Let’s start this with a toast, friends: To the brave, crazy remnant of Chicago Fire support still turning up and turning out for this godawful, threadbare team - you are heroes. You are legends. When Nelson Rodriguez is a name we simply don’t mention, when association football in America is spreading into something far weirder and more satisfying than MLS’ dreams of power and control, either you’ll still be here, or the stories of you, which is as immortal as humans get.
I have some very bad news, though: MLS doesn’t see you.
We’re the serfs, you see.