The Fire will be looking to start their first win streak of the season against D.C. United at home. The Fire will host D.C. United at Soldier Field this Saturday. With a game in hand, the Fire sit one place and one point ahead of the visitors. D.
[podcast_subscribe id="2689"] Welcome Back to Hot Takes, this week Paul & John discuss YOUR questions and opinions on the Chicago Fire’s shaky start to the 2023 season. Maintaining 2 goal leads, the disgusting Chicago weather, and sacrifice are all considered as the guys from MIR97
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] On today's episode of the MIR97 Podcast, DJ returns to the fray along with Alan and special guest, staff writer Tim Hotze @sing_electric, to celebrate the Fire's first win of the season away to Inter Miami CF, as well
Getting into the fifth match week for most clubs, many of the league’s stars were called up for international duty for their respective national teams, leaving some starting XIs looking a little different. Four teams remain without a win as others enter double-digit point tallies for the season. Here
In a battle of 4-2-3-1 vs. 4-2-3-1, it was the Fire who came out on top against an ever-so-resilient Inter Miami. Although the Fire will always look to keep the ball when they can, they struggled to do so against Miami, as they held just a third of the total
The Fire flew out to Florida to play Inter Miami and claim their first win of the season. After last week’s collapse against FC Cincinnati at home, the Fire hit the road to play an Inter Miami team struggling with injuries. The Fire would go up 2-0 with goals
After each Fire game this season, we’re asking our followers to select their Man of the Match. Today, you voted for midfielder Brian Gutiérrez. Man of the match #cf97 #vamosfire — MenInRed97 (@meninred97) March 26, 2023 After logging two assists, 19-year-old Brian Gutiérrez is your MOTM. With Shaqiri out injured,
Festival season meets soccer. The Fire will celebrate Miami Music Week with a match against Inter Miami in the Sunshine State. A winless Chicago Fire team will take on Phil Neville’s Inter Miami during what will most certainly be a hectic weekend in Miami. Miami will be bustling with
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] In this episode of MIR97, Alan and MIR97 editor in chief, Alex Calabrese, talked about the Fires good bad and ugly moments against Cincinnati, preview the upcoming away game in Fort Lauderdale, and discuss the upcoming MLS All Star Game and our opinions so
After Major League Soccer’s fourth week of matches, teams are now starting to lay out and create storylines for themselves for the course of the rest of the season. Five teams continue to remain unbeaten through league play, and another five have yet to register a win in MLS
After last week’s game loss to the Philadelphia Union, the Fire found themselves with two of last week’s starters suspended and lots of question marks floating around the availability of designated player Xherdan Shaqiri following his request to be substituted over injury concerns. Facing former wooden-spoon rivals turned
Tonight, an undefeated FC Cincinnati travels to Soldier Field to take on a winless Chicago Fire side. Chicago will be looking for their first win of the season after tying with NYCFC in their first match, and losing on a 90th minute goal to the Philadelphia Union last Saturday. The
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] In today's episode of the MIR97 Podcast, Matt & Alan review the crazy week in Chicago Fire land. A disappointing result in Philly led into the announcements of both a new player AND a new training facility! If you like this content
As you may be well aware from my coverage of the Chicago Fire on Twitter, I’m a bit of a weeb. A lot of a weeb, in fact. And while you may think it’s not very helpful in this line of work, it does give me quite a
Forming a lineup around the injuries of Jairo Torres, Federico Navarro, and Chris Mueller, Fire head coach, Ezra Hendrickson, still managed to find a way to start the match in something resembling a 4-2-3-1 formation. Left-back Miguel Navarro started as a wingback but played in a role resembling the left
Following last week’s draw against NYCFC, the Fire head to Philly on a mission for their first three points of the season. With Chris Brady expectedly starting in net following a minor injury last week, Ezra Hendrickson made a tactical change to the surprise of many by lining up