Missed Opportunity

Rather than continuing to be so harsh on Jimmy Olsen over at the pseudo-Trib, I'll try to be a bit more constructive and help the kid out. First, I'd take a harder look at what trimming the roster down means -- like Mike Banner apparently being a better backup option at left back than Daniel Woolard. Also, while Sam -- er, Jimmy -- updates the story to note that the roster is down to 28, pointing out that one of those 28 is Collins John strikes me as burying the lede. If he's on the roster, does that mean he signed a contract? Or that the Fire are going to look elsewhere in the event that he doesn't?

And isn't this kind of early to have the roster in compliance with the rules?

Also, I would recommend making fun of the idea that Frank Klopas would ever actually say "We would like to thank Austin and Daniel for their contributions to the Chicago Fire and wish them both the best of luck in their future endeavors." If Frank is actually talking like that these days, we might have to stage an intervention.

UPDATE: I misread the roster rules on MLSNET. I thought it was 24 plus four developmental players, but that's actually including those developmental slots. Still, the big question this raises is how you might get from 28 to 24.