The Fire return home to Soldier Field this Saturday as they host the Houston Dynamo. The home side will be looking for revenge on the Dynamo, who last year forced an unceremonious end to the Fire’s U.S. Open Cup campaign at the tournament quarterfinals in a match where
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For the first time in the Fire II’s short history, they prevailed over a professional team in a knockout game, defeating Forward Madison in a chilly, rainy match at SeatGeek Stadium, winning 2-0 in a game where weather played a role the longer the match wore on.
The Fire II’s Quest for the Cup continues as they host Forward Madison at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview on Wednesday. Their opponent for this round is a fully professional team in USL League 1, nominally the same level of the American soccer pyramid as MLS Next Pro. Although Forward
The Chicago Fire II’s second U.S. Open Cup match in team history – and first against a professional opponent – is tomorrow when they host Forward Madison at SeatGeek Stadium. To preview the match, we spoke with Mitchell Meerman, who covers the USL League One side. (Responses have been edited
The Fire conclude their two-game tour of NFL stadiums with turf playing surfaces on Easter Sunday, in their third afternoon performance in a row. They'll face a talented Atlanta squad with a perfect record at home (2W-0D-0L). Atlanta United Overview 2023 Results: 13W-12D-9L, 51 pts, 6th in the
The Fire’s Tour de Turf continues as they play their third match in a row in a shared NFL venue – and second in a row on turf – with kickoff 2:30 CT on Easter Sunday. The Fire will be testing Atlanta’s perfect 2-0-0 record at home as they
On the wings of victory – and perhaps an errant wind gust – the Fire head to New England to take on an old opponent: This is the 88th regular season meeting between the Fire and the Revolution. Recent editions of this fixture have been high scoring affairs, and both teams have
Fresh off their first win of the season over CF Montréal a game that was gusty – both on the field and meteorologically – the Fire travel to New England to take on the Revolution, currently in the midst of their worst start to league play since 2001. With rain in the
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For the second year in a row, SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview was the site of a Chicago Derby in U.S. Open Cup play. Although the teams were new – it was the first Cup match for both Chicago Fire II of third-division MLS Next Pro and Chicago City
Later this evening, two U.S. Open Cup debutants will meet at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview: Chicago Fire II, the Fire’s third-division affiliate in MLS Next Pro, and Chicago City SC’s USL2 side. MenInRed97 has been unabashed in our love for the U.S. Open Cup. The 110-year-old
The Fire return home to host CF Montréal, currently in the middle of a six game road trip to start their season, in their only home afternoon start of the season. The home team is still searching for their first victory of the 2024 campaign after conceding a goal deep
A week after a heartbreaking loss thanks to a goal deep in second half stoppage time, the Fire return home to host a CF Montréal side that has been surprisingly strong in the opening weeks of their 2024 campaign. The game is the only matinée (in the English sense) home
Overview 2023 Results: 16W-9D-9L, 57 pts, 3rd in Eastern Conference, 67 GF, 46 GA (+21 GD) Key Offseason Signings: Marino Hinestroza, Derrick Jones The Columbus Crew failed to make the playoffs in 2022, causing Crew GM Tim Bezbatchenko to show Caleb Porter the exits and sign Wilfred Nancy from CF
The Fire face their second team from Ohio in as many weeks on Saturday, this time traveling to Columbus to face the Crew. The Fire’s run through the gauntlet of the Eastern Conference runs through Lower.com field as the team searches for its first victory of the season
CHICAGO, Ill. — For the first time since October 8, 2005, the Fire wore red at Soldier Field in a regular season MLS match. Both in that match and again on Saturday, the opponent was a team from Ohio – the Columbus Crew in 2005, and FC Cincinnati in 2024. Both times,
FC Cincinnati Overview 2023 Results: 20W-9D-5L, 69 pts, 1st in Eastern Conference, 57 GF, 39 GA (+18 GD) Key Offseason Signings: Corey Baird, Pavel Bucha, Luca Orellano, Miles Robinson FC Cincinnati entered MLS and promptly won themselves a Wooden Spoon with the league’s worst record. And then they stayed