There are issues occurring with the Fire that don’t contain lease negotiations or their id. One of them is their battle to win at residence.
Friday evening’s recreation in opposition to Vancouver Whitecaps FC seemed like an excellent likelihood for the Fire to select up three factors at SeatGeek Stadium. Vancouver entered the evening winless and sitting 11th within the 12-team Western Conference.
But as an alternative of getting a win, the Fire rallied for a 1-1 draw because of Nemanja Nikolic changing a penalty within the 84th minute. Through 4 video games in Bridgeview, the Fire have only one win and wanted late objectives Friday and March 9 in opposition to Orlando City to even seize a draw in opposition to beatable groups.
Goalkeeper David Ousted, whose error on the fringe of the 18-yard field straight led to Yordy Reyna’s go-ahead purpose within the 53rd minute, didn’t suppose one win from 4 at house is sufficient.
“No. We’d like to see more. We’d like to see more points, but we’re still in the process here of building this team,” Ousted stated. “I think, like a lot of the guys, I feel in here that we’ve got a team that going forward can be very strong. But we obviously need to put points on the board and that’s what we’re looking for.”
Because of a schedule heavy on early residence video games, it will determine that getting off to an honest begin can be much more vital for the Fire. Friday was their fourth residence recreation of six to start out the season, with one other arising subsequent Saturday once they host the Colorado Rapids.
And it’s doable the squandered factors may come again to harm the Fire (1-2-3, 6 factors), particularly when their schedule tilts to the highway. Yet on Friday, they appeared usually happy with their play. With Nicolas Gaitan making his first begin since becoming a member of the Fire, they held 60.1 % of possession and took 23 photographs.
“It was an important game for us. We wanted just three points,” Nikolic stated. “Overall, if you see the whole game, I think we left two points (tonight) on the field, but on the other hand, we showed character.”
Coach Veljko Paunovic stated he was “really proud” of his workforce as a result of he preferred how they responded to the Vancouver purpose and stored pushing.
“With all that, I’m very very confident. I truly believe in my group,” Paunovic stated. “I believe in all these guys, and I’m sure that very soon we’re going to come back on a winning streak, which is something that we are looking for. Our current form is still not where we want to be, but definitely I think we’re going to get there.”
The Fire may get there, however they’ve already missed some probabilities to do it at residence.
“If we just keep playing this way, being smart and obviously minimizing or eradicating the defensive mistakes, we can be successful,” Paunovic stated. “Right now, we are not happy where we are, but we are confident.”