The Chicago Fire are through to the first round proper of the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs courtesy of a 3-1 win over Orlando City on Wednesday night. Brian Gutiérrez and Hugo Cuypers supplied the goals and sent the more than 13,000 Fire fans happy after a dominant performance
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For the first time since 2009, the Chicago Fire have won a playoff game. Bridgeview was the setting once again, and it came in a 3-1 thumping of Orlando City in the Eastern Conference Wild Card game. After a month-long experiment with a defensive back five,
The moment is finally here. For the first time in 2,922 days, the Chicago Fire are back in the postseason. Their opponent, for the first time in the postseason, is Orlando City, a team that unlike the Fire, have a coach now in his sixth season with the team
The Chicago Fire’s 2025 regular season ended not with a bang nor with a whimper but rather, something in between. A late, clutch goal – scored by the prolific, if tragically under-recognized, Own Goal, but coming off of Philip Zinckernagel and Joel Waterman – secured a draw for the Fire
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Chicago Fire didn't have to worry about playoff qualification entering Decision Day, and while there may have been an ounce of complacency, they did just enough to preserve a home wildcard game. Despite a 2-2 draw with the Revs, an eliminated team with nothing
For the first time since 2017, the Chicago Fire are going into Decision Day knowing that whatever the results on MLS’s final matchday, their season will not be over. Hugo Cuypers, the team’s leading goal scorer, appreciates what it took to get the team to this point. Noting
In their last home game of the season, the Chicago Fire played a game that started off slow but had a thrilling end – even if it isn’t one that Fire faithful would have hoped for. Here are five things we learned from their 2-2 draw with Toronto FC.
In their first game back since clinching a postseason spot, the Fire found themselves in a tough spot – trailing for the first time in almost a month but worked their way back, finding energy despite playing midweek before conceding a last-minute penalty in a display and settling for a
Having secured a playoff berth for the first time since 2017, the Chicago Fire return home for their last home game of the regular season, now knowing that they will play on after Decision Day. The Fire’s historic season continues in their second game of the year against Toronto
The seven year drought is over and the Chicago Fire are back in the postseason. They got there in thrilling fashion, with goals from five different goal scorers – four of them pretty unlikely ones – with the eventual winner from Fire homegrown Justin Reynolds – his first MLS goal, as the Fire
The Chicago Fire are back in the promised land. And they did it in style. Gregg Berhalter's Men in Red came to Miami for a game in which they knew they could clinch a playoff spot with a win. And against all the odds, they found themselves 5-
A playwright couldn’t have set the stage any better: The Chicago Fire are headed to Ft. Lauderdale to take on Lionel Messi and the rest of Inter Miami’s star-studded roster in the only MLS game being played that day. A win for the Fire will book the
The Chicago Fire faced the Columbus Crew, the team that took them down 4-2 in their season opener and walked away with a 2-0 victory at the end of the night. The win – the second multi-goal win and second clean sheet in a row for the Fire
The Chicago Fire took two giant leaps closer to an MLS playoff spot tonight, and are now so near they can feel it. A dominant 2-0 home victory over a spiraling Columbus Crew is enough to put the Men in Red within one win of clinching a postseason berth
Last Saturday, the Chicago Fire started three center backs for the first time this year. They also kept a clean sheet, scored three times and walked away with their first win against a team currently in a playoff spot since June 28th. With a result like that against one of
Seven months after the Chicago Fire kicked off their season in Columbus, the Fire are set to meet the Crew once again, this time at Soldier Field. In the first game of the Gregg Berhalter era in Chicago, the team showed both their promise, getting off to a two goal