Less than 72 hours after a bitter defeat in Nashville, one that ultimately cost Ezra Hendrickson his job, the Chicago Fire turn to their former home at SeatGeek Stadium to host St. Louis CITY SC in the U.S. Open Cup. The match is the first chapter in what many
I don’t know if new interim Head Coach Frank Klopas or anyone else on the Fire coaching staff has a copy of Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, the seminal work by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern which laid out an approach for the rigorous study of zero-
Following a 3-0 defeat in Nashville and the sacking of manager Ezra Hendrickson, the Fire will return to SeatGeek Stadium for the second match of their U.S. Open Cup campaign. Last time out in the cup, a rotated Fire team defeated the Chicago House by a comfortable margin
In truly exciting fashion, there were only two games on matchday eleven that had a goal or less, not including the canceled FC Dallas versus Saint Louis CITY. LAFC finally lost (but stay first in the power rankings), the Galaxy were haunted by Kevin Cabral and the Rapids, Josef Martínez
The three-and-a-half turbulent years of the Georg Heitz era at the Chicago Fire received their latest landmark moment this morning with the firing of head coach Ezra Hendrickson, and questions surrounding the Swiss sporting director’s future took center stage at today’s press conference. “We were
Chicago Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson has been fired, sources have confirmed to MIR97 Media. Current assistant coach and club legend Frank Klopas is expected to take over as the interim head coach. The decision to pull the plug on Hendrickson’s project was made by Sporting Director Georg Heitz
[podcast_subscribe id="2689"] Welcome back to Hot Takes! In Ep3 Matt & Paul react to your Hot Takes regarding the Chicago Fire’s current form. Who is to blame for all these late collapses, Ezra? Shaq? Mansueto? Maybe even the whole organization! Listen now and let us
The Fire faced off against Nashville away with a notably rotated side and left the Music City with zero points and an injured Rafael Czichos after Hany Muhktar scored a hattrick. Ezra Hendrickson spiced it up and started the team in a 3-4-1-2, but after the injury
It was a rough outing for the Fire as they were battered 3-0 by Nashville. Luckily for the Fire, however, they were saved from further humiliation by 19-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1655038983036862464?s=20 Although Nashville found the back of the night
It’s that time of the year… when the Chicago Fire’s remaining early season optimism comes to a screeching halt. The Fire stumbled to a 3-0 loss at Nashville SC this weekend, with a hat trick from Hany Mukhtar condemning their fate. Across the board, it was the
Coming off the back of another last-minute heartbreak in league play, the Fire will face their biggest test of the season thus far against a heavily favored Nashville side. A common opponent between the two sides is Atlanta United. While the match against Atlanta from a couple of weeks
Fifteen months ago, the Fire unveiled Xherdan Shaqiri as the crown jewel of what then seemed like a stellar offseason. Shaqiri’s signing made international headlines and sent shockwaves around Major League Soccer. With an $8 million annual salary, he was, at the time, the highest-paid player in MLS
Following yet another match at Soldier Field where the Fire found a way to settle for a draw off a late goal, the Fire head to Nashville looking to get their season back on track – or at least avoid a repeat of their last visit. Nashville will be looking to
I turn 24 this month. Throughout my time around peers, I’ve realized that I didn’t exactly grow up with the same cultural touchstones as everyone else. Like how in my television writing class a couple months ago I got yelled at for having never watched “Wizards of Waverly
Following up a disappointing collapse last week against the New York Red Bulls, the focus of the Chicago Fire shifts to what promises to be a very difficult matchup this Saturday on the road in Nashville. Playing in their beautiful brand-new soccer-specific stadium (the largest in North America)
[podcast_subscribe id="2688"] The MIR97 Podcast has entered double digits! On Episode 10: Matt, DJ, and Alan discuss the Fires crosstown rivalry win in the US Open Cup over Chicago House AC, a quick overseas report from former Fire players/manager in the Swiss Super League, and
