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A designated player slot is available, and the Fire have to sort out questions in goal, at right back and at striker.

The Fire were without multiple key players for Tuesday’s loss to CF Montreal.

Duran scored twice and staked his claim to permanently taking the starting striker job from Kacper Przybylko.

The Fire’s long playoff odds got even longer after Saturday’s defeat.

There are reasons to think the Fire can turn things around, but also stay on their slide.

Their MLS winless streak reaches nine games after they fall against champs and get blanked for the seventh time in league play.

Chris Mueller made his first start and Jairo Torres debuted, but a pair of self-inflicted mistakes extended the Fire’s MLS losing streak to four.

While they’ve established themselves as perhaps the best defensive team in Major League Soccer by allowing a league-low two goals, the Fire’s MLS-worst five goals have prevented them from converting that stinginess into victories.

Kacper Przybylko scored twice and Xherdan Shaqiri added a goal and two assists to give the Fire eight points through four games for the first time since 2009.