One of the trustier adages in Major League Soccer is that you’re only ever a three-game win streak from the edges of the playoff picture.
Take heart, Chicago Fire. Lift up that drooping chin, Houston Dynamo. No matter how dire things may look at the moment, all it takes is a hot couple of weeks and you’ll be right back in it.
See: the currently spiking trajectory of the 2016 Seattle Sounders.
Despite an 0-3-0 start, another midseason slump and a record that’s currently three games below .500, the Sounders are now within two points of the playoff spots.