensed the excitement in the air.