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The Fire want Brian McBride, Brian McBride wants to play in Chicago, and Toronto wants a tasty young treat in return for his allocation rights. It's believed they want a talented forward. And one of the Fire's talented young forwards is out of contract at the end of the year, the same one who surprisingly started on the bench last game. His name is Chris Rolfe, and an MLS source told Backdraft that "Rolfe’s name is coming up often in conversations [about McBride], because he will be out of contract after this season and is asking for a hefty pay increase to resign."
How about that, then, Fire fans? It's the view of this writer that the Fire should not gut their team to sign McBride -- Trader Mo had apparently been asking for 2-3 players initially -- but moving a player who may well be leaving anyway to pair McBride and Blanco together in what would undoubtedly be a championship-caliber attack might well be worthwhile. There's no doubt that losing Rolfe would be a blow: he's an extremely talented young player who always works hard whereever he's asked to play. Indeed, he's rarely been able to shine in his favored position as a forward this season. That frustration is perhaps also why he has yet to renew his contract. When contacted by Backdraft, Chicago Fire Communications Director Gregg Elkin said the team did not comment on rumors as policy, but did confirm Rolfe's contract was expiring this year.
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