Commitment to defense fueling Fire
Published 5/9/2008 by Chris Snear at Major League Soccer News
The Chicago Fire are off to their to their best start in team history, wining five of their first seven games, losing only one and drawing the other while their seemingly impenetrable defense has given up just three goals.
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