The Chicago Fire looked slow, tired, and had to fight their way into Wednesday night’s 0-0 draw with FC Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium. Earning a point on the road is a good result in MLS, but this match felt like one the Fire should have won.
“We started a bit slow,” Fire head coach Raphael Wicky said after the match. “It’s not an easy place to play here. No one really scores here that much. No one really wins here. They’re very tough to play in that 5-3-2, and we knew that.”
The Fire nearly gave up a goal very early, but Man of the Match Bobby Shuttleworth came up big, saving a point blank Cincinnati header in the first minute.