Eight short months ago Dax McCarty’s postgame comments following the Fire's 4-0 Saturday night demolition of Orlando City SC would have been considered outright fantasy.
“The mentality is certainly now, let’s not just make the playoffs, because that’s not good enough,” said McCarty while addressing media at his locker. “Sure, we want to make the playoffs but we want to win the Open Cup. We want to win MLS Cup. We want to compete for the Supporters Shield. Is that realistic to compete for all three? Why not? Why not us? I think that’s our attitude and our motto right now in the locker room.