Despite falling short of the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs, there are plenty of reasons to be motivated for the Chicago Fire in their season finale this weekend according to head coach Veljko Paunovic.
“For us, we have to understand this game as our final, which it is,” he said. “It’s a final. It’s an opportunity to get a little bit better...In the long term, I think forging that mentality, the soccer will give us the reward.”
While it will represent the end of his first season in Chicago, Paunovic sees Sunday afternoon’s matchup with Toronto FC at BMO Field (3 p.