It’s really hard to draw lines in the sand in Major League Soccer. Until September and October rolls around and teams fall out of contention by simple mathematics, it’s hard to definitively say that any given team must have X number of wins by Y date in order to ensure Z outcome. One of the best, and worst, things about MLS is that you’re never really out of playoff contention until pretty late in the season.
All that said, tonight feels like a bit of a Shit Or Get Off The Pot game for the Chicago Fire.