The Chicago Fire have named Gregg Berhalter as their new head coach and director of football. The announcement came this morning. “After a thorough and detailed search that included a number of exceptional candidates, it became clear that Gregg Berhalter was the right choice to lead our sporting operations,” said
The Chicago Fire are hiring Gregg Berhalter as director of football and head coach, sources confirmed to MIR97 Media. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic first broke the story this morning. Berhalter, 51, will return to the sidelines for the first time since his U.S. Men’s National Team dismissal
With the Chicago Fire already eliminated from MLS postseason contention, Decision Day later this month will mean very little. However, Chicago Fire II’s regular season finale tomorrow will have a rather different tone. In stark contrast to the first team, the second team has been one of the most
The Chicago Fire have officially been eliminated from playoff contention, with Saturday's 1-1 draw with Toronto FC ensuring this outcome. This extends the team's drought to seven seasons – the longest active streak in Major League Soccer. The Fire's unceremonious elimination was a long
The Chicago Fire traveled to Montréal last weekend knowing that they needed to win to keep their already slim playoff hopes alive. They didn’t. Now, with three games still to play, their season is all but mathematically over. The only scenario that sees them jump to ninth in the
Less than six weeks after being traded from CF Montréal to the Chicago Fire, Ariel Lassiter was back in Stade Saputo, Montréal, facing his former club. Lassiter, who turns 30 this week, started the game, making it his third straight start since his arrival in Chicago, and played all 90
Marko Mitrović is set to be named the new head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team, sources tell MIR97 Media. The Serbian coach most recently coached Team USA to a quarterfinal appearance at the Olympics in Paris. Mitrović, who served as an assistant coach
QUEENS, N.Y. — The New York City neighborhood of Jamaica is more than 2,500 miles away from the South American nation of Guyana. It’s more than 700 miles away from Chicago, too. But when Chicago Fire II’s Omari Glasgow converted his penalty kick in an MLS Next
A lot can change in 11 months. It was about this time last year when the Chicago Fire and Inter Miami met before a record, 62,214-strong crowd at Soldier Field, and as the teams gear up to face off again this Saturday, many variables are dramatically different 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
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — There have been few weeks in recent memory that have been as eventful for the Chicago Fire as this one. And that comes without a single minute of soccer being played. Monday morning started with the bombshell news that sporting director Georg Heitz had chosen to step down
The Chicago Fire have traded for CF Montréal's Ari Lassiter, the club confirmed this afternoon. The trade comes six hours after the club confirmed the departure of Designated Player Xherdan Shaqiri, freeing up a senior roster slot. In exchange for Lassiter, the Fire sent $75,000 in General
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire and Xherdan Shaqiri have agreed a mutual contract termination effective immediately, sources tell MIR97 Media. The agreement comes hours before tonight's trade deadline and will open up a senior roster slot. Shaqiri's departure also frees up an international roster slot but
Georg Heitz will depart the Chicago Fire at the conclusion of the 2024 season, the club confirmed in a statement today. Heitz says that he has chosen to resign for personal reasons and will return to his native Switzerland, remaining on FC Lugano's board of directors. “Georg recently
One day before the Fire’s first Leagues Cup match, Fire Head Coach Frank Klopas was asked about the team’s approach to the tournament and said that he wanted to put “the strongest team possible to try to advance and win” in the tournament. In at least the first
Life is pretty normal for Georgios Koutsias in Chicago. 15 months on from his arrival from PAOK, the 20-year-old has settled well in the United States, learning English at an impressive pace while still finding Greek restaurants and coffee in the Windy City. But earlier this summer, he
