In 2008, Fire defender Jonathan Bornstein and new coach Raphael Wicky had been teammates with Chivas USA. Bornstein remembers how Wicky related with Jesse Marsch, a former Fire midfielder who was nearing the tip of his enjoying profession with the now-defunct membership. According to Bornstein, Marsch and Wicky mentioned group techniques and positioning, the sort of subjects that future coaches speak about. Marsch went on to a profitable teaching profession in MLS and now in Europe, which doesn’t shock Bornstein. As for Wicky, Bornstein isn’t precisely surprised he went into teaching after his time on the sector. “He’s just a great soccer mind,” Bornstein stated. “Obviously, a lot of great players transition into coaching because they’ve