On April 26th, Chicago House Athletic Club’s run in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup came to a close at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. Nearly three months later, Chicago’s Midwest Premier League season wrapped up at Wyeth Stadium in Rockford. Two very different settings and opponents, and yet
To a casual fan, it may have looked like Club América was actually the home side, but unfortunately, they were not as their fanbase invaded SeatGeek Stadium for their own use before their beloved team got a 1-0 win over our Chicago Fire due to a Gastón Giménez own-goal in
Despite a valiant effort, the Chicago Fire were eliminated from Leagues Cup tonight by a Mexican giant Club América. Despite playing before a 95% pro-América crowd, the Men in Red kept it close, and ultimately fell by a score of 1-0 as two contrasting moments midway through the second half
Brian Gutiérrez may have just turned 20 a couple of weeks ago, but he's already emerged as a fan favorite with the Chicago Fire faithful. He'll be looking to follow up strong Leagues Cup performances against Minnesota and Puebla with another impactful shift against giants Club
The stage is set for a thrilling Leagues Cup round of 32 showdown between the hometown Chicago Fire and the gigante of Mexico, Club América. The Fire held their Matchday -1 media day as they prepare for the match, including the press conference with Head Coach Frank Klopas. We also
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] Alan, back from Italy, along with DJ, Tim, and Alex discuss the Fire’s group stage win against Minnesota United, the regulation draw and pointless penalties against Club Puebla, and preview the upcoming knockout round game against Liga MX giant Club América, plus comments
The Fire once again find themselves in a must-win game: the knockout round of a tournament. Their opponent? Club América, is the continent’s biggest, most famous, most storied club. The one with the most titles in the history of Mexican football. It isn’t the first match between the
18-year-old Noeh Hernández scored his second goal of the MLS Next Pro season in spectacular fashion last Sunday, but it didn’t just cap off an excellent move: it caps off an excellent summer. When Hernández slotted the ball into the far corner, he helped his team earn an exciting
After coming back to win 3-2 against Minnesota United just four days ago, the Chicago Fire hosted Club Puebla in their final match of the group stage and lost on penalties despite dominating most of the match. After going down 1-0 in the 74th minute, a deflected Xherdan Shaqiri freekick
Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. I’m writing this literally right after I’ve gotten home after the shootout loss to Puebla. Despite having had enough of my fill to drink and a preference to just sit around and watch the Harley Quinn animated show
The Leagues Cup group stage finale between the Chicago Fire and Club Puebla was quite the spectacle, with Xherdan Shaqiri's answer to Brayan Angulo's late go-ahead goal in the final minutes ensuring that the Fire picked up the necessary point to finish in first place. We
“Champions of Group Central 2, you’ll never sing that!” The Chicago Fire were once again involved in late drama as they battled Mexican side Club Puebla to not only clinch first place in their group, but also set up an eye-watering showdown with continental powerhouse Club América. Though they
The Chicago Fire will host Club Puebla tomorrow in the third and final match of their Leagues Cup group, with a place in the round of 32 on the line. We spoke with Chicago Fire and Puebla head coaches, Frank Klopas and Eduardo Arce, as well as defenders Rafa Czichos
The Fire close out their Leagues Cup group stage with their first-ever match against Club Puebla Monday evening. Three-team groups means that the team knows exactly what it needs to proceed, and frankly, it isn’t that much. The kickoff for the match was moved to 7:00 PM so
The Fire’s comeback win against Minnesota is obviously my favorite result so far, however, St. Louis CITY getting crushed by Club América 4-0 has to be a close second. Besides that, Toluca earned a hard-fought 4-3 win against Nashville, A Brandon Vázquez hattrick led Cincinnati to a 3-1 win
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] Today, DJ and Alan talk with long time Fire Fan and Content Creator DannyTRadio as they talk all things Chicago Fire and learn more about this long time youtube creator. Check out our socials! MIR97 Website MIR97 Twitter MIR97 Instagram