Today was perhaps supposed to be the rekindling of an old rivalry between the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution. Two teams who haven’t had a lot to talk about since the good old days of the 2000s and two teams who had started 2017 well.
We were supposed to learn a lot about the Revs and Fire today. Instead, we learned what happens when you play with ten men for over an hour in MLS.
The Fire routed the shorthanded Revolution 3-0 at Toyota Park, taking advantage of two Je-Vaughn Watson yellow cards in the first half in a total comprehensive victory for the home side.