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The Bonfire – Episode 422: Familiar Faces & Places

With the Fire set to take on SKC, John and Tim talk about the expectations around the team in a game where three points feels like the bar.

Promotional poster for the podcast with "The Bonfire" at left and ep. 422 "they're back" with Raphael Wicky and Justin Reynolds on the right.
(Graphic: Tim Hotze/MIR97 Media; photos: Sporting Kanas City, Barbara Calabrese/MIR97 Media)

The Fire set to host Sporting Kansas City, a team featuring familiar faces in Raphaël Wicky and Justin Reynolds on Saturday.

That's not all that's familiar about this year's SKC team: Like the Fire in so many years past, they're on the outside of the postseason looking in, as everything seems to have gone wrong in Kansas City, with little hope on the horizon. The Fire, meanwhile, are now a team with something unfamiliar from years past — expectations, including expectations of a win against bottom-of-table opponents.

John and Tim talk about what that means, and what counts as success when the expectation is already three points.

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