In both matches this week against St. Louis, Xherdan Shaqiri captained and helped lead his team to victory. Particularly in the first half, the Swiss icon was pulling the strings for the Chicago Fire in what was a commanding performance. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1657463494885756933?s=20 The veteran
Statement made. The Chicago Fire were the better team today as they dominated St. Louis City in an entertaining clash at Soldier Field to win 1-0. The Men in Red got the best of the MLS expansion side, ensuring that they went perfect through the two inaugural meetings between
After a very solid performance and result on Tuesday in the U.S. Open Cup, the Fire will be looking to grab their second win of the week against Midwest rivals St. Louis. This time, the Fire will be taking on St. Louis in the league where both sides have
The past few days have been a whirlwind for the Chicago Fire; on Monday, they parted ways with head coach Ezra Hendrickson, on Tuesday, they defeated St. Louis in a U.S. Open Cup round of 32 tie, and now, they’re preparing for a marquee rematch at Soldier Field
Matchday 12 is Rivalry Week in MLS and as a result, Chicago will meet its most natural historic and geographic rival for the first time in an MLS match. Unbeknownst to the MLS schedule makers, however, the game would turn out to be the second in a budding rivalry between
For the second time in less than a week, the Chicago Fire are gearing up to take on a regional rival in MLS expansion team St. Louis CITY. While the Fire have had a frustrating start to the season and currently sit 14th place in the East, St. Louis has
When Kei Kamara arrived in Chicago this offseason, he didn’t think he was coming to be the starting striker. Though Kamara has scored more goals than any man in MLS history apart from Chris Wondolowski and Landon Donovan, he was brought in the bring experience, leadership, and provide a
UPDATE: The match will be held at Q2 Stadium in Austin, TX on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 8PM CT. The Chicago Fire’s next US Open Cup match will be at away against Austin FC, and is the first-ever competitive matchup between the two teams, having only faced
Throughout the summer, we'll be delivering exclusive interviews with the most important players and coaches at the Chicago Fire, live from Bridgeview. In the first edition, we spoke with interim Head Coach Frank Klopas and forward Kei Kamara. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to be
After the 3-0 embarrassment in Nashville and all of the ensuing drama that followed the match, the Fire came out firing on all cylinders for their new interim manager and opened up the scoring just three minutes into the match through Maren Haile-Selassie. Ezra Hendrickson’s successor, Frank
In what is becoming an annual tradition, the NFL released its schedule for the upcoming season and Fire fans looked to compare the Bears and Fire's home schedules. Because of the lease agreement between the Bears and Chicago Park District, the NFL team are the primary tenants at
Last night, the Chicago Fire defeated MLS expansion team St. Louis CITY 2-1 in an entertaining U.S. Open Cup match a Bridgeview, but there’s little time to mess around ahead of Saturday’s rematch in the league. The team returned to training today, though most of the
Led by goals from Maren Haile-Selassie and Fabian Herbers, the Fire led Saint Louis CITY out the backdoor of the Lamar Hunt Open Cup in Frank Klopas’ first match as the Fire’s manager this season. The Chicago Fire performed extremely well in defense across both halves, also creating
The rivalry was built up for weeks. In the end, it took minutes for a winner to be decided. Adding an MLS team to St. Louis gave the Fire a natural geographic rival. The sporting history between the two cities suggested that the rivalry could be intense. The fact that
The Chicago Fire crushed a visiting St. Louis team 2-1 at Bridgeview tonight, advancing to the last 16 of the U.S. Open Cup in the process. While a number of players put in great shifts on the night, including Miguel Ángel Navarro and Federico Navarro, none stood out
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] On today's episode of MIR97: Alan and DJ are joined by returning guest Tim (@sing_electric), to talk topics such as the case of Brady, Guti, and the U20 World Cup v Chicago Fire, the World’s 50 Most Valuable Clubs with
