Coming off of a crucial victory against. St. Louis in the U.S. Open Cup earlier in the week, the Fire were determined to continue this form in league play. Leading up to the match, the Fire had won just one of their last five MLS games and it was
Besides the wide range of players being disciplined coincidentally during the first half of rivalry week, there were plenty of exciting matches across both halves of Major League Soccer. Montréal came out victorious in the Canadian Classique, Charlotte upset Atlanta, Inter Miami take points off of New England, and Sporting
The Chicago Fire dominated St. Louis CITY in a highly-anticipated matchup today and ultimately won 1-0 over their regional rivals. Rafa Czichos' first half goal proved to be the difference between the two teams, and sent St. Louis' large traveling contingent back down the I-55 in a sad
In both matches this week against St. Louis, Xherdan Shaqiri captained and helped lead his team to victory. Particularly in the first half, the Swiss icon was pulling the strings for the Chicago Fire in what was a commanding performance. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1657463494885756933?s=20 The veteran
After a very solid performance and result on Tuesday in the U.S. Open Cup, the Fire will be looking to grab their second win of the week against Midwest rivals St. Louis. This time, the Fire will be taking on St. Louis in the league where both sides have
After the 3-0 embarrassment in Nashville and all of the ensuing drama that followed the match, the Fire came out firing on all cylinders for their new interim manager and opened up the scoring just three minutes into the match through Maren Haile-Selassie. Ezra Hendrickson’s successor, Frank Klopas, lined
Led by goals from Maren Haile-Selassie and Fabian Herbers, the Fire led Saint Louis CITY out the backdoor of the Lamar Hunt Open Cup in Frank Klopas’ first match as the Fire’s manager this season. The Chicago Fire performed extremely well in defense across both halves, also creating plenty
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] On today's episode of MIR97: Alan and DJ are joined by returning guest Tim (@sing_electric), to talk topics such as the case of Brady, Guti, and the U20 World Cup v Chicago Fire, the World’s 50 Most Valuable Clubs with
Following a 3-0 defeat in Nashville and the sacking of manager Ezra Hendrickson, the Fire will return to SeatGeek Stadium for the second match of their U.S. Open Cup campaign. Last time out in the cup, a rotated Fire team defeated the Chicago House by a comfortable margin of
In truly exciting fashion, there were only two games on matchday eleven that had a goal or less, not including the canceled FC Dallas versus Saint Louis CITY. LAFC finally lost (but stay first in the power rankings), the Galaxy were haunted by Kevin Cabral and the Rapids, Josef Martínez
[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 to Czichos, Hendrickson
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 three times on
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 ago
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