All things considered, if the Chicago Fire had escaped Soldier Field with a 0-0 draw Saturday afternoon against CF Montreal, it would have been mildly disappointing, but not soul crushing.
But after Montreal’s Mason Toye scored his 87th minute winner, and Wyatt Omsberg’s apparent tying goal deep in stoppage time was overturned by VAR, the Fire now head into the international break having lost five of their first seven matches to start the 2021 season.
Yes, there are still 27 games to be played, and there’s still plenty of time to turn around the season, but, flat-out, this is an unacceptable start for a club looking to finally dig itself out of a giant hole of irrelevance.