An embarrassment was on display at
The Chicago Fire dropped it’s sixth in a row, losing 4-0 to the Houston Dynamo in the head coaching debut of Juan Carlos Osorio. Even more unfortunate, my friend Matt and I were there to take it ALL in.
Playing the Western Conference-leading Dynamo was no excuse for the performance by the Fire. But I don’t place as much blame on the players as I do on new head coach Juan Carlos Osorio.
Osorio didn’t bring out the potential of his team, using a 3-4-3 rotation that was foreign to Fire players. Common logic would say that a change needs to take place when a 4-4-2 formation leads to a 4-7-4 record, but when this new Fire defense that plays a man down allows numerous breakaways and can’t keep up, a change needs to be made. But Osorio didn’t make that change; even after the Dynamo broke through on the defense numerous times and made the score 3-0 by the 62nd minute.
But Osorio should take heart and be really thankful for Matt Pickens. The Fire goalie made an array of great saves on other breakaways to prevent an even further laughable score. None of the 4 goals could be attributed to Pickens, who will watch his 1.43 goals against average take a big hit.
Osorio will get his next chance at home against FC Celtic when Mexican star Cuauhtemoc Blanco makes his debut for the Fire.
Let’s hope Osorio will make some changes by then. If not, he might make like N’Sync’s song played over the speakers after the game (I have no idea why they played this horrific song) and say “Bye, Bye, Bye” to his job in
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