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Fire vs Houston – 9 Match Facts – 1 Prediction
By: irish_steve |
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1.The Fire will be missing Segares, Blanco, and Soumare for the match tonight.
Houston will be missing Brain Ching, and Ricardo Clark.
2. Houston have won 5 of their last 6 games, with the other game being a tie.
The Fire have won 3 of their last 6 with 2 ties and 1 loss.
3. The Fire are the [...]
Blanco, Ref’s, Columbus, and Club America
By: irish_steve | No Comments
After the Fire’s brilliant comeback in Columbus Saturday, news of some strange goings on with Blanco and referee Jair Marrufo.
Both Blanco and the ref were under investigation due to the fact that Marrufo accepted a signed jersey from Blanco in the locker room after the game. We all know that it is against the [...]
Fire 3 – 1 Dallas a Look Back..
By: irish_steve | 3 Comments
As expected the Fire got their season off to a brilliant start, winning in Dallas for the first time since 1999. Even though it was the first game of the season and the Fire were missing some key players, the overall performance was fantastic.
Here is a look back on the good and the bad [...]
Category: Match NewsYes, Jeff, it was that bad
By: Sean | 2 Comments
So bigsoccer.com blogger Jeff Bull wants to know if yesterday’s Bulledamerung was as comprehensive and one-sided as the 1-5 scoreline indicates.
Yes. Yes, it was.
I’ll give New York [sic] credit: They brought it the last 15 minutes of the first half. I went into halftime worried that Red Bull were ascendant, that the Fire had expended [...]
Are you the Fire from May in disguise?
By: Tom | 3 Comments
Last night, we Fire fans were subjected to an outrageous breach in the space-time continuum. We had thought that our long national nightmare, the months of insipid football that began this season, had been discarded into the dustbin of history.
Unfortunately, we were wrong. As notabbott points out, the game, formation and tactics were all [...]
Category: Match NewsVerdict: Inconclusive
By: Tom | 6 Comments
The frenzy we Fire fans had whipped ourselves up into since the arrival of Osorio, Blanco and Wanchope was always likely to lead to expectations beyond what a still-recovering team can produce just yet. And that was the case yesterday.
It was slightly deflating to see our forward line again consist of Barrett and Carr, who [...]
Category: Match NewsBlanco Is Not Afraid of MLS
By: Tom | 3 Comments
When the Fire signed Blanco, there was a lot of talk about how he wouldn’t be able to handle the physical play of MLS. How he’d not be able to deal with the chippy kicks and would lack the time he’s accustomed to in order to make things happen.
And now I’m finally watching Temo make [...]
That was not soccer
By: Tom | 11 Comments
Nor was it football, either. I left a very pleasant barbecue by the lake to go watch the Fire host the Colorado Rapids, but by halftime, I felt more like ripping out my own intestines than watching the second half. Two of the worst teams in MLS went at it with some of the best [...]
Fire vs. Real Salt Lake
By: Tom | No Comments
The Fire host Real Salt Lake on Sunday at 4pm (TV: Telefutura live, CSN 7pm delayed). This is a game the Fire, and in particular coach Dave Sarachan, really need to win. A three game homestand is exactly what Sarachan needs to get some results, save his job, and get the Fire back into [...]
Photos from Fire-FC Dallas
By: Tom | 2 Comments
A 2-1 defeat, with the first half looking a bit too much like last week’s second half. But we were not as bad overall. A dodgy PK for their first goal. 14 Fire corners, 1 shot on target? And how many Fire shots hit the woodwork? We played aggressive [...]
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