Inside MLS: Chicago Fire FC

Inside MLS: Chicago Fire FC — page 1
CHAPTER 1 WASTING NO TIME Jaime Moreno steamed toward the goal The DC United forward had a golden chance to put his team ahead early Instead his shot sailed over the crossbar The relieved Chicago Fire players looked up at the scoreboard The match was only 15 seconds old It could be a long day If there was such a thing as a dynasty in a league that was only three years old DC United was it The men from the nation’s capital won the first two Major League Soccer MLS titles The Fire stood in their way of a third in the 1998 MLS Cup The Fire were anything but a dynasty Chicago was a team in its first year of existence Just getting to the final was a big accomplishment for such a new team Most people and the Chicago Fire Luboš Kubík bottom and the Chicago Fire had their hands full against Jaime Moreno and had their hands full against Jaime Moreno and DC United in the 1998 MLS Cup DC United in the 1998 MLS Cup 4