On A High: Chicago Fire vs Sporting Kansas City MLS Week 4 Preview

The Fire are coming off a win vs. DC United, leaving them undefeated after 3 games and having allowed 0 goals. That’s nuts. As we begin to think of this team as good, I can’t help but feel anxious. What if this is just a positive blip and things start to slip again? What if all it takes is for them to give up one goal, then everything will go back to normal. The clock will strike 12 and the horses will turn to mice and the carriage a pumpkin.

These are my big fears at the moment, but they’re surrounded by excitement. The Fire might be good again. They have a stout defense and a goal-scoring front line, just like the teams of my youth (except 2004, but we don’t talk about 2004) They have…