The Chicago Fire beat the Puerto Rican Islanders 1-0 yesterday in their third preseason game. McBride converted on a penalty kick after Nyarko was brought down in the 8th minute of play. The teams played two 45 minuted halves, but played an extra 20 minutes at the end so that all of the subs could get some playing time. Both teams had goals called back, but overall the Fire dominated the game.Jata sat out to get some rest, but most likely will return to action on Monday. All of the players had Sunday off. The team will finish up at IMG with a training session tomorrow, followed by their 4th preseason game against Toronto FC on Tuesday. The team will then head back to Chicago for a few days before departing to Mexico on February 15th. I expect the team to make some cuts before their next trip, but I think all of the draft picks will stay on no matter what. David Sias and Jokull Elisabetarson have both been sitting out due to injury, but they should be ready to return to action soon.
I went down to Bradenton to see Richard and things seem to be going very well. He's rooming with Baggio Husidic and it looks like they're really getting along great. They both had nothing but good things to say about each other and I expect to see a lot out these two in the future. With the entire starting squad returning from last season, playing time will be hard to come by, but with all of the extra games in the schedule this year I think we'll get to see both of them play at some point in time. I'm looking forward to the next couple of weeks, but I will bring you an update on Tuesday following their game with Toronto FC.
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