Celebrate. Enjoy it. Breathe the small piping of fresh air that has opened up over what has been a month of smog over the club and the team.
The Chicago Fire’s win on Saturday night at Houston snapped multiple losing streaks and stopped what seemed like unending backwards momentum for the club both on and off the field. It wasn’t pretty by any means, but they walked away with three points against a reeling Western Conference foe.
Let’s put this win this win in context: it had been 15 months since the Fire had won an MLS game on the road.