There’s no player on the Chicago Fire that gets more scrutiny from fans than Francisco Calvo. The Costa Rican international defender is a lightning rod for controversy. The Fire made some disastrous defensive errors in 2020, and at least some of those are certainly on Calvo.
When the Fire announced Calvo’s contract extension for 2021, some fans called it a huge mistake. When I shot down rumors a couple weeks ago that Calvo was returning to Saprissa, a few people joked on Twitter that it was too bad it wasn’t true.
Is the scrutiny fair?