Chicago Fire II captain Diego Konincks has left the club on loan for the remainder of the 2025 season, sources told MIR97 Media. With his MLS Next Pro contract expiring at the end of the year, Konincks will not return to Chicago. Konincks, who made the Chicago Fire's
With the growth of professional sports, geographic rivalries found a new battleground. The Chicago Bears versus the Green Bay Packers. The Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals. Even as teams relocated over time and the leagues grew, adding organizing into divisions, those geographic – and by then historic – rivalries were
The Chicago Fire finally made the loan move for FC Porto’s André Franco, marking the biggest moment of the summer transfer window so far. The Portuguese attacking midfielder adds another dimension to the Fire’s roster for the final stretch of the regular season. Here’s the latest on
The Chicago Fire confirmed the arrival of 27-year-old midfielder André Franco on a short-term loan from FC Porto until the end of the MLS season this morning. The deal was completed in recent days but is now official following clearance from Major League Soccer and all other necessary bodies, as
Bridgeview, Illinois, was the setting for Major League Soccer’s biggest spectacle this weekend as Korean superstar Son Heung-min made his LAFC debut. But there was still a regular season soccer game to be played, and it was quite a thriller, as the Chicago Fire settled for a 2-2 draw
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — A crowd of 19,8831 converged in Bridgeview to see the Chicago Fire play Los Angeles FC, with the crowd buoyed by the last-minute news that Korean superstar Son Heung-min would be available for the visitors. In the end, the Korean star featured, and the fans were given
Trip Fleming shocked many when he left the University of Wisconsin early to sign an MLS Next Pro contract with Chicago Fire II. Now, he is set for his first-ever first team call-up, and could be poised for an MLS debut against Son Heung-min and LAFC. Fleming, who has consistently
LOS ANGELES — Son Heung-min is set to make his Major League Soccer debut tonight, and it will come against the Chicago Fire. The Korean winger was officially cleared yesterday afternoon, receiving his P-1 visa ahead of today’s game. Son has traveled with the team to Chicago and will be
After a much needed week off – their last until the end of the regular season – the Chicago Fire are back in action Saturday night. The game is at “home” but only in a loose, historical sense, as the Fire are set to return to SeatGeek Stadium for the first time
At the midpoint of the four-week summer transfer window – the last time that teams in MLS can make substantial changes to their rosters – here’s the moves the Chicago Fire have made, and what their plans might be in the final two weeks. Initial moves create roster, cap flexibility Just
When a relatively unknown, towering, and commanding Ivorian defensive midfielder arrived in Chicago wearing the number 42, Fire fans were obviously captivated. And when they learned of his nearly $5 million price tag, Djé D’Avilla was hard to ignore. Four months on, they’re seeing the player that they
The Chicago Fire are in negotiations to sign André Franco on loan from FC Porto, sources told MIR97 Media. The interest was reported earlier this morning by GiveMeSport. Franco, a 27-year-old Portuguese midfielder, will, crucially, not be a Designated Player as suggested in the initial report. Instead, he will arrive
Chicago Fire winger Omari Glasgow is joining USL Championship club Loudoun United on loan, sources told MIR97 Media. The Guyanese international has played just seven minutes in Major League Soccer since the end of May. The loan until the end of the season will enable Glasgow to play regular minutes,
CHICAGO, Ill. — Few players were more pivotal to Gregg Berhalter's U.S. Men's National Team than Tyler Adams. The holding midfielder appeared 33 times under Berhalter, and captained his country at the most recent World Cup in Qatar; he remains a central figure for the U.
The Premier League’s preseason tour stopped by Chicago this summer, and Soldier Field played host to a pair of exhibition fixtures on Wednesday night. Manchester United were the headliner, taking the city by storm as they spent nearly a week in town, and were ultimately the best on the
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — At kickoff, there was no indication that the Sunday afternoon Chicago Fire II-New York Red Bulls II would be a record-breaking occasion. But 90 minutes of play later, the match was already written into MLS Next Pro’s history books. Fire II emerged as 9-2 victors – certainly the