Raphael Wicky is planning on starting Chicago Fire preseason training at the end of this month. As we wait for a resolution to the collective bargaining dispute, the second-year coach can’t afford to be in a holding pattern. It’s business as usual, until it isn’t.
With that in mind, Wicky plans to head into the season with four first team goalkeepers: two veterans in their 30s—Bobby Shuttleworth and Kenneth Kronholm, and two teenagers—Gabriel Slonina and Chris Brady. The Fire’s other goalkeeper last season, Connor Sparrow, recently signed with Miami FC in the USL Championship.
“I’m very happy with our goalkeeper pool,” Wicky said.