Back to the Chicago Fire Newsfeed

Unhappiness by comparison: Heineman's transparency shames Hauptman's silence

It's true that all unhappiness comes by way of comparison. In a vacuum, maybe everyone in Chicago is totally chill with having a soccer team that routinely props up the MLS table, that has no training facility, no route from the academy to the first team - not even a paved parking lot. We're used to it. You miss the details because the blight has become familiar.

But this Robb Heineman guy down in Kansas City - he's making it hard to keep those happy thoughts. Here's the owner of one of MLS' most progressive and successful franchises, fresh off re-signing two potential MLS Best XI performers, getting up close and personal in public with a potential business partner:

Owner of @SportingKC with the balls to put his number up.