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
The Fire are back home for the first time since the start of June in one of two home matches in the first of just two matches at Soldier Field in July. Their opponent is the Philadelphia Union, a team that had long been the toast of the league but
The Fire traveled to Seattle hoping to complete their set of wins over MLS’s three Cascadian-based teams. Things started well for the Fire, who went up with a 1-0 win in the first half, but ultimately disciplinary issues cost the Fire and they remain winless in Seattle after a
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
The Chicago Fire are gearing up for a crucial cross-conference matchup with the Seattle Sounders as they look to regain momentum entering the summer, and while this is not the best Sounders team of recent times, the Fire will still have to be wary. Seattle is coming off of the
Until their victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in 2022, Fire had never won in Cascadia. In 2023, the team notched its first-ever victory in Portland over the Timbers. With Saturday’s test in Seattle against the Sounders, they have a chance to complete a set of away victories over all
Chicago Fire goalkeeper Bryan Dowd has been loaned to Huntsville City SC of MLS Next Pro for the remainder of the 2024 season, the club confirmed this morning. Huntsville is the reserve team for Nashville SC. Dowd, a former Chicago Fire Academy goalkeeper, was selected sixth overall in the MLS
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
Mauricio Pineda has the opportunity to make history when the Chicago Fire visit Orlando City today. With his next start, the 26-year-old defender will become the first homegrown player in club history to make 100 MLS starts, and all indications are that he’ll get the nod at Exploria Stadium
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
For the second year in a row, the Fire head to Orlando early in the second half of the season after winning their previous two games. Last year, the team had won its previous two games on the road going into the match, the first time in a decade the
Last Saturday was quite the day for the Chicago Fire’s remaining Swiss contingent. In the morning, Zürich-born stars Allan Arigoni and Maren Haile-Selassie watched their country kick off their Euro 2024 campaign with an important 3-1 win over Hungary. Then, that evening, they went out, and both put their
Are things finally beginning to click for the Chicago Fire? The Men in Red left Toronto this evening with something they haven’t in 12 years: three points. An offensive explosion secured a 4-1 win against a high-flying TFC side, and moved them to within two points of a playoff
The Chicago Fire will enter the 2024 summer window with increased roster flexibility as both defender Rafa Czichos and midfielder Fede Navarro are achieving permanent U.S. residency. The Fire used the international break as an opportunity for Czichos and Navarro to complete their green card interviews, a process which
The Fire entered the international break on a three game undefeated streak and finished the first half of the season with a flourish in the form of a win over the L.A. Galaxy. Despite the results, the team is actually closer to the bottom of the standings than they
The Fire are back in action following a week off and the team will hope to pick up right where they left off, with a win against the L.A. Galaxy ending the first half of the Fire’s season. The team starts a three game road swing in Toronto,