By the 16th minute of Saturday night’s match between the Chicago Fire and Nashville SC, the Fire had given up the fastest hat trick in MLS history to Hany Mukhtar, and Johan Kappelhof, who was involved in giving up all three goals, had been almost mercifully sent off for a red card.
There are poor starts, and then there was this—an absolute disaster in the Music City.
Prior to the match, the Fire announced head coach Raphael Wicky had to make a sudden return to his native Switzerland to deal with a health matter with a close family member.