Three games, three goals. It’s been quite the start to the season for forward Hugo Cuypers, the Chicago Fire’s club record signing, in his second season in Major League Soccer. While he’s undoubtedly leading from the front on the field, the Belgian has also taken up a
The Chicago Fire finally got a win on the board this weekend, recording their first victory of the Gregg Berhalter era. However, it came at a cost; a first half injury to Kellyn Acosta leaves the team with just two fully fit midfielders. The crisis is so bad that when
The Fire put points – well, a point – on the board, getting a draw against D.C. United in the coldest home opener in team history. It was also the second-coldest home game in team history, after the team’s 3-3 draw against FC Cincinnati on March 18, 2023. We saw
The Fire’s first game of the Gregg Berhalter era is in the books. Although the result is painfully familiar, and the team is still looking for their first opening-day win since 2009, the team nonetheless showed real progress – although the 4-2 loss also shows just that the Fire are
When Andrew Gutman went down injured less than two minutes into the Chicago Fire’s 2024 season, Frank Klopas’ seemingly straightforward plans at left back had to go out the window. The 28-year-old defender, among the top fullbacks in MLS, had been acquired in a blockbuster trade to strengthen a
In their first match of the season, the Fire face one of the top teams of the East over the past several seasons in a stadium where they haven't found victory in over a decade. Despite the poor record, the Fire have often taken the Union to the
Since the international break, the Fire have arguably been the best team in MLS. The team has won five of their last six, and Saturday’s win over Toronto was their third victory in a row. This stretch of good form has propelled the Fire from 14th to 8th as
After what was, in truth, a woeful start to the MLS season, which saw the Fire in 14th out of 15th in the East, the Fire have gotten their second half of the 2023 campaign off to an electric start by securing back-to-back away wins. On Wednesday, the Fire reverted
In the matches leading up to the international break, the Fire had been plagued by bad form and were unable to get results both at home and on the road. The team’s last match before the break was their 17th in league play, which marked the halfway point of
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
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
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,
After securing a 2-0 victory against Austin in the U.S. Open Cup at mid-week, Frank Klopas decided to stick with the five-back for Saturday’s match against the New England Revolution. Wednesday’s match against Austin was the first time this season that the Fire played with three center-backs
Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup victory was certainly the best defensive performance that I had seen from the Fire all season. Although on paper the Fire were lined-up in their typical 4-2-3-1 shape, the visitors were really playing a 3-4-3 out on the field. The Fire would always drop
The Chicago Fire came from behind to earn a 3-3 draw at home against Atlanta United in dramatic fashion. It was a back-and-forth match that had just about everything. After not being listed in the injury report, the Chicago Fire were without star striker Kei Kamara. As a result, Kacper
Coming off of a crucial victory against. St. Louis in the U.S. Open Cup earlier in the week, the Fire were determined to continue this form in league play. Leading up to the match, the Fire had won just one of their last five MLS games and it was