Welcome to part 1 of the fourth annual Chicago Fire Retrospective. Where we take a look at the season that just happened, and more often than not, try to figure out what went wrong.
It was a tough year for the Chicago Fire, both on and off the field. A coaching departure amid a tepid end to the 2021 season meant that immense pressure was on president Sebastian Pelzer and general manager Georg Heitz to get the winter transfer correct and supply the team with not just a good complete roster on paper, but
Heitz and Pelzer got to work interviewing coaches and eventually settling on Columbus Crew assistant Ezra Hendrickson at the end of November.