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After an offseason that saw tremendous change in the front office and the squad, the Fire are set to begin their 2025 campaign in less than a week.
There is a palpable feeling of excitement around the team as Director of Football and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter has reworked the roster, turning over about half the team and bringing players from around the globe while making notable homegrown signings from the team’s re-energized academy. This is a new squad, and for the first time in decades, they can truly call the city home, practicing in a new, state-of-the-art performance center with Chicago’s famous skyline as a backdrop.
To anyone who is finding our coverage for the first time: Welcome. To all of our loyal readers who’ve been with us: We extend our heartfelt gratitude. We will continue to do our best to bring you engaging, high-quality content throughout this season and beyond.
Throughout this week, we’ll be previewing the Fire’s 2025 season, giving you everything you need to be ready ahead of the team’s opening match in Columbus on Saturday.
Starting today with the goalkeepers, we’ll go over the Fire’s overhauled squad position by position, giving you a detailed look at each player, old or new, and how what role we expect they’ll play this season. Tomorrow, we will preview the team’s defenders, followed by the midfielders and forwards on Tuesday and Wednesday.
After that, we’ll preview the team’s expected tactics and style of play under Gregg Berhalter, and give an overarching season preview of the team on Thursday, including predictions from the whole MIR97 Media team for the Fire’s 2025 campaign. We’ll also recap the Fire’s roster and detail how the team moved to compliance under MLS’s myriad salary cap rules.
On Friday, we’ll begin our matchday coverage of the season, with a preview of the team’s season opener in Columbus. Throughout the week, we’ll cover breaking news as it happens and bring you player interviews and exclusives.
We'll also bring you great coverage of the team on the audio side. Early this week, we'll have Tim Hotze's conversation with David Gass from Soccerwise and alter in this week, we'll have a special preview 2025 season preview episode of The Bonfire. Find this and all of our podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen by searching "MIR97 Podcasts."
It’ll be a fun, busy week for MIR97, and we’re glad to have you with us.
