The Fire beat the Union 4-2 in a highly entertaining match, taking place in the Alternate Soccer Universe that is FLorida in mid February.
cYour very first takeaway from the Fire's 4-2 beatdown of the Philadelphia Union Thursday afternoon is that it's not real. Preseason games exsist in a kind of weird alternate universe where performance isn't measured on the scoreboard or on the stat sheet like normal. The difference between 0-0 and 4-1 could be anything from playing against an XI of trialists, or a team playing at half speed, or a team concentrating on one specific aspect of the game to the detriment of all others.