A little over four years after Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto purchased Swiss Super League club FC Lugano, the team made its next major acquisition – but this time, it was for an entire league. This past Tuesday, the club announced the purchase of the Chicagoland Indoor Soccer League, a local
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
For the last six years, Patrick Los and Patryk Stechnij have been inseparable at the Chicago Fire. Throughout their entire journey in the Fire Academy, the two Chicago-area, Polish-American goalkeepers born in 2007 have followed the same intertwined path, which will come to an end as they bid farewell to
Though the MLS and MLS Next Pro schedules are approaching their conclusions, college soccer is only beginning. University teams around the country kicked off their schedules this week, including several with former Chicago Fire academy products. Several academy alums are scattered throughout the NCAA across several different conferences, but three
Chicago House Athletic Club booked their place in the U.S. Open Cup on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Valhalla FC 3-1 at Charity Lucas Soccer Stadium. It was a classic competitive cup match, and the home side actually jumped in front past the half-hour mark. Chicago responded well, finding
Chicago House Athletic Club is one game away from returning to the U.S. Open Cup. The fourth and final round of Open Cup qualifying takes place this weekend, and the House will travel to Ohio to take on Valhalla FC on Saturday afternoon. Kick-off is set for 3 pm
Chicago House Athletic Club advanced to the 4th and final round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday night as they defeated Edgewater Castle 3-1 at Taft High School. The House came out the blocks hot, opening the scoring in the 4th minute thanks to striker Alejandro Mentasti. Edgewater
The magic of U.S. Open Cup qualifying returns to the Chicagoland area on Saturday night as Edgewater Castle hosts Chicago House Athletic Club at Taft High School Stadium. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. central time. Both sides won a local matchup in the previous round to get
Edgewater Castle advanced to the 3rd round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday night as they defeated Berber City 2-1 at the CIBC Fire Pitch. It was the away side who were better to start, and they scored the opener as a result. Edgewater grew into the contest
Chicago House Athletic Club booked their place in the 3rd round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Wisłoka Chicago 2-1 at Elmhurst University. After surviving a tough start, the House took a 2-0 lead following goals from Alejandro Mentasti and A.R. Smith. They
“On one hand it feels like the Open Cup was a long time ago.” “Then, on the other hand, it feels like we just got done with last year's run.” Those were the words of Chicago House Athletic Club head coach Matt Poland on Tuesday afternoon following practice.
Nine months after current Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler announced his intention to sell the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), a new ownership group lead by Laura Ricketts has announced that they have an agreement in principle to buy the club. The team
On April 26th, Chicago House Athletic Club’s run in the 2023 U.S. Open Cup came to a close at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. Nearly three months later, Chicago’s Midwest Premier League season wrapped up at Wyeth Stadium in Rockford. Two very different settings and opponents, and yet
The Chicago Nations Cup trophy went to Millonarios on Wednesday night as they defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. A pretty entertaining preseason affair, Palace opened the scoring midway through the second half. The lead didn’t last long, though, with Millonarios equalizing about 10 minutes
Chicago House Athletic Club finished off their Midwest Premier League campaign in style, beating Rockford FC 8-0 at Wyeth Stadium. It was a controlled performance from the visitors, who scored twice in the first few minutes and ended the first half with five goals to their name. They arguably could’
Chicago House Athletic Club’s MPL campaign comes to a close on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Wyeth Stadium to take on Rockford FC. This will be Chicago’s final game of the Midwest Premier League spring season. It’s been a pretty successful run, and they could finish