San Jose really looked more composed than expected from the first whistle. It looked as though they had really been working together for a while and that the players seemed to gel--although, this isn't a surprise given the total amount of talent and experience they have on their side. Their match with LA gave some notion of how this match should have played out--but I was planning on refraining from all type of commentary of the kind and simply letting the final scoreline give a more accurate appraisal of the match.

 

That being said, 3 points is 3 points, and the takeaways from this match were far more important than those of the 4-0 win over NE the previous week. The Fire could have simply said job well done and moved on to prepare for the trip to San Jose--however, that isn't always the case. The team has comfortable defensive depth to continue our good fortune of clean sheets. But to anyone who watched the match, it can be said that the record was truly and well in danger of being trampled on. This win was hard fought and not the prettiest; but again, I'll take the 3 points, and hope the lessons learned are managed by coach Hammer this week in practice.