Coach Ezra Hendrickson delivered a familiar refrain after the Fire’s 1-1 tie Saturday against the Red Bulls. Once again, the Fire had dropped points by allowing a game-tying goal in the waning moments of a match, a recurring theme during Hendrickson’s tenure in Chicago.
“It’s the same thing that has happened three times now: late in the game, it’s a corner kick and we decide we’re not going to mark our man,” Hendrickson said. “On the corners, each man has a responsibility, each man has a player that they’re supposed to be marking. They know it, it’s not like we don’t know it. Against [FC Cincinnati], same thing happened; last week against Atlanta, same thing, we don’t mark. And again tonight, we don’t mark.
