Third Time’s the Charm?: DC United vs Chicago Fire MLS Week 3 Preview

Somehow, the Fire have had both their best start in years and the worst start in years.

They have not allowed a goal yet this season. The defense has shuffled between good and excellent, and the players brought in on that side of the ball, specifically the team’s new captain Rafael Czichos, have transformed the leakiest backline in the world into one of the stingiest. Last week against Orlando, they held their opponents to a .2 xGoals, and against Miami, they held them to an xGoals under 1 for an hour. It’s completely different from last year, in a good way.

The flipside is that the offense is bad. Like .4 xGoals against Orlando with by far the majority of possession over most of the game…