tches remaining, especially at their home Toyota Park.The Fire could be boosted by David Accams return

Football fans were reminded that anything is possible in 2016 - a year when Adelaide United and Leicester City won their first top-level titles, Tim Cahill came home and Melbourne City put together the best womens side in Australian history.REDS RISEOn Christmas Day 2015, Adelaide United sat in second-last position and the clubs board pondered whether to give their coach - Barcelona legend Guillermo Amor - his marching orders. What followed was the greatest recovery in A-League history. Amor turned his young and unloved squad into A-League champions, losing just once in 20 games on the way to the grand final. In front of 50,119 at Adelaide Oval, United were title-winners for the first time with a 3-1 defeat of Western Sydney.CAHILLS CITY CLIMBMelbourne City achieved what no Australian club had been able to do in two decades by bringing Tim Cahill home. The mega-rich A-League expansion side hoped the talismanic Socceroo might change their on-field fortunes and he has. Cahills Melbourne derby golazo announced his arrival and a trademark header brought the club its first trophy - the FFA Cup.SOCCEROO STRUGGLEAfter cruising through their preliminary group on the road to Russia, Ange Postecoglous Socceroos made short work of their first two qualifying assignments - at home to Iraq and away to the United Arab Emirates. Tom Rogic, Aaron Mooy and Tomi Juric had come of age and a 2018 World Cup place looked assured.Then the momentum stalled.Draws in Saudi Arabia, at home to Japan and away to Thailand have Australia sitting outside the direct qualification places and at risk of missing a first World Cup in 16 years. The highest-stakes challenge of his coaching career awaits Postecoglou in 2017, including a Confederations Cup group with Germany, Chile and the African champions. No pressure then.The news was considerably worse at youth level; the under-19s and under-16s both failed miserably in Asian championship campaigns, giving Football Federation Australia plenty to think about.MATILDAS PIPPEDThe Matildas took centre stage at the Rio Olympics when drawn against host nation Brazil in the quarter-finals. After 120 minutes, neither side had broken the stalemate and the dreaded penalty shootout brought heartbreak for Alen Stajcics side, beaten 7-6 in front of 52,660 screaming locals. Later in the year, winger Caitlin Foord was recognised as the best player in Asia.CITY DOMINATE W-LEAGUEMelbourne City certainly made a splash. In their first season, Joe Montemurros all-stars ripped through the season with 12 straight wins, overcame nerves in a semi-final penalty shootout and lifted the trophy with a 4-1 grand final demolition of Sydney FC.LEGENDARY LEICESTER CITY2016 had plenty of underdog stories; Cleveland Cavaliers. Chicago Cubs. Cronulla. 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United may be facing an ideal opponent when it visits the Chicago Fire on Friday night.D.C. is undefeated in its last eight matches against the Fire (five wins, three draws), and only three weeks ago demolished a 10-man Chicago side 6-2 at RFK Stadium.United (7-9-12, 33 points) enters the weekend in eighth place, but only one point out of the sixth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot. Ninth-place Chicago (6-13-8, 26 points) is eight out.I would assume there is a narrative going around Chicago of getting back at us, D.C. coach Ben Olsen told The Washington Post. They are a desperate team, but we better be a desperate team at this point in the season.D.C. is 2-1-5 in its last eight matches, pulling off a dramatic 2-2 draw at the New York Red Bulls Sunday on very late goals from Steve Birnbaum and Lamar Neagle.Former Chicago winger Patrick Nyarko has scored against his former club in each of D.C.s two previous matcches against the Fire this season.dddddddddddd He joined D.C. last winter.While an away draw would help D.C.s postseason aims, Chicago needs wins with only seven matches remaining, especially at their home Toyota Park.The Fire could be boosted by David Accams return to the starting lineup. After the Ghanaian missed a match on international duty, his insertion in the second half of a 2-1 home loss to Toronto FC nearly sparked a two-goal comeback against the Eastern Conference leaders.Chicago has won twice in its last five matches after securing just four victories in its first 22.Still a lot of optimism because I think we did great today, Chicago coach Veljko Paunovic told mlssoccer.com after the loss to Toronto. When we look back where we were at the start of the season and where we are now we can see that the team has improved way, way better. ' ' '