Fansided · Mar 10, 2020
Chicago Fire: An ode to homegrown star, Mauricio Pineda
The Chicago Fire have started the 2020 season in promising fashion. A huge reason why is the emergence of homegrown star Mauricio Pineda, who has been immense in his first few professional games.
This all wasn’t supposed to happen so quickly for Chicago Fire homegrown Mauricio Pineda. Going into their season opener, the Fire knew they were in a bit of a pickle. They couldn’t have asked for a tougher contest to start the year as they went on the road to take on the Seattle Sounders, who were only happened to be the reigning MLS Cup champions.