By Aug. 20 of a normal MLS season, Chicago Fire head coach Raphael Wicky and his team would be closing in on 30 matches played together.
When they take the field in Columbus on Thursday night to resume the regular season against Crew SC (6:30 p.m. CT | WGN-TV, ESPN+, 105.1 WOJO-HD2), it will instead be just their sixth.
With an opportunity to at last get a consistent run of matches together during the six games of Major League Soccer's phase one return to play schedule, Wicky expects points and progress.
“We are going there to win,” he told media on Tuesday.