The Chicago Fire have named Gregg Berhalter as their new head coach and director of football. The announcement came this morning. “After a thorough and detailed search that included a number of exceptional candidates, it became clear that Gregg Berhalter was the right choice to lead our sporting operations,” said
The Chicago Fire are hiring Gregg Berhalter as director of football and head coach, sources confirmed to MIR97 Media. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic first broke the story this morning. Berhalter, 51, will return to the sidelines for the first time since his U.S. Men’s National Team dismissal
For the second year in a row, the Fire II have reached the postseason, thanks to their 2-1 win over the first-place Philadelphia Union II, behind goals from Peter Soudan and Omari Glasgow alongside strong goaltending from Patrick Los, particularly in the second half as the game got
With the Chicago Fire already eliminated from MLS postseason contention, Decision Day later this month will mean very little. However, Chicago Fire II’s regular season finale tomorrow will have a rather different tone. In stark contrast to the first team, the second team has been one of the most
For the first time this season, the Fire ended up on the wrong side of a 4-3 scoreline. Previously, they’d experienced it in comeback wins over Montréal – the team’s first of the season – and Philadelphia, in a game that felt like it could have been the galvanizing
The Fire face Charlotte, the team that, for all intents and purposes, pushed past the team into the playoffs last year in the team’s last home game of the season. Hosting Charlotte three days after the Fire’s 4-1 win over Miami, the Fire had 40 points to
The Fire’s final midweek game and final roadgame of the season is Wednesday in Charlotte. The Fire, who were eliminated from postseason contention with their 2-1 loss to Toronto last Saturday, are currently in last place in the East and will hope to use a win to get
With the Fire officially eliminated from postseason contention, in a macro sense, the season is over. That isn’t to say that there are no stakes for the team in the final weeks of the season. Here are some storylines for both the team and individual players to keep an
Bridgeview, Ill. — Toronto and the Fire both had a singular aim going into their match at SeatGeek Stadium on Saturday night – get a win, and three points. As has happened all too often for both teams this season they didn’t find the result they wanted, as both teams played
The Chicago Fire have officially been eliminated from playoff contention, with Saturday's 1-1 draw with Toronto FC ensuring this outcome. This extends the team's drought to seven seasons – the longest active streak in Major League Soccer. The Fire's unceremonious elimination was a long
The Fire are set to host Toronto FC at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. The last time these two teams met, the Fire walked away with a 4-1 victory and their first road win of the season. With the Fire's playoff hopes dim but not extinguished and Toronto&
With the flame of the Fire’s playoff hopes all but extinguished, they host Toronto FC, a team that the Fire managed to best in June. Toronto’s loss to the Fire was the first of six in a row for the Canadian side, sending the team’s once-promising
The Chicago Fire traveled to Montréal last weekend knowing that they needed to win to keep their already slim playoff hopes alive. They didn’t. Now, with three games still to play, their season is all but mathematically over. The only scenario that sees them jump to ninth in the
Less than six weeks after being traded from CF Montréal to the Chicago Fire, Ariel Lassiter was back in Stade Saputo, Montréal, facing his former club. Lassiter, who turns 30 this week, started the game, making it his third straight start since his arrival in Chicago, and played all 90
MONTRÉAL, Québec — Few stadiums in MLS are more difficult to play at than Montréal's Stade Saputo. The Chicago Fire did themselves no favors Saturday night when they travelled there, however. A 2-0 defeat – featuring goals either side of the half from Josef Martínez and Caden Clark – consigned
The Fire face the team that gave them their first win of the season looking for a win and three points over CF Montréal in another matchup between two teams that are hoping against increasingly long odds to battle their way into the postseason. Since the Fire last played CF
