With a returning midfield that already consisted of the likes of Harry Shipp, David Accam, Matt Polster and Michael Stephens, the Chicago Fire added to that group’s in-house experience when it announced the re-signing of Razvan Cocis just prior to the start of preseason.
For the 32-year-old Romanian, the outcome was the one he wanted all along.
“That was the first option,” Cocis said Tuesday of returning to the Fire. “In a meeting after the season with Nelson [Rodríguez], I told him my first option is to be back.”
The Chicago Fire roster to which Cocis returned looks considerably different than the one that concluded the 2015 season, and the early returns in camp have him excited for what’s to come.