I saw it somewhere in the postgame Twitter scrum, when the #cf97 hashtag became a flash mob of barely-restrained bitterness and regret: It’s still early. Chalk it up to a learning experience.
Yeah, man. Lighten up, damn! It’s a road loss. A single road loss! We’re the Chicago motherf--king Fire, assholes; we lose road games six and eight at a time without raising an eyebrow. And yes, this group seemed different, confident and clever and experienced; and yes, this makes the fact that they shit the bed in the grand, familiar style this evening in Toronto even harder to shake - but it’s one game.