Chicago had a golden opportunity to steal three points from one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, as a depleted and fatigued New York Red Bulls team came to Toyota Park on a clear, perfect day in Chicago. The Fire would show flashes of brilliance, and had sure chances to go ahead in […]

The mantra for the Chicago Fire going into Sunday’s match is simple, and it’s similar to week’s past: they must win. In a mostly uneventful four weeks since Fire Technical Director Frank Klopas took over, there have been wholesale changes to Chicago’s mindset and strategy. These changes, however, have led to little change on the […]

The rain and inclement weather that has rolled through Chicago threatened the pitch at Toyota Park Wednesday night as Chicago faced Real Salt Lake on a cool evening. Fortunately, the rain held off; unfortunately, so did the goals, as Chicago’s result was a league-high 10th draw, with no goals coming from Chicago or RSL.   […]

Wednesday night, Chicago returns to Toyota Park for a mid-week matchup against 2009 MLS Cup champs Real Salt Lake. Chicago is riding a 5-game unbeaten streak, while Salt Lake has two losses in their last five games. Both teams, however, will come to Bridgeview fielding depleted sides.     Real Salt Lake will be missing […]

Saturday night in New England proved to be another step in the right direction for the Fire, who had 3 points elude them once again, but showed the heart and desire they’ve shown all season to put late pressure on the opposing side, both at home and on the road. In the end, Chicago walked […]

Saturday evening in New England, two teams heading in seemingly different directions will meet for the first time in 2011 as Chicago visit the Revolution at Gillette Stadium. Although on paper these two teams are nearly identical, momentum will certainly favor the visiting side, as Chicago is coming off a big win last weekend against […]

Some 6 plus months ago, the Chicago Fire organization made a pledge to Section 8 Chicago, the Fire’s independent supporters association, that if Section 8 reached 800 season ticket holders, the Fire organization would send all season ticket holders at the start of the season to Columbus, better known in Chicago as “Firehouse East”. Indeed, […]

Coming into Thursday night’s matchup of Chicago Fire vs. Sporting KC, both teams felt as if they needed a game to break their way in order to thwart the seemingly never-ending cycle both teams are currently stuck in. While the outcome could definitely be called more of a win for Chicago than Kansas City, what […]

Energy should be high Thursday night when the Chicago Fire takes part in their second stadium inauguration of the season as they visit the newly constructed Livestrong Sporting Park, facing Sporting KC in their first home game of the season.   It’s been a grueling 10-game road trip for Sporting KC, who will be looking […]

Chicago and Seattle entered Toyota Park Saturday night looking much different, albeit for different reasons, than when they met in week 3 of the season. The result would also be different than the match in Seattle, with the teams playing out to a scoreless draw in front of an energetic Chicago crowd.   Frank Klopas […]

Saturday begins a new season of sorts for the Chicago Fire. After Monday’s release of now-former head coach Carlos de los Cobos, the Fire look to change the misfortunes they’ve experienced during the first third of the season, and will attempt to do so Saturday when Seattle comes to Toyota Park.   The firing of […]

It’s safe to say that since training camp started in February, Carlos de los Cobos was on thin ice. After posting a 9-12-9 record in 2010, and missing the playoffs for just the second time in team history, there were hopes that the issues that plagued the team last season would be a memory, and […]

The Men in Red faced the visiting San Jose Earthquakes in the second phase of their two game set this week. While the Earthquakes looked to build on their two-game winning streak in MLS play, the Fire looked to snap an eight-game winless streak, and ride the momentum gained by Tuesday’s win in PK’s over […]

Just days after their USOC play-in meeting at Buck Shaw Stadium on Tuesday, the Earthquakes and Fire face each other once again at Toyota Park Saturday night. The game Tuesday saw the Fire come away with the win, beating San Jose 5-4 in a shootout, after Chicago came back from two goals down to tie […]

The Chicago Fire’s visit to PPL Park to face the Philadelphia Union was as much of a roller coaster as the Fire have experienced this season. The result, unfortunately, was a break of their four game draw streak, however, as ultimately they fell to the Union 2-1. Carlos de los Cobos fielded a similar starting […]