Preview: Revolution vs. Fire

The Chicago Fire got their first league win since June 30th last Sunday over Orlando. Their playoff chances are slim, but they would at least want to go out with some positivity this season. Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic sensed a change in attitude after the Schweinsteiger testimonial in Munich.

“After the [Schweinsteiger testimonial] game in Munich, we did what we had to do,” Velko Paunovic said. “There was an adjustment of attitude, an adjustment in some things we had to do and then we worked very good. This was week was the best week of training so far.”

New England are now five points adrift of the red line in the East, but are unbeaten in their last three. Last week, they got a valuable point at LAFC. That was after a vital win over NYCFC.

“We’re a team that fights, there’s no doubt about that,” Revolution coach Brad Friedel said. “The character in the locker room is good. To show the result we did against NYCFC, I thought we were the better team, I watched the game many times again. Against LAFC, created many chances, a shame the goal we conceded is of our own doing, nothing that they created. There’s a lot of positives we can take into the last six games.”

Both teams are likely not to make the playoffs, but a win by either side will at least give them some good feelings, even if their fan bases (especially the Fire’s) have not seen much that has been positive.