BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – The first three months of Bastian Schweinsteiger’s time in Major League Soccer have been a rebuke to those who worried health or fitness might be concerns for the 32-year-old, or that he might be over the hill after two years struggling to get on the field for Manchester United.
Since arriving in Chicago, the German legend had started all 14 of the Fire’s matches and played the entire 90 minutes 11 times heading into Saturday’s match against the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Schweinsteiger sat out the Fire’s U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round win over St.