Chicago Fire 3, Atlanta United 0: What We Learned

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The Chicago Fire defense looked so good last weekend.

I will grant you that part of it was because of Atlanta. They’re in freefall and without Josef Martinez in the lineup, don’t really have anyone to support Ezequiel Barco while attacking, leading to a team that isn’t really much of a threat to anyone.

However, on the occasions Atlanta were on the front foot, such as the beginning of the game and the last few minutes of the second half, the Fire were much more organized and looked to be on the same page. There were two reasons for this. The first is that with three center backs, there was much less space for Atlanta to get clean looks on goal…