Chicago Fire 0, Philadelphia Union 2: What We Learned

Mike Dinovo-USA TODAY Sports Saturday was tough to watch. We knew the Fire were fighting an uphill battle against the best team in the East and arguably the best team in the league. But I expected a bit of a fight from the men in red (never navy). Instead, what we saw was complete domination— even if the stats don’t read like it. Here’s what we learned from the Fire’s 2-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Union

This Team Stinks.

The sad part about all of this is that this was entirely predictable. Raphael Wicky and Georg Heitz fell in love with the “almost and just about” that caused the Fire to win only 5 games last season, and stood pat this past winter. In fact, this all starts with giving center…