Of the eight teams left in Major League Soccer, seven of them had faced the Chicago Fire during the regular season. Of those, four of the teams had played the Fire twice.
Positive Covid tests in both the Nashville and FC Dallas delegations pushed the Fire to the Western Conference at the MLS is Back tournament. That means in a season where teams mostly stayed in their own conferences, the Fire are one of the few teams to have faced multiple teams from both conferences.
In the eleven matches with the Fire, the playoff teams cleaned up, grabbing five wins, five draws and only one loss.