The Morning After: Fire Burned In SuperLiga Play
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jul 15, 2010 3:00PM
The Fire continued to struggle with the non-MLS portion of their schedule as last night they got waxed 5-1 by Monarcas Morelia in SuperLiga group play. Having already gone 0-2 in the Sister Cities Cup, lost a friendly to AC Milan, and been knocked out of the U.S. Open Cup by USL Second Division Charleston Battery, last night's loss just added to the woes. Morelia got on the board in the fourth minute with an Elías Hernández goal and added two more before the half for a 3-0 lead at the break. Fire rookie Steven Kinney scored his first career goal, putting Chicago on the board in the 49th minute. But less than a minute later, Morelia answered with another goal and, in the 70th minute added another just for good measure. It was an all-around flat performance that lacked, well, the fire the team hasn't really shown all that often this season anyway, even if they have fared slightly better in MLS play (where they're 4-5-5 this season). The team will try to rebound when they welcome the New England Revolution to Toyota Park this Saturday night as SuperLiga play continues (6:00 p.m.).