Josh Wolff

THE BASICS: No. 16, forward, 5-8, 160 pounds, 21 years old, born inStone Mountain, Ga., lives in Chicago. HOW ACQUIRED: Assigned as the Fire's Project-40 player on Jan. 26. GETTING STARTED: Began playing when he was 4 or 5 in West PalmBeach, Fla. Also played baseball until his family moved to theAtlanta area when he was 10.

"In Atlanta, they played (soccer) year-round, and that was whenit became a big thing. In Florida, it was only two or three monthsout of the year." INTERNATIONALLY: Member of the United States' under-23 team. Scoredfive goals in 26 games as a member of the 1997 under-20 team thatadvanced to the round of 16 at the under-20 world championships …