Seattle, WA - Reserve Chicago Fire player Dimitri Harden stated that he was pretty confident that the blurry blobs he clapped toward in CenturyLink Field were, in fact, travelling Chicago Fire fans.

“I saw the other players clapping in that direction and I think I saw some red…. or blue… anyway…. I’m pretty certain we saluted the fans,” stated Harden to The Nutmeg News.

Fire fans reportedly claimed that they appreciated the claps in their general direction as a number of Fire players ambled about the field saluting the fans.

“I think that Djordje Mihailovic clapped in the general direction of where we sat,” stated Stephanie Wallace. “And Fabian Herbers was very very close.”

According to Harden, the players were told the general vicinity of where the fans were but some took an extra precaution.

“I just walked in a lazy circle and clapped to all sides,” stated Harden. “I mean, maybe there were Fire fans sprinkled around the stadium. Who knows. From field level it’s almost impossible to find everyone so some of us just started clapping to all parts of the stadium.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as David Edwards, travelling from Evanston, feels that the players didn’t REALLY clap in his direction.