BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Gaining health was a nice theme to have around the Fire locker room this week.
After injuries kept the likes of Patrick Nyarko, Gonzalo Segares and Dilly Duka out of the team’s 3-1 victory over New York last week, it seems a good bet that the trio will all be available for selection for Sunday’s visit to Houston.
In that game, Fire head coach Frank Klopas deployed Joel Lindpere and Daniel Paladini in more pinched in midfield roles than Nyarko and Duka had previously played.
“It was a little make-shift but it worked perfectly,” Nyarko told Chicago-Fire.com. “I thought they played really well and contained New York for as much as they could. I was proud of them given the short amount of time they had to prepare for the game.”
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With Paladini’s goal and two assist performance in Sunday’s game and Nyarko returning to the fold this week, Klopas is facing the choice of sitting either the team’s hottest attacking player or its most consistent performer over the last three seasons.
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