Courtesy of the Fire For all of the Fire’s off-the-field efforts to bolster the business side of the franchise, they have to be better on the field for that work to really have an effect. Coach Raphael Wicky knows that. ‘‘We are aware, as coaches and as a team, that the first team is always the locomotive of the train,’’ Wicky said Wednesday. ‘‘We know that we are a very important piece of this club.’’ Though both the business and soccer sides have plenty of work to do, the Fire’s 3-0 victory Saturday against Atlanta United won’t hurt.
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Union Battle to 3-3 Draw Against Chicago at Rain-Soaked Soldier Field
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CHICAGO – The Philadelphia Union, featuring a rotated squad, battled back from 1-0 and 3-2 deficits to take a 3-3 road draw from the Chicago Fire on Saturday night on a waterlogged pitch at Soldier Field.
Quinn Sullivan scored a spectacular bicycle kick in the first start of his career for the Union’s first goal and Cory Burke also ended up on the scoresheet. The Union’s third was an own goal from Boris Sekulic that was set up by Kacper Przybylko to tie the match in the 79th minute.
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In Crisis: Chicago Fire vs FC Cincinnati 2021 MLS Game Preview
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This is it. The big one. The one we’ve all been waiting for. The Fire are back to playing the loose coffee grinds at the bottom of the cup that is the Eastern Conference. It couldn’t have come at a better time. The Fire have lost trust with each other, and it shows with their play. The midfield is refusing to give the ball up to their center forward, and the defense is still giving up bad goals, only this time it’s communications breakdowns instead of poor individual play. They need something to go right or this season could spiral into the history books as the worst season in American organized soccer history.