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Tim Hotze

Chicago, IL
Fire at Inter Miami: Tactics and Starting XI

Fire at Inter Miami: Tactics and Starting XI

The Fire are heading to Ft. Lauderdale to take on an Inter Miami team that has been finding ways to win without Lionel Messi. It’s the second match in a row where the Fire take on the team with the best record in the league. The team’s final

Mar 2, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Fire FC midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri (10) controls the ball in the first half agai

MLS Announces Mid-Season Roster Rule Changes

Major League Soccer announced roster rule changes, effective immediately, just as the league’s summer transfer window opens. Although none of the changes are major, taken together, they give teams significantly more flexibility with how they construct their roster. Unfortunately for the Fire a second buyout, which had previously been

Maren Haile-Selassie, FC Cincinnati

Fire at FC Cincinnati: Tactics and Starting XI

The Fire travel to face Supporters Shield-leading FC Cincinnati on Wednesday. Normally, facing the team with the best record in their own building is a recipe for disaster, but FC Cincinnati have seemed utterly human at home, notching a 6W-2D-4L record at TQL Stadium this season. Winning will still be

Jul 3, 2022; San Jose, California, USA; Chicago Fire midfielder Gaston Gimenez (30) controls the ball against San Jose Earthq

Fire at San Jose: Tactics and Starting XI

The Fire won a hard-fought, come-from behind battle against the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday, in a match where the team gave hints about the next steps in its tactical evolution. On Sunday, they face a San Jose Earthquakes side that’s on the ropes, with just three wins and two

Feb 24, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Union midfielder Quinn Sullivan (33) controls the ball in front o

Fire vs Philadelphia: Tactics and Starting XI

After a disappointing loss in second-half stoppage time, the Fire remain in the 15th and final place in MLS’s Eastern Conference, and are now six points behind Atlanta and Toronto for the final postseason spots. The team has strange company on the outside of the postseason picture in the

Jul 16, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Fire defender Rafael Czichos (5) reacts after scoring a goal against the Seattl

Fire at Seattle: Tactics and Starting XI

The Fire have done it: They’ve finally found a way to the bottom of the table after years spent mostly towards – but never actually at, at least this late in the season – the bottom. Yet the team is also just three points removed from the 9th and final postseason

Spell Broken: Orlando City 4, Chicago Fire 1

Spell Broken: Orlando City 4, Chicago Fire 1

For the second year in a row, the Fire traveled to Orlando early in the summer hoping to turn two convincing wins into a three game winning streak. The Fire outshot and out-chanced their opponent, but for the second year in a row, Orlando played the spoiler, this time dispatching

May 29, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Orlando City SC midfielder Facundo Torres (10) and Chicago Fire FC midfielder Brian Gut

Fire at Orlando: Tactics and Starting XI

On average across the league, MLS teams win about half their games at home and about a quarter on the road, with draws filling in the rest. The Fire are slightly underperforming the road average – it took until their eighth road game of the season for the team to get