As the Chicago Fire prepare to collectively attack the offseason leading into 2018, head coach Veljko Paunovic reiterated his commitment to the club and his desire to bring trophies to the city of Chicago at a press conference on Wednesday morning.
"My purpose when we came here is to build a team that will be a championship team,” he said. “(A team) that will win championships and that will resonate in soccer in the United States with the style, with the mentality, with everything. I focus all my energy and my mind only on that.”
The Fire’s exit out of the 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs on Oct.