If you listened to the special MLS is Back edition of the North Lot Podcast we released after the tournament draw, you’d know that I couldn’t muster much excitement over the return of MLS and the Chicago Fire. With COVID-19 still raging and the recent (justified) reaction to the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of three members of the Minneapolis Police Department, thinking about and getting excited about soccer is just about impossible.
Adding to the non-enthusiasm caused by world events was fatigue brought on by a near decade of soccer teams that ranged from record-breakingly awful to above average flame-outs.