What Frank is grasping for here is a quality that Christopher Moltisanti would call 'pussy-ass-ness.' All due respect to everyone with a pussy, or an ass, or a ness.

The work of Jason Peterson, everybody.

If last year's disappointing results were presaged by the unveiling of a squalid home kit, 2015's looking up! Footyheadlines.com released the Fire's new secondary kit design, and it's tasty.

Chicago Red Stars, doing it right. Holy goodness, what an absolutely gorgeous kit. Men here, women here. Buy them and wear them, secure in the knowledge the flag of the greatest city on the planet is the inspiration.

The Chicago Fire Facebook page shared this photo with the caption: "We were happy to have this guy join us in Tucson last night." Magee's in camp!

The Fire have acquired 29 year old defender Lovel Palmer from RSL for allocation money.

Dear Fire, You know what to do. -Your friends in DC

Via Chicago Fire Team Writer Jeff Crandall at training this morning. Captions anyone?

Marco Pappa to SC Heerenveen of Eredivisie (Netherlands' top football league)? Pasion Roja sure thinks so. In addition to running with a confirmation, they even went ahead and photoshopped him in to a new jersey. Pasion Roja covers Marco Pappa's original team Municipal so it's not out of the question that they would have the inside contacts much like Wrong Side of the Pond broke the Chris Rolfe story. The Chicago Fire train in the morning so expect updates of some kind tomorrow.