It’s been quite the week for Sergio Oregel. On Tuesday, the 19-year-old midfielder found out that he would be a part of the United States national team for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Mexico. A day later, he scored one of Chicago Fire II’s best
The Fire return home for their last game at Soldier Field until the end of August 31st desperately seeking a win before heading out on the road for two games over the next week. They’re hosting New York City FC, the youngest team in the league by average age
Heading into PayPal Park in San Jose last Sunday, the Fire had a choice: Knowing that a win would put them level on points (though behind on tiebreakers) with teams in postseason spots, they could make things easy for the remaining dozen games of their season, or they could make
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Chicago Fire midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri has not yet returned from the European Championships. The Designated Player was a part of the Swiss Nati team that reached the quarterfinals of the Euros, but he was not training with the Fire in their first training session this week. The Fire
David Tchétchao made a big leap when he left his native Bénin for Chicago Fire II this spring. But after a strong start to life in the United States, the exciting 20-year-old winger received nightmare news last month — just eight games into the MLS Next Pro season, he
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
