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Klopas: Fire ahead of schedule

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Jalil Anibaba (6) is competing for the starting right back spot in preseason training with the Chicago Fire. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

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With its March 3 season opener at Los Angeles just more than two weeks away, the Chicago Fire is making good progress in preseason training, coach Frank Klopas said. “I’m trying to compare last year with this point and where we are with the team, and I feel like we’re ahead,” Klopas said Thursday during a conference call from Charleston, S.C., where the Fire is in the third and final phase of preseason training.