Congestion: Chicago Fire vs Nashville SC MLS Preview

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports In case you haven’t heard, MLS and Liga MX, with approval from CONCACAF, starting in 2023, are turning the Leagues Cup into a World Cup formatted tournament involving every team from both leagues, and they’ll be taking a month off during the season to do this.

On the one hand, this is unquestionably a good thing. There are players on the Fire that could have used something like this to play instead of being loaned out or sitting on the bench with no chance at all of getting in the game. (I’m thinking about Andre Reynolds and Alex Monis) Between this and the return of the US Open Cup, there will be ample opportunities for younger and newer players to…