Unless you're among a batch of rookies new to a professional camp, a season’s opening training session doesn't often bring with it many surprises. That was not the case Tuesday morning at The PrivateBank Fire Pitch prior to the Chicago Fire’s opening workout of the 2017 preseason.
Former Fire defender Eric Gehrig was on hand Tuesday morning to help run the team’s first training session after being brought in for the 2017 preseason as a trialist among head coach Veljko Paunovic’s soccer operations staff.
“A lot of the guys didn’t know today,” Gehrig said. “Then they saw me, and then they were like, ‘What’s going on?