With the Major League Soccer season fast approaching, Chicago Fire fans are in a real weird place between quiet resignation and blind optimism. Every season brings something new and exciting to the table and every single time, that new thing has done nothing to help (except in 2017, but whatever).
This year, the Fire saw massive upheaval in terms of personnel. They lost pretty much all of their depth players and have made a few moves in the starting XI as well. Certainly not the ‘core group’ that was proclaimed those years ago. But still, it’s new personnel and coach Veljko Paunovic will need to find a way to manage it.