A little over a week ago, Bastian Schweinsteiger arrived on a flight from Munich to Chicago to embark on what he called a “new adventure” with the Chicago Fire and Major League Soccer.
An estimated 500 fans greeted him at O’Hare Airport and the signing was the big news in soccer circles last week. Three days and three training sessions with new teammates later, he was starting for the Fire against the Montreal Impact.
On the field, Schweinsteiger’s influence was obvious. He scored the Fire’s first goal of the game on a header assisted by David Accam.