Bright Future: Chicago Fire 1, New England Revolution 1

For about 89 minutes, the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution engaged it what would be best described as “Whatevering.” For those of you who are unfamiliar, Whatevering is a term invented by Chicago Sun-Times Fire beat writer Brian Sandalow to describe a soccer game where both teams trade possession around the midfield without a lot of meaningful action. The Fire and Revs played exactly like it was the last game of the year for two teams that just wanted to get through it and go home to take a nap.

It wasn’t all like that. Both teams had some chances in the first and second halves. The Fire floated in some good crosses that either were forced wide by defenders, collected by the…