The Fire head to Ohio’s capital to face the Crew on Wednesday in search of points as the team tries to punch its ticket to the postseason for the first time in six seasons. The match comes as the Fire are in the midst of their second-longest goalless drought
When the Fire take to the pitch at Stade Saputo in Montréal on Saturday, it will have been over two months since their last victory in the league. Even if that is due in no small part to the monthlong Leagues Cup break, it has been 18,787 seconds of
The Chicago Fire traveled to the nation’s capital to face D.C. United in possession of the ninth and final postseason spot in the Eastern Conference. No more. The Fire were out-possessed, out-chanced and outplayed as they lost 4-0 to the team immediately behind them in the standings, in
Three days after a disappointing 1-0 loss to the visiting Vancouver Whitecaps, the Fire head back on the road for a crucial matchup against D.C. United. D.C. are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, two points and one spot behind the Fire, who retain a hold – however
Just shy of four days after the team lost 3-0 against the L.A. Galaxy in California, the Fire are back in action, this time at Soldier Field. The home match – the last for the team until September 23, comes at a critical time for the Fire, with the team
The Fire went to Carson, California on their last Western Conference trip of the season looking to return to winning ways in league play. They had reason for confidence - the Fire went into the match with nothing but wins against western conference teams in MLS play this season. That
The Fire head out to Los Angeles to take on the Galaxy in a one-game road trip. The match is the final away match to MLS’s Western Conference this year. The team will hope to regain the road form they found in the last time they were on Pacific
For the first time in four score and seven ye 35 days, the Fire return to Soldier Field to play a regular season MLS game, hosting Orlando City SC. The match comes well over two weeks after the Fire’s last game across all competitions, a 1-0 loss to Club
And then there was one. The Fire now only have one competition on their schedule for the rest of the year, the MLS regular season. The team currently sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, in a playoff spot with eleven games – almost exactly one-third – of their season remaining.
Nine months after current Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler announced his intention to sell the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), a new ownership group lead by Laura Ricketts has announced that they have an agreement in principle to buy the club. The team
The Fire once again find themselves in a must-win game: the knockout round of a tournament. Their opponent? Club América, is the continent’s biggest, most famous, most storied club. The one with the most titles in the history of Mexican football. It isn’t the first match between the
The Fire close out their Leagues Cup group stage with their first-ever match against Club Puebla Monday evening. Three-team groups means that the team knows exactly what it needs to proceed, and frankly, it isn’t that much. The kickoff for the match was moved to 7:00 PM so
The Fire’s comeback win against Minnesota is obviously my favorite result so far, however, St. Louis CITY getting crushed by Club América 4-0 has to be a close second. Besides that, Toluca earned a hard-fought 4-3 win against Nashville, A Brandon Vázquez hattrick led Cincinnati to a 3-1 win
The Leagues Cup is here. Depending on your perspective, it is either an innovative tournament, combining all of the teams from two of the top leagues in the Western Hemisphere together in a first-of-its-kind competition with both real prize money and a CONCACAF Champions League berth on the line – or
Normally, last night the general soccer-viewing public in the United States would have been tuned in to watch the Women’s National Team start their World Cup campaign against Vietnam, but, almost predictably, Don Garber had alternate plans. The League’s Cup kicked off – for the first time in its
The month is July. After his team stumbled through a rough patch in May and early June, Kei Kamara helped it find its form and start to look like a true competitor. They go into the All-Star break with eight wins, and Kamara earns an MLS All-Star nod. Controversy erupts,
