Sixty-seven days after the Chicago Fire’s first home game of the season, the team will host Detroit City FC in the first U.S. Open Cup match of their campaign. In a sense, the game was always going to be must-win: Given the single-elimination nature of the tournament, advancing
Moral victories don't count for much, but having a great series of chances where the Fire had everything but a goal followed by a gutsy defensive performance while down a man, there's a lot to like about what we saw from the Fire last night. Here&
How do the Chicago Fire respond after conceding the most goals in a match ever in the team’s 28-season-long history? There’s a phrase that all of us have heard at one point or another when confronted with a failure or setback, whether in professional careers or romantic relationships,
The Fire gave up the most goals in team history in Nashville last night, and while it’s hard to take in too many life lessons while you’re knocked out cold, here’s five things we learned. 1. This was bad. Real bad. Yes, that’s obvious. But putting
The Fire travelled to Nashville looking for their first-ever win in the Music City and came close, falling just short in a 7-2 defeat to the home team. The Fire, as gracious visitors, allowed their hosts their customary hat trick – though this time, instead of going to Hany Mukhtar, the
The Fire are headed south to take on Nashville SC as the Fire look to end a slide that has kept the team winless in their last four games. It’s a matchup that, on paper, suggests a close game but that belies the history of the matchup: The Fire’
The Fire’s unbeaten record at Soldier Field came to an end with the final whistle against FC Cincinnati. The 3-2 loss knocks the Fire’s record on the year down to a perfect 0.500, with a trio of wins, losses and draws after nine games. Here’s five
The Chicago Fire’s first win in front of home fans this season will have to wait until May, as they dropped a 3-1 decision to FC Cincinnati. As a result, the Fire fall to 3W-3D-3L and eighth place in the Eastern Conference and the team will be winless at
Six days after drawing Inter Miami in the team’s first clean-sheet of the season, the Fire are back at Soldier Field as they prepare to host FC Cincinnati, a Midwest rival that has ambitions of being one of the top league’s top teams this season. In their final
1. The floor is going up In the opening moments of the Fire’s 2025 campaign, the offense looked dynamic, with Jonathan Bamba setting up a brace for Brian Gutiérrez inside of 22 minutes. The problem? The Fire kept conceding – giving up their 1-0 lead just six minutes later, and
CHICAGO, Ill. — A crowd of 62,358 came to Chicago’s lakefront to see the Fire take on Inter Miami. The record-breaking crowd saw everything but a goal, as the teams finished the match with a 0-0 draw as the Fire remained undefeated – but still searching for their first win
Heading eastward along the Eisenhower Expressway, he’s nearly impossible to miss. Five stories tall, wearing a distinctive pink jersey, no. 10 on the back, Lionel Messi is on a billboard as the latest installment of MLS’s tried-and-true tradition of using global stars of the game that the league
On Sunday, for the third – and possibly final – time, an Inter Miami team with Lionel Messi on the roster will face the Chicago Fire at Soldier Field. In the first two, Messi didn’t play. The question, asked on countless social media posts, in questions to friends with season tickets
For the 2025 season, Chicago Fire fans can now order gluten-free options at Soldier Field – if they know where to look, are persistent – and if they are willing to wait. That, at least, is based on the experience of MIR97 Media ordering a gluten-free hot dog, pictured above, ahead of
After a disappointing draw at home against CF Montréal, the Fire are back on the road – this time to Harrison, New Jersey to take on the New York Red Bulls at Sports Illustrated Stadium (née Red Bull Arena). Head Coach Gregg Berhalter’s side will be facing the MLS Cup
The Chicago Fire's winning run came to an end last night when the team tied CF Montréal 1-1 at a rainy Soldier Field, with Dante Sealy's second half goal canceling out Philip Zinckernagel's opener. The draw means that the Fire's search for
