Egg or potato? Coach Ezra Hendrickson wants Fire to harden under pressure

Ezra Hendrickson and the Fire host the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night. (Courtesy of the Fire)

For the Fire to succeed when matches come to a boil, coach Ezra Hendrickson said his players must react like eggs.

“One of the things we tell them is when you get in pressure situations like this, think of an egg and a potato,” Hendrickson said. “Same boiling water, the egg becomes hardened and the potato becomes soft. What are you going to be, are you going to be an egg or a potato?”