Chicago Fire pre-season recap. - Mikus1111's Dynasty

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Chicago Fire pre-season recap.

Posted on June 27, 2012 at 04:37 PM.

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RESULTS:

vs. Columbus Crew T 2-2
@ Guadalajara W 1-0
vs. Newcastle United Jets(AUS) T 2-2
vs. NY Red Bulls L 0-2

PRE-SEASON RECAP

In a sentence, could have been better. The goal differential 5-6 is not that bad, but the last week loss against the Red Bulls really hurts. The team has to feel down by that and the coaching staff is, undoubtedly, pretty confused. Two draws which is bad against the Crew, as Fire lost a goal in the final moments, but good against the Jets, as Fire pulled the same feat off, tying it very late, to come back from an 0-2 deficit. A nice win against Mexican club Guadalajara, clean sheet for Pickens. But as well a horrifying loss against New York, a direct opponent. But the team has to shake that off immediately, it was just a bad night, and if they put such pressure to the opponent as they did in that match, during the season there shouldn't be any problems.

PLAYER OF THE PRE-SEASON

Paulo Wanchope, a native of Costa Rica is our player of the pre-season, and it just appears that he is going to earn these honors very often, as he scored 2 goals and notched 2 assists in 4 games. Not bad at all and Fire is going to need more of that from him, if they are about to make it to the MLS playoffs, as their board expects.