We’ve reached the scoreboard-watching portion of the season. The Fire currently sits in 10th place. The teams immediately in front of them and within 3 points go all the way up to fifth place Orlando City and include FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami, Columbus Crew, and Charlotte FC as their opponents this weekend. The rest of the schedule looks like this: Orlando vs New England Revolution, Cincinnati vs Philadelphia Union, Miami at CF Montreal, Columbus vs NYCFC. There’s no other playoff six-pointer other than the Fire’s match.
What this means is that the Fire, if they win and a result or two falls their way, will be above the playoff line at the end of the weekend.