Following a much-needed 11-day break, the Fire head to the west coast to face the Portland Timbers, a team that they’ve never beaten in MLS play. The Timbers, who have a game in hand, are narrowly clinging to the ninth place in the West and the last playoff spot
The big question leading up to Saturday’s match against the Columbus Crew was whether Frank Klopas would line his team up with a back five or if he would revert back to the team’s traditional 4-2-3-1 shape. The humiliation at midweek in the U.S. Open Cup, where
With Frank Klopas electing to keep the Fire lined up in a 3-4-2-1 despite its flaws as of late, surprise, surprise, they lost again! After being vastly outplayed in the first half, Cucho Hernández scored in the 59th minute to put Columbus up 1-0. There was a glimmer of hope
Countless times this season, fans of the Chicago Fire have been left wondering, “what just happened?” Never more so than today. The Fire left Soldier Field tonight empty-handed after a 2-1 loss against the Columbus Crew, but it’s practically impossible to explain how. And why. Despite the crushing 4-1
Columbus will be looking to make it three wins on the bounce with a victory against Chicago. Whereas Columbus have been on a good run of form, their hosts have really struggled as of late and have won just one of their last five matches. The Fire will be hoping
The Fire play the Columbus Crew at Soldier Field on Saturday, capping off the busiest stretch of the season for the hosts - one that saw them play 11 matches in 35 days. The game comes after an unceremonious exit from the U.S. Open Cup for the Fire, who
After what has ultimately been an abysmal start to the MLS season, with the team sitting second to bottom in the East, the cup looked like the Fire’s best shot at any type of silverware this campaign. Knowing this, the Fire fielded a full-strength XI in their newfound 3-4-3
After an exciting first half which saw the Houston Dynamo go up 2-0 before Arnaud Souquet headed home to bring some life back into the Fire, an extremely controversial sequence of two potential penalties not being granted to the Fire saw the team’s mentality completely collapse as they proceeded
Chicago Fire 1, Houston Dynamo 4. Few would have expected that scoreline when they shuffled into SeatGeek Stadium tonight and absolutely no one wanted to believe it was even possible. Yet, it happened. And the Chicago Fire are out of the U.S. Open Cup at the quarterfinal stage. Frank
Coming off of the back of a 1-0 loss in Cincinnati, the Fire will be looking to return to winning ways in what is arguably the team’s most important match of the season thus far. The cup has obviously been made a priority for the team after seeing the
Both the Chicago Fire and Houston Dynamo entered the U.S. Open Cup with a simple mission: Win six games and hoist a trophy. Both clubs are halfway to that mark, but only one will get a fourth win as the Fire host Houston Tuesday evening at SeatGeek Stadium. Both
Both teams were extremely busy in the month of May, and after playing fifteen matches in the month combined, Chicago and Cincinnati rotated several key players out of their starting XI. For Chicago, the most notable omissions from the starting lineup were Xherdan Shaqiri, Kei Kamara, Maren Haile-Selassie, Rafael Czichos,
Fielding the most rotated side Fire fans have seen so far this season, getting a result in a stadium that has only seen victories seemed to be asking too much for a team with three league wins this season. With Klopas electing to rotate, that did not stop a bit
https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1665171608778973185?s=20 In a rotated Fire lineup, Aceves started while the starting left wing-back, Miguel Navarro, was rested. The new arrival from Mexico showed a lot of quality against the conference’s best team in the league and proved to Miggy that he has
So near, yet so far. The Chicago Fire showed resilience and defensive solidity to battle league-leading FC Cincinnati on the road, but ultimately came up just short in a 1-0 loss. Cincinnati – who had won every game at home in 2023 heading into tonight – are a course for the best-ever
It is really a tale of two drastically different teams as the Fire come into this match as massive underdogs. Although both Midwestern outfits have qualified for the Round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup, FC Cincinnati have won five of their last five league games, whereas the