The United States are headed to the Olympics in men's soccer for the first time since 2008, and two Chicago Fire academy graduates will be a part of the 18-man squad. Djordje Mihailovic of Lemont and Gaga Slonina of Addison will be those representatives, though neither are still
Any ounce of existing Chicago Fire momentum died with a quiet whimper tonight as the Men in Red stumbled to a 1-0 loss against the last-placed San Jose Earthquakes. The Fire had rallied from 3-1 down late to win 4-3 against the Philadelphia Union last Wednesday but could not build
The Fire won a hard-fought, come-from behind battle against the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday, in a match where the team gave hints about the next steps in its tactical evolution. On Sunday, they face a San Jose Earthquakes side that’s on the ropes, with just three wins and two
The Chicago Fire have finally found their goal-scoring rhythm, and in Wednesday’s win over the Philadelphia Union, no player had a bigger role than Maren Haile-Selassie. The 25-year-old scored the game’s opening goal but was then involved in all three of his team’s second-half goals as the
After a midweek win at home, the Fire return to the road for their final Western Conference matchup of the regular season to take on the San Jose Earthquakes, the team that has far and away the worst record in Major League Soccer, and who are just two matches – both
The Chicago Fire stunned the Philadelphia Union 4-3, completing a late comeback. We spoke with head coach Frank Klopas as well as Fabian Herbers, Maren Haile-Selassie, and Gastón Giménez after the final whistle.
CHICAGO, Ill. — Tonight’s 4th of July fireworks paled in comparison to the ones that played out on the Soldier Field pitch. If was there that the Chicago Fire earned a 4-3 home win over the Philadelphia Union, exercising late-game heroics against a struggling but talented team. Hugo Cuypers scored
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