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Six Degrees: Almost There

It’s an overused cliché, but that doesn’t make it untrue. Saturday’s 2-2 draw in Chicago was a tale of two halves.

1) In our 4-0 loss to New York, we had nothing figured out. In last week’s draw against Dallas, we had the defense figured out. And Saturday in Chicago, we had everything figured out. For 45 minutes, at least.

Seriously, could we have looked any better in that first half? It was wonderful. The defense continued its solid work from the week before, the offense showed up for the first time all season, and we didn’t just win the half, we dominated it.