Today marks the start of a new chapter for the Chicago Fire Football Club. Players, staff, and fans will most certainly be wanting to erase the bad memory of last season. In the 2022 campaign, the Fire finished 12th in the East and was one of only two teams in
Finally, after 146 days of waiting, the Chicago Fire are playing in a game that matters on Saturday as they host New York City in their home and season opener. The visitors come to Soldier Field having lost on the road to Eastern Conference transplants Nashville and come to Chicago
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The Chicago Fire's opening match of the season against New York City FC is fast approaching, and Ezra Hendrickson is putting the final touches on his team as they prepare for Saturday. Ahead of the March 4th clash at Soldier Field, we asked a few questions about the
Over the last decade, Chicago has slowly emerged as one of the leading academies in the United States. It has seen Gaga Slonina break into the Fire's first team and be sold to global powerhouse Chelsea for $15 million. It has seen Djordje Mihailovic graduate from the academy
With a little under two months until the closure of the MLS Primary Transfer Window on April 24th, the Fire have already made six new signings. Even after securing the signature of veteran striker Kei Kamara, the Fire have continued their hunt to replace the 20 million dollar man, Jhon
With the Chicago Fire's home opener just four days away, they have found their new young striker. Georgios Koutsias, born in 2004, was announced today as a new Fire player, and he joins the club on a four-year deal following a $2.5 million transfer. The Fire have
The Fire begin the 2023 season following an offseason made more notable for departures, headlined by GK Gabriel Slonina and forward Jhon Durán, than arrivals, leaving the team with several positions of need. Technical Director Georg Heitz can continue to make additions through April 24, but following that, any unmet
With the start of the 2023 Fire season just days away, MIR97 is evaluating each player on the team’s roster. Following our preview of goalkeepers and defenders and midfielders, we’re wrapping things up by taking a look at the team’s forwards. As with our previous roster coverage,
Ezra Hendrickson’s second year as head coach begins with considerably less optimism around the team than during his debut season, leaving many to question how much of the team’s 2022 performance should be placed on the shoulders of the head coach. That year, offseason changes had Fire faithful
Ahead of the Fire’s first game, MIR97 is going through the Fire’s roster player by player. Following our profiles on the Fire’s defenders and goalkeepers, we will now preview the midfielders. Some of the players listed below play primarily as wingers on the attack but are officially
All things considered, it’s been a pretty rough decade for the Chicago Fire. The Men in Red have twice finished dead last in MLS and have rarely been any sort of contender for any trophies. Attendance has often dwindled, and promising names have shuffled through the door but provided
MIR is previewing the team’s roster ahead of the Fire’s 2023 opener at Soldier Field on Saturday, March 4 by position - first up are goalkeepers and defenders. We’ll introduce you to each player, including how they joined the Fire, review their 2022 season, and will go
No player in MLS has had quite the journeyman career that Kei Kamara has. The 38-year-old center forward has previously played for nine different MLS teams, and now it is the Fire’s turn to have the Sierra Leonean. Kamara was traded from Montréal to Chicago in exchange for $250,
The 2023 MLS season is now upon us, and the Chicago Fire return for their 26th season in the league. Ezra Hendrickson’s team had many highs and lows last season and missed the playoffs, but there were many promising signs that the team will look to build on in
Alex Calabrese My name is Alex Calabrese, and I am the Editor-in-Chief and Chicago Fire beat reporter for MenInRed97. This will be my third year covering Chicago soccer and the second season covering the Fire and MLS, which will hopefully be more successful than the last! This season, I am