The Latest Breaking News from Georg Heitz

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Sporting director Georg Heitz has missed on every designated player he’s signed. His best moves have been selling teenagers to European clubs, he’s shown no ability to build an MLS winner and has the Fire on track to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight year under his watch. Yet…

Lagerwey checks all the boxes current sporting director Georg Heitz doesn’t, but signing him could be difficult.

In July, Mansueto said he’d like to bring back Heitz as sporting director. Mansueto needs to reconsider.

Unfortunately for the Fire, there are numerous factors that make a postseason return unlikely.

Under Heitz, who is out of contract at the end of the season, the Fire missed the 2020 and 2021 playoffs and need to rally to make the 2022 postseason.

Calling Heitz a “very strong soccer mind,” Mansueto said he’s just starting to talk to the Fire sporting director about his future.

The Fire sporting director brought in four players who haven’t blossomed, and he sent out budding star Djordje Mihailovic and dependable scorer CJ Sapong.

Last in the 28-team league, current members of the Fire are saying things that sound similar to their predecessors.