It’s been a while since I’ve been able to have this space to talk and analyze the Fire’s on-field performance. The nature of two games a week plus my outside commitments have left no time to post What We Learned articles and talk about some of the interesting things happening on the pitch in Fire land. And with Raphael Wicky out and a lame-duck coaching staff in his place, there was really only one thing to write about:

Who Stays and Who Goes

We’ll revisit this after the final stretch of games when, hopefully, more fringe players see some amount of playing time to evaluate them, but from what we have, there are some clear delineations of players the organization needs to preserve in their blowup of the roster.