A little over four years after Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto purchased Swiss Super League club FC Lugano, the team made its next major acquisition – but this time, it was for an entire league. This past Tuesday, the club announced the purchase of the Chicagoland Indoor Soccer League, a local
The Chicago Fire are back on the road after an undefeated homestand that saw the team net two wins and a draw. Combined with a win and a draw on the road, the team’s unbeaten streak is five games and counting. That streak, however, will be put to the
Neither rain nor thunder nor St. Louis could keep the Chicago Fire from victory Saturday night in the team’s second league match at SeatGeek Stadium this year. Brian Gutiérrez scored a game winner and added an assist, Philip Zinckernagel continued his All-Star form and Gregg Berhalter’s side completed
With the growth of professional sports, geographic rivalries found a new battleground. The Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers. The Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals. Even as teams relocated over time and the leagues grew, adding organizing into divisions, those geographic – and by then historic – rivalries were
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — A crowd of 19,8831 converged in Bridgeview to see the Chicago Fire play Los Angeles FC, with the crowd buoyed by the last-minute news that Korean superstar Son Heung-min would be available for the visitors. In the end, the Korean star featured, and the fans were given
After a much needed week off – their last until the end of the regular season – the Chicago Fire are back in action Saturday night. The game is at “home” but only in a loose, historical sense, as the Fire are set to return to SeatGeek Stadium for the first time
At the midpoint of the four-week summer transfer window – the last time that teams in MLS can make substantial changes to their rosters – here’s the moves the Chicago Fire have made, and what their plans might be in the final two weeks. Initial moves create roster, cap flexibility Just
The Chicago Fire hosted the New York Red Bulls in their last game at Soldier Field until September and walked away with their third home win of the season. The 1-0 win gave Chris Brady and his team their second-consecutive clean sheet as Carlos Terán made a welcome return for
Following an All-Star “break” that amounted to the team not playing midweek, the Chicago Fire are back in action on Saturday. They’re hosting the New York Red Bulls in the Fire’s final match at Soldier Field until September, and for a midseason MLS matchup, the stakes couldn’t
With the MLS Secondary Transfer window set to open July 24th, the Chicago Fire and other MLS teams can soon bring in players from around the league and around the world. The window stays open through August 21st. As a reminder, teams can announce deals at any time, including before
The Chicago Fire found their way back in the win column with a 2-0 victory over CF Montréal. The win gives the team 32 points, two more than the Fire managed in all of 2024 with 11 games left to play. With the win, the squad also notched up a
For the fifth time in two weeks, the Chicago Fire are in action, this time facing CF Montréal at Stade Saputo north of the border. After the Fire failed to get a result against Atlanta on Wednesday, the team faces added pressure to get a win in la belle province.
The Fire scored early, but Atlanta scored late as the two teams played to a 2-2 draw. After conceding a second-half equalizer, the Fire regained their lead only to see it evaporate at the death off a goal from a stoppage-time corner. As a result, the Chicago Fire are still
The Chicago Fire continue their busy run through July that will see the team play five games in two weeks across all competitions as they head to Georgia to take on Atlanta United. Atlanta represents a welcome reprieve from the gauntlet of top teams that the Fire have faced this
The Chicago Fire’s loss to conference-topping San Diego FC on Saturday was the team’s fourth loss in their past five games in MLS play. Midweek, the team played 120 minutes but were booted out of the U.S. Open Cup by Minnesota United in a 3-1 decision, with
Chris Brady was back in net and Kellyn Acosta and Rominigue Kouamé were both in the lineup, but the Chicago Fire still fell short, falling 2-1 to Western Conference-topping San Diego FC at Soldier Field. Even if a narrow loss at home has become all too familiar to Fire fans
