BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — One team was on the verge of clinching a playoff spot while the other was eliminated. That didn’t show on the field. The Chicago Fire beat visiting LAFC, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park. The Fire were eliminated from playoff contention following Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at New York City FC. LAFC […]
Author: Dan Santaromita
Raheem Edwards received a fine and the Chicago Fire as a whole received a warning for a mass confrontation incident during the Sept. 22 draw with the New England Revolution. The incident in question happened in the 88th minute of the match. On the play, Bastian Schweinsteiger was on the ball, but went down due […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire got back in the win column in dominant fashion on Sunday. It was the team’s most lopsided win of the 2018 MLS season. Here’s a look at the 4-0 win against Orlando, Michael de Leeuw’s return to the scoresheet and what the returning players like de Leeuw do for […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire went into a long stretch without a competitive match on a nine-match winless streak, but came out of the break with the most lopsided win of the season. The Fire routed visiting Orlando City 4-0. Nemanja Nikolic got the scoring going in the third minute and the Fire didn’t […]
Today is the day MLS rosters freeze, but the Chicago Fire snuck in one more move Friday via waivers. The Fire added former Real Salt Lake striker Yura Movsisyan off waivers. The 31-year-old had been on loan with Djurgardens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan, where he only totaled 94 minutes over four matches. Movsisyan began […]
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a World Cup winner, a Champions League winner, a legend to many — and recently he took on the role of tour guide. The Chicago Fire’s German midfielder was the reason the Fire went to Munich, and he made sure to show his teammates a good time. The Fire took on Schweinsteiger’s […]
After clinching a playoff spot for the fourth straight year, the Chicago Red Stars talked about how different this year’s team is from the previous three that lost in the semifinals. It now also appears the semifinal itself could be drastically different given the impact Hurricane Florence is projected to have on North Carolina. The […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — For the past several weeks the NWSL playoff race has been incredibly tight, but with one week remaining, all four spots have now been clinched. The Chicago Red Stars booked their place in the league’s final four with a 5-0 win against Sky Blue FC on Tuesday. Alyssa Mautz scored the first […]
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire snapped an eight-match losing streak on Thursday, but didn’t do so with a win and now head to Germany. Is that still progress? Here’s a look at that as well as Stefan Cleveland’s second career MLS start and the team’s upcoming trip to Munich. Is a home draw actually […]
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