Preview: Chicago Fire versus Orlando City SC

The Chicago Fire are playing their first competitive match since August 23rd and looking for their first win in the league since June 30th. They are winless in their last nine league matches after only snapping an eight-match league losing streak in a 1-1 draw against Columbus. Orlando’s last win was on July 14th and are winless in their last nine in all competitions. As a result, we have a match of the two bottom clubs in the Eastern Conference.

Both teams did make news this past week. The Fire acquired former RSL man Yura Movsisyan off waivers while Orlando was given the 2019 All-Star Game. Oh, the Fire may be looking for a replacement for Veljko Paunovic that may be “peak Fire” given their recent run.

Orlando has conceded a league-worst 62 goals this season while the Fire are one of three teams who have conceded 52. It’s a virtual given that neither team will be in the playoffs and are waiting for the season to end. Each team may well see this match as the last realistic opportunity to salvage something out of this season. All you need is Alexi Lalas saying [insert Orlando and/or Chicago player here]is “almost too good for this team”.