The Chicago Fire made the most of unfavorable weather conditions by taking advantage of favorable breaks on the field for their first win.
Perhaps Section 8 was on to something Saturday when it started singing Let It Snow as the wintry storm swirled at up to 30 mph in Toyota Park.
It's not that the Chicago Fire had an easy time with the bursts of snow, but the blizzardy conditions became more friend than enemy in the second half as the Union ran into the wind and went down a man. The Fire had their share of luck along the way, watching three Union shots hit the woodwork and avoiding a red card of their own when the referee mistakenly gave Rodrigo Ramos a yellow in the first half instead of Matt Polster, who would've picked up his second in the second half.