The Chicago Fire’s addition of Bastian Schweinsteiger was met by skeptical looks by many (and also by me). I didn’t know if he would be a big enough name to give Chicago a bump in ticket sales or generate any more interest at all in the Chicago sports scene, I didn’t know how much gas in the tank he had after essentially being a non-entity at Manchester United over the past couple seasons, and I didn’t know how he fit into their midfield. Common sense says you play your Designated Player wherever he plays best, but the Schwein has always been a central midfielder, sometimes as a marauding 6, sometimes playing more of a trequartista further up the field, and sometimes thundering from box to box as a number 8.
What to watch for: MLS Week 6
