Revolution gets chance to gain ground in clash with Fire

Revolution gets chance to gain ground in clash with Fire

The Chicago Fire and New England Revolution, currently the first two teams out of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, will square off twice in the final six weeks of the regular season.

Know Thy Enemy: Revs at Fire "Playoff Push" Edition

I am not going to linger on my disdain for the current MLS Playoff format. I think the play-in game is dumb, the three-game first-round series is dumber, and merely making the playoffs is not an actual accomplishment. And no, the play-in game is not the playoffs.However, when you’re a team that has barely sniffed the postseason in the last 15 years, you take what you can get. Such is the case with tonight’s game with the 10th-place Chicago Fire …