Analysis
The Chicago Fire team that is set to take to the pitch on Saturday in Columbus will look radically different than the one that last played a competitive match in 2024. There has been significant roster turnover, and about half of the players on the roster are new. The team
Season Preview
After an offseason that saw tremendous change in the front office and the squad, the Fire are set to begin their 2025 campaign in less than a week. There is a palpable feeling of excitement around the team as Director of Football and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter has reworked the
Gregg Berhalter
Mauricio Pochettino has already made a huge impact since taking over the U.S. Men's National Team four months ago. Nonetheless, in a pre-match press conference today ahead of tomorrow's January Camp match against Venezuela, he credited former Head Coach Gregg Berhalter with laying the groundwork
Breaking News
CHICAGO, Ill. — The United Soccer Coaches Convention is back in Chicago this week, and earlier today, new Fire Director of Football and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter spoke before a jam-packed hall of eager attendees that overflowed well beyond its double doors. Following a thorough, hour-long presentation about his game model
Breaking News
The Fire announced a number of front office hires as the team retools under Director of Football and Gregg Berhalter. Eddie Rock, formerly the senior vice president of football operations with the team, has a new title and responsibilities as head of strategy, continuing his stint with the club. Darcy
Analysis
Tasked with overhauling a roster that finished 28th out of 29 teams in MLS, it would have been understandable if Gregg Berhalter, Gregg Broughton and the team’s sporting department focused their attention during MLS’s short offseason on reworking the first team, leaving Fire II, the team’s reserve
Breaking News
Gregg Berhalter has had plenty of job interviews in his career. This month, he had another one, one that resulted in his official presentation as the new Chicago Fire head coach and director of football on Thursday. The process to find the Fire’s new director of football, which owner
Breaking News
For the last week, all the headlines around the Chicago Fire have surrounded the hiring of the new head coach and director of football, Gregg Berhalter. It’s easy to forget there’s still a game this weekend, and Frank Klopas will still be the coach. Before Klopas bids farewell
Analysis
The international break is in full flow, and for the U.S. Men’s National Team, the Mauricio Pochettino era has commenced. Poch’s debut win against Panama on Saturday officially turned the page on Gregg Berhalter’s tenure, which ended this summer; at the same time, last week’s
Breaking News
When Kellyn Acosta was unveiled by the Chicago Fire shortly before the start of the 2024 season, the sky seemed to be the limit for the Men in Red. A seemingly stellar offseason had seen them land record signing Hugo Cuypers and positional upgrades in Andrew Gutman and Allan Arigoni
Analysis
Gregg Berhalter’s arrival at the Chicago Fire this week has sparked conversation not just in the Windy City but throughout all of American soccer. The former U.S. Men’s National Team manager, who was ceremoniously fired following this summer’s Copa América embarrassment, is looking both to restore
Analysis
Gregg Berhalter is best known for his tenure as the head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, but before the 51-year-old manager took the reins of the USMNT, he was Head Coach and Sporting Director of the Columbus Crew from 2014-2018, a role he will essentially reprise