For a sum of around $14 million, the Chicago Fire has just secured the third most expensive transfer in MLS history. With already vast experience in European competitions, Belgian forward Hugo Cuypers, who has been excelling recently for Gent, will be an immediate starter at the number 9 position for
The Chicago Fire finally have their DP #9. Hugo Cuypers, who turns 27 tomorrow, will be the man to be the Fire's new star forward, arriving in a blockbuster club-record move from Belgian club Gent. The signing is among the most ambitious in team history as it
The Chicago Fire are close to completing a club-record deal to sign Belgian center forward Hugo Cuypers to a Designated Player contract, sources confirmed to MIR97 Media. Tom Bogert of The Athletic reported the story first. Cuypers, 26, joined his current club Gent a year and a half ago,
Left back Chase Gasper is being traded from the Houston Dynamo to the Chicago Fire, sources tell MIR97 Media. The one-time U.S. international will take up a supplemental roster slot, and won't count against the salary cap for the next two seasons. Houston will receive a
The Chicago Fire has just confirmed the signing of Swiss-Jamaican right back Allan Arigoni on a season-long loan from Swiss club Lugano ahead of the MLS preseason beginning in just a few days. The addition of Arigoni to the Fire roster is one to look forward to, considering
The Chicago Fire’s preseason is now just one week away, but the club’s offseason moves are far from over. After a few weeks of relative silence, the rumor mill is once again churning, and business is happening behind the scenes to finish constructing the roster ahead of the
The Chicago Fire are finalizing a deal to sign Lugano right back Allan Arigoni, sources say. The Swiss full back will join on an initial loan, similar to the deal to bring in Maren Haile-Selassie ahead of the 2023 season. The transfer is expected to be finalized in the
With the MLS offseason in full swing, it is time for one of the league's oldest traditions to take place: the SuperDraft. While the mechanism isn't quite what it once was – most top domestic players now sign homegrown contracts before they are old enough to go
The Chicago Fire have reached an agreement with the Colorado Rapids to trade for left back Andrew Gutman, sources tell MIR97 Media. The Fire Academy product will return home in exchange for Miguel Ángel Navarro and a total of $450,000 in General Allocation Money. With the MLS trade window
The Chicago Fire's first new addition of the offseason will be center forward Tom Barlow, the Athletic's Tom Bogert reported this afternoon. In exchange for Barlow, the New York Red Bulls will receive $250,000 in General Allocation Money, with up to $150,000 in incentives
The Chicago Fire announced their end-of-season roster decisions ahead of 2024 this morning, with several players leaving the club and a few confirming their returns for the new year. The decisions, which were due to be announced before December 1st, are the first official act from Georg Heitz
As the Chicago Fire’s offseason begins, so does its coaching search. After Ezra Hendrickson was dismissed last May, club legend and longtime assistant Frank Klopas was promoted to the interim job for the third time in his career, but with the season now over, it's time for
Former Chicago Fire homegrown star Djordje Mihailovic could be returning to his hometown team in 2024, sources say. Mihailovic made 73 appearances for the Fire during his four-year stay with the first team and was a part of the last Fire team to make the playoffs in 2017. The
The Chicago Fire may have just made one signing during this summer transfer window, but Ousmane Doumbia has immediately made an impact and quickly become a popular man in the Windy City. The Ivorian was one of the top performers across the three Leagues Cup matches, so he'll
The Fire officially announced Ousmane Doumbia would be filling the team’s third and final Designated Player (DP) spot, joining the team from sister club FC Lugano. The team confirmed Wednesday that the 31-year-old midfielder from Adjamé, Côte d’Ivoire is on loan from the Swiss club through
The Fire have signed Doumbia. No, this isn’t FIFA 13. And no, it isn’t the same Doumbia… that’s his brother. On the surface, this is a head-scratcher. Ousmane Doumbia is a 31-year-old central midfielder from Swiss sister club Lugano, and he’ll occupy the
