7.06.2007

Osorio Tabbed to Rescue Fire

Juan Carlos Osorio, a former assistant coach with Manchester City FC in the Premiership and head coach of Milionarios in Colombia has been named the third head coach in Fire history.

While at Milionarios, Osorio most recently took the Bogota club to a 4th place finish in the Colombian top-flight, earning them a berth in the prestigious Copa Sudamericana after the club was previously mired at the bottom of the standings.

He faces a similar task with Fire. Chicago has the most anemic offense in the league (12 goals scored in 14 games). The Fire have been shut out in three of their last four, and 5 of their last 9 games. The Fire have not scored multiple times in one game since a 3-2 win over Columbus on June 3rd. They have accomplished the feat only one other time this season, in a 2-1 win over Kansas City on April 21.

Chicago has gone 1-6-2 since starting the season 3-0-1.

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