For the second straight season, a controversial red card bit the Chicago Fire on the road against the Philadelphia Union.
Unlike last season’s match at Subaru Park, which the Fire lost 2-1 after a Francisco Calvo red card that was later overturned, Chicago was able to scrape out a point in this one, despite playing down a man for an hour after Wyatt Omsberg was sent off for a denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity.
“It was very, very, very soft,” Fire coach Raphael Wicky said after the match, clearly fighting the urge to say more.