So the Fire Made Some Improvments and a Quick Look at August

It's been a little while since my last post and alot has happened in between now and then with the Fire. They were able to off load the the other player that needed to go(Robayo), brought in another player in Fernandez by trading MLS funny money to Seattle, and actually played a great game against the leagues best team. So everything that I said in the last post was almost the exact opposite. Chicago found a way to go into San Jose and find a way to dominate and come back home with a point which should have been 3 points but San Jose coach Frank Yallop threw a tantrum to get more extra time and San Jose scored the equalizer. Enough about that, lets move on.

Well the Fire did get rid of Robayo by sending him back home and in his place they were able to get a capable mid that the more I look at turns out to be a great move. They were able to trade for Alvaro Fernandez from Seattle for little to nothing. This is a good move because he can play any position in the attacking side of mid field, he is good in the air, can cross the ball, and tracks back on defense. His mind set reminds me alot of Ivan Guerrero, in that he seems to be a player that plays for the team and doesn't complain. Another good thing is that he will be here through the 2013 season and being 26 there is a good chance that he will be a fixture in our line up for years to come. With Alex struggling to be that CAM that we so desperately need, Fernandez has said that he is most comfortable in the middle but can play on the wings. To me I would rather have Fernandez at CAM than Alex due to the simple fact that Fernandez already has a couple season in the MLS under his belt and he knows what it takes to play in this league. It will be interesting to see how he will be used and hopefully Frank uses him week in and week out in the starting line up.

Here's my look into the crystal ball for the month of August. We have 4 games starting with Toronto tonight followed by a trip to Philly, back home against the Revs, and then finished with a trip to DC. This could be a great month for the Fire as they look to finish strong in the last 13 games, which are all against the Eastern Conference. I would like to see the Fire take all 12 points in the month of August but would be happy with 10 points. To me if the Fire fail to get at least 7 points this month this would make the road to the playoffs much harder as 3 of the next 4 games are against oppents looking up at the FIre in the standings. We will have to wait and see what happens but as for tonight I predict the Fire will take advantage of a Toronto team that played mid week in the CCL and win 3-0 through goals by Fernandez, Rolfe, and the long shot Friedrich.