The Fire seem to have a habit of drawing extremely good teams in every start and restart of this bizarre 2020 season.
First it was the reigning champs in the 2020 regular season opener back on March 1, then it was Seattle again in the MLS is Back Tournament group stage, now it’s first place Columbus Crew SC in the league’s phase one return to individual markets on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. CT from MAPFRE Stadium.
Head coach Caleb Porter’s group was outstanding in the group stage in Orlando, becoming the only team to win all three games and doing it without conceding a goal.