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It’s starting to feel like the honeymoon is over for Gregg Berhalter and the 2025 Chicago Fire, and the pressure is now firmly on the team to win – at home, in Soldier Field. Wednesday’s loss to a heavily-depleted Philadelphia Union side in a match where the Fire felt
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Chicago, Ill. — Sometimes, all it takes is one goal. And sometimes, the goal isn't yours. Kicking off the second half of their season, the Chicago Fire hosted the conference-leading Philadelphia Union at Soldier Field. After a first half that saw the Fire already match already match their win
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Philip Zinckernagel is going to Austin. The Danish winger was named to the 2025 MLS All-Star roster by Austin FC (and All-Star game) head coach NIco Estévez. As a result, Zinckernagel becomes the first All-Star for the Fire since the 2023 season, when Kei Kamara was named as a commissioner’
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After the Fire’s first week without a match this season, the team returns with two home games in quick succession. The team returns to action Wednesday against the Philadelphia Union, currently atop MLS’s Eastern Conference and riding a 12-game undefeated streak across all competitions. The game begins the
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A little less than two weeks after shocking the city by announcing plans for a new, privately-financed $650 million stadium in downtown Chicago, the Chicago Fire unveiled official renderings and held a town hall hosted by Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd Ward) with their future neighbors. With the bombshell announcement two
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CHICAGO, Ill. — The Fire’s effort was improved, but not enough to emerge victorious against Nashville. Fresh off a 7-1 victory, the Chicago Fire came home for the first time since May 10th to host Nashville SC in the final match of the first half of their season. The Fire
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For those who have actually been able to follow Ted Lasso’s amnesiatic advice to “be a goldfish,” sorry to be the bearer of bad news but: When two teams met on April , the Fire lost 7-2, the first time in team history that the team had conceded that many
Analysis
Let’s just get this out of the way: It’s important not to over-index the Chicago Fire’s 7-1 victory over D.C. United. Both teams put out heavily rotated lineups, and were missing a combined 20 players to injuries, international duty, or other causes, including key starters, and
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TTWith MLS halfway through its 30th season, the Chicago Fire have 22 points and are sitting in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, two places, and three points, out of the final postseason spot. That isn’t really the whole story, however: The Fire have played just 15 games, two
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The Chicago Fire bookended what turned out to be a strong month, bookending May with games against Orlando City. Four weeks after keeping Orlando off the scoresheet despite being down a man for a majority of the game, the Fire walked away with a 3-1 victory. The win gave the
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The universe balances itself in mysterious ways. The Chicago Fire hosted Orlando right after conceding the most goals in team history against Nashville the match prior. The team responded by smothering Orlando’s great-on-paper attack with a confident defensive performance despite playing down a man for most of the match
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For the second time this week, the Fire are headed to the East Coast. Returning victorious from Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup match against the New England Revolution in Rhode Island, the Fire spent several days training in Chicago before heading to face New York City FC. This match