In both matches this week against St. Louis, Xherdan Shaqiri captained and helped lead his team to victory. Particularly in the first half, the Swiss icon was pulling the strings for the Chicago Fire in what was a commanding performance. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1657463494885756933?s=20 The veteran
Statement made. The Chicago Fire were the better team today as they dominated St. Louis City in an entertaining clash at Soldier Field to win 1-0. The Men in Red got the best of the MLS expansion side, ensuring that they went perfect through the two inaugural meetings between two
After a very solid performance and result on Tuesday in the U.S. Open Cup, the Fire will be looking to grab their second win of the week against Midwest rivals St. Louis. This time, the Fire will be taking on St. Louis in the league where both sides have
Matchday 12 is Rivalry Week in MLS and as a result, Chicago will meet its most natural historic and geographic rival for the first time in an MLS match. Unbeknownst to the MLS schedule makers, however, the game would turn out to be the second in a budding rivalry between
After the 3-0 embarrassment in Nashville and all of the ensuing drama that followed the match, the Fire came out firing on all cylinders for their new interim manager and opened up the scoring just three minutes into the match through Maren Haile-Selassie. Ezra Hendrickson’s successor, Frank Klopas, lined
Led by goals from Maren Haile-Selassie and Fabian Herbers, the Fire led Saint Louis CITY out the backdoor of the Lamar Hunt Open Cup in Frank Klopas’ first match as the Fire’s manager this season. The Chicago Fire performed extremely well in defense across both halves, also creating plenty
The rivalry was built up for weeks. In the end, it took minutes for a winner to be decided. Adding an MLS team to St. Louis gave the Fire a natural geographic rival. The sporting history between the two cities suggested that the rivalry could be intense. The fact that
The Chicago Fire crushed a visiting St. Louis team 2-1 at Bridgeview tonight, advancing to the last 16 of the U.S. Open Cup in the process. While a number of players put in great shifts on the night, including Miguel Ángel Navarro and Federico Navarro, none stood out more
Less than 72 hours after a bitter defeat in Nashville, one that ultimately cost Ezra Hendrickson his job, the Chicago Fire turn to their former home at SeatGeek Stadium to host St. Louis CITY SC in the U.S. Open Cup. The match is the first chapter in what many
Following a 3-0 defeat in Nashville and the sacking of manager Ezra Hendrickson, the Fire will return to SeatGeek Stadium for the second match of their U.S. Open Cup campaign. Last time out in the cup, a rotated Fire team defeated the Chicago House by a comfortable margin of
The Fire faced off against Nashville away with a notably rotated side and left the Music City with zero points and an injured Rafael Czichos after Hany Muhktar scored a hattrick. Ezra Hendrickson spiced it up and started the team in a 3-4-1-2, but after the injury to Czichos, Hendrickson
It was a rough outing for the Fire as they were battered 3-0 by Nashville. Luckily for the Fire, however, they were saved from further humiliation by 19-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady. https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1655038983036862464?s=20 Although Nashville found the back of the night three times on
It’s that time of the year… when the Chicago Fire’s remaining early season optimism comes to a screeching halt. The Fire stumbled to a 3-0 loss at Nashville SC this weekend, with a hat trick from Hany Mukhtar condemning their fate. Across the board, it was the Fire’
Coming off the back of another last-minute heartbreak in league play, the Fire will face their biggest test of the season thus far against a heavily favored Nashville side. A common opponent between the two sides is Atlanta United. While the match against Atlanta from a couple of weeks ago
Following yet another match at Soldier Field where the Fire found a way to settle for a draw off a late goal, the Fire head to Nashville looking to get their season back on track – or at least avoid a repeat of their last visit. Nashville will be looking to
Mistakes at the back nearly spoiled the Fire’s night in the first half on Saturday night. Carlos Terán, who has been so solid the past few weeks had a nightmare performance before he was eventually replaced by Mauricio Pineda due to a first-half injury. On the same day that