Friday, August 12, 2011

Struggling Fire, Red Bulls converge

Dominic Oduro (right) and ex-Fire midfielder
John Thorrington (left) -- Getty Images
By Charlie Corr
ESPNChicago.com

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Will the real Chicago Fire please stand up?

A topsy-turvy five-day stretch last week brought out the Fire's best efforts (1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union) and easily the team's worst performances (4-2 loss to the expansion Vancouver Whitecaps) of the season. Which version shows up this Saturday remains to be seen as Chicago faces the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.

"It's amazing, because you go from playing the [second-place team in the East] and dominating that game and playing really well, and then going on the road where for me it was a very poor performance," Fire interim head coach Frank Klopas said. "Not the fact that we lost. I just felt the discipline and the stuff that we worked on, we gave up opportunities too, too easy. When you do that and give up four goals, it's difficult to win any game."

Read more at ESPNChicago.com.

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