You might call him David. You might call him el Guaje.
Forget all that.
HIS NAME IS SOCCER.
Soccer will line up with ten other guys in the famous Etihad shirt on Sunday afternoon atop the Kentucky Bluegrass of Toyota Park. This is exciting for quite a number of reasons. But here's one I especially like: NYCFC's opponent is one of the few teams in all of MLS to play demonstrably worse than the Sky Blues last year.
Oh, Soccer. we missed you.
The Chicago Fire enter the season looking to put the kind of problems behind them that New York City fans will find familiar: a manager that didn't work out, a squad that couldn't make the Eastern Conference playoffs, and a defensive unit that conceded like a third-party candidate.