The math on Sunday is simple. If the Fire win, then they’re in. There are multiple other scenarios where the Fire can get in with a draw and a loss, but those will only matter if the Fire are incapable of getting three points in their game. For a team that was put together in about 6 weeks from Christmas 2019 to the end of January, was disrupted by a global pandemic, and playing for an organization that hasn’t been close to relevant for over a decade, that’s a miracle in and of itself.
However, it could have been so much more.