Last week, as Ruben pointed out, was quite the Jekyll and Hyde week for the Fire: smashing the current champions midweek and sleepwalking their way through a hot night in Kansas to another away loss. I would argue the dichotomy that last week presented was the perfect summation of how this Fire team’s season has gone: outrageous potential, but leaving fans wanting more.
Extraordinarily, though, the Fire only sit a point below the playoff line after a frustrating mixed bag of results. More good news? They have the bottom dwellers of the Eastern Conference in the next two consecutive fixtures.