Chicago Fire 1, Real Salt Lake 1: What We Learned

Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY SportsA listless 1-1 performance by the Chicago Fire against Real Salt Lake wasn’t much to look at. After Aleksander Katai opened up the scoring with a powerful free kick, and a penalty conversion for RSL, there really wasn’t much happening. But there’s always stuff to learn.

Here are my takeaways from Saturday’s match.

Bronico Is A Right Back?

When the lineups came out, the one thing that immediately struck me as concerning was the question of who would play right back.

And he was good! He looked comfortable, both in attack, where he seemed to draw confidence from the space he was able to find both out wide and cutting inside occasionally. He kept his defensive…