eams that compile 12 shutouts usually make the playoffs, but not last year’s Fire, who somehow finished 12th in the Eastern Conference and missed the postseason.
They opened the season Saturday night with a 1-1 tie against New York City FC in front of 19,671 at Soldier Field after trying to address their offensive woes. In the last weeks of the preseason, they brought in forwards Kei Kamara and Georgios Koutsias in an attempt to bolster an attack that produced only 39 goals in 2022.
