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Calen Carr, Good Guy
By: Tom |Calen Carr has taken a bit of heat on this blog from time to time, particularly in the comments. As I’ve mentioned, it’s tough to blame a guy when he’s clearly trying hard, but he can be frustrating to watch: sometimes, he’s like a devilish whippet with the ball, yet at other times, a [...]
When Saturday Comes
By: Tom |The game is still three days away, but any Fire’s fans nostrils are full of the smell of excitement, the hours ticking down until we find out: are we for real?
Ever since the first Toronto game back in April, when the two hundred of us who made the trip to Canada suddenly found ourselves cheering [...]
Stand and Deliver
By: Tom |Brandon Kitchens, a Fire supporter and Section 8 mainstay, died a week ago today playing soccer, after suffering a seizure. He was just 23, and had survived several tours of duty in Iraq, making his sudden death a terrible shock to the section.
As this Tribune article describes, he was as passionate as they come about [...]










