The Chicago Fire’s Leagues Cup hangover is now complete, and it’s time to jump right back into the MLS season and they look to make a push to maintain a playoff spot for the first time in six years. Soldier Field will welcome fifth-placed Orlando City, a team
And then there was one. The Fire now only have one competition on their schedule for the rest of the year, the MLS regular season. The team currently sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, in a playoff spot with eleven games – almost exactly one-third – of their season remaining.
Nine months after current Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler announced his intention to sell the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), a new ownership group lead by Laura Ricketts has announced that they have an agreement in principle to buy the club. The team
Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. As always, I actually write my column the day/night before. That’s how I try to make sure my column is as topical as possible for the day it comes out. The thing is, the Chicago Fire didn’t
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. Well, it was honestly closer than I thought it would be and I’m a bit more disappointed than I probably thought I’d be, but the Fire are out of the Leagues Cup. So I guess I can go
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