U.S. Open Cup, Review: Jalil Anibaba’s Smoke-Aided Goal Sends Chicago Fire Through

Two weeks into the 2011 season, it’s safe to say things aren’t quite playing out how we expected. The Sounders are winless through three matches, the Galaxy are owners of a -2 goal-difference, the Union are one of just three teams that have two victories and the Revolution and Fire are two of the six teams that haven’t lost.

All of this has made for a difficult-to-predict start. Not to give myself too much of an excuse, but through 19 matches, I’ve correctly predicted the outcome of just eight. That’s actually not as bad as I thought it would be, but hardly something worth bragging about either.

Here’s what Hot Time In Old Town, SB Nation’s Chicago Fire blog, had to say about the goal: