In the main match preview, I noted that D.C. has the second longest active playoff drought in the league, after the Fire, and in trying to get back to the postseason, they essentially pursued opposite strategies: The Fire made more changes to the squad, particularly at the top end,
With the Fire’s season on the ropes and the team stuck in 14th place out of 15 teams in the MLS Eastern Conference – and 28th out of 29 teams overall – the Fire travel to the nation’s capital looking for a spark that has long eluded the team as
CHICAGO, Ill. — The Fire's nightmare start to 2024 continued with yet another home loss, this time to the Columbus Crew, 3-1. Entering the match, one thing was certain: change was needed. Klopas’ team were winless in six and had failed to score in four straight at home. The
After the loss in St. Louis, Frank Klopas and Xherdan Shaqiri both mentioned that it was still “early” in the season, causing me to do a bit of math. With two matches coming up that week, if the Fire won both, they’d have to be a slightly-better-than-average MLS team
With little time to lick their wounds, the Fire are back in action in Soldier Field on Saturday, facing a classic foe in the Columbus Crew to conclude MLS’s Rivalry Week. The Fire are still looking for their first win in May and their first goal in front of
CHICAGO, Ill. — The hapless Chicago Fire's miserable start to the 2024 season continued on a forgettable Wednesday night at Soldier Field as they lost to Charlotte FC, 1-0. Aiming to respond to a weeks-long skid that has the Fire winless in five, under-pressure head coach Frank Klopas only
The Fire are back home for the first of two matches this week. Looking for just their third win of the season – and first in more than a month – the team’s first midweek match of the season comes against Charlotte, a team that has been humming under new Head
Following a dispiriting loss to St. Louis in the team’s first-ever game at Citypark, they return to Soldier Field in search of their first goal – and win – in front of home fans since April 6th. The match is the first of two at Soldier Field in an absolutely critical
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — On a balmy spring night on the banks of the Mississippi River, St. Louis CITY compounded the Chicago Fire’s state of misery with a crushing 3-1 win. The home team was dominant from start to finish, extending the Fire’s winless run to five games before
After a three match homestand that was rendered distinctly anhedonic for hometown fans by the Fire’s inability to score a goal during the stretch, the team is back on the road to face their nearest – and newest – MLS neighbor in St. Louis City, a developing rival that the team
The Fire travel to St. Louis for their first-ever MLS match in town, just over a year after the first-ever match between the two clubs on MLS’s official Rivalry Week. That match, a 2-1 win in the U.S. Open Cup, was the first of Frank Klopas’s current
The Fire completed a crucial three game homestand against the struggling New England Revolution, but it was the Fire who left the match looking like the team at the bottom of the conference, losing 1-0 off a goal by Tomás Chancalay. It’s now been 372 minutes since the Fire
Before the start of the Fire’s current three-game homestand, I wrote that the team should be looking for seven points out of the three: Although five would likely put the team high enough in the standings to be in one of the playoff spots, given the homefield advantage, the
The Fire host the Revolution looking for their first win of the three-game homestand that concludes with the match this Saturday at Soldier Field. There’s reason for hope - the Revolution have won just one match this season, and their only other point came against the Fire in a
The Fire faced Atlanta United for the second time in the past month, looking for their first goal in 192 minutes of competitive play, having been shutout in Atlanta on Easter and two of the three games since, needing a win in the second match of a three game homestand
The phrase “must-win” is a cliché but with Atlanta winless in their last three – since their 3-0 thrashing of the Fire – and with the Fire looking to bounce back from their worst home loss in seven years – tonight’s matchup is as close to a “must win” game as possible