[podcast_subscribe id="2689"] Welcome back to Hot Takes! In Ep3 Matt & Paul react to your Hot Takes regarding the Chicago Fire’s current form. Who is to blame for all these late collapses, Ezra? Shaq? Mansueto? Maybe even the whole organization! Listen now and let us
The Fire faced off against Nashville away with a notably rotated side and left the Music City with zero points and an injured Rafael Czichos after Hany Muhktar scored a hattrick. Ezra Hendrickson spiced it up and started the team in a 3-4-1-2, but after the injury
It was a rough outing for the Fire as they were battered 3-0 by Nashville. Luckily for the Fire, however, they were saved from further humiliation by 19-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1655038983036862464?s=20 Although Nashville found the back of the night
Coming off the back of another last-minute heartbreak in league play, the Fire will face their biggest test of the season thus far against a heavily favored Nashville side. A common opponent between the two sides is Atlanta United. While the match against Atlanta from a couple of weeks
I turn 24 this month. Throughout my time around peers, I’ve realized that I didn’t exactly grow up with the same cultural touchstones as everyone else. Like how in my television writing class a couple months ago I got yelled at for having never watched “Wizards of Waverly
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] The MIR97 Podcast has entered double digits! On Episode 10: Matt, DJ, and Alan discuss the Fires crosstown rivalry win in the US Open Cup over Chicago House AC, a quick overseas report from former Fire players/manager in the Swiss Super League, and
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] The second edition of the MIR97 Podcast S1 specials! Alan and DJ are joined by special guest: MLS Content Creator and LA Galaxy supporter, Eli Lesser (@ThisWeekInMLS), to talk about the epic highs and lows of being a soccer content creator for not just
It is crazy to think that Major League Soccer’s regular season is already a third of the way completed, and it still isn’t warm out in Chicago. Besides that, matchday ten saw a matchup between the top two teams in the East, Portland get another big win, Nashville
Mistakes at the back nearly spoiled the Fire’s night in the first half on Saturday night. Carlos Terán, who has been so solid the past few weeks had a nightmare performance before he was eventually replaced by Mauricio Pineda due to a first-half injury. On the same day
Would you look at that, Ezra Hendrickson’s Fire dropped points from a leading position once again! After a shaky start to the match, Kei Kamara would score a thunderous header from an Arnaud Souquet cross in the 34th minute to go up 1-0. The Fire never would assert
https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1652505849800142848?s=20 The veteran striker added another goal to his 22/23 tally as he expertly headed home the Fire’s only goal of the match. His experience was evident when he made a decisive diagonal run across the box to meet Arnaud Souquet’
A solid 3-0 win against Chicago House during the midweek is certainly what the Chicago Fire needed following the heartbreak at Mercedes-Benz Stadium last Sunday. The Fire will be looking to return to winning ways in the league against a Red Bulls team that has not won a
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] The regular trio of Matt, DJ, and Alan are back on Episode 9 of the MIR97 Podcast to discuss the upcoming “Peter Wilt Derby” against Chicago House AC that includes the age old argument of SeatGeek Stadium vs Soldier Field (with halftime and full
In their opening match in the U.S. Open Cup, the Fire fielded a moderately rotated side that would achieve a joyous 3-0 victory over the Chicago House with 67.4% possession and 27 total shots taken. While the result should be taken lightly, the Fire never showed any
The ninth week of games was tamer than some of its predecessors, but there were still plenty of notable results from across both conferences. Unfortunately, as bad as some other teams have been this season, it is Sporting Kansas City is the last team remaining in the league without a
"Kings of the Cup" It wasn’t a very long period of time, but the Chicago Fire really wanted to make that name stick. For that period of time, it made sense. That name was a selling point for U.S. Open Cup tickets from about 2011 to