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A little over four years after Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto purchased Swiss Super League club FC Lugano, the team made its next major acquisition – but this time, it was for an entire league. This past Tuesday, the club announced the purchase of the Chicagoland Indoor Soccer League, a local
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The Premier League’s preseason tour stopped by Chicago this summer, and Soldier Field played host to a pair of exhibition fixtures on Wednesday night. Manchester United were the headliner, taking the city by storm as they spent nearly a week in town, and were ultimately the best on the
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For the last six years, Patrick Los and Patryk Stechnij have been inseparable at the Chicago Fire. Throughout their entire journey in the Fire Academy, the two Chicago-area, Polish-American goalkeepers born in 2007 have followed the same intertwined path, which will come to an end as they bid farewell to
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Though the MLS and MLS Next Pro schedules are approaching their conclusions, college soccer is only beginning. University teams around the country kicked off their schedules this week, including several with former Chicago Fire academy products. Several academy alums are scattered throughout the NCAA across several different conferences, but three
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Chicago House Athletic Club booked their place in the U.S. Open Cup on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Valhalla FC 3-1 at Charity Lucas Soccer Stadium. It was a classic competitive cup match, and the home side actually jumped in front past the half-hour mark. Chicago responded well, finding
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Chicago House Athletic Club is one game away from returning to the U.S. Open Cup. The fourth and final round of Open Cup qualifying takes place this weekend, and the House will travel to Ohio to take on Valhalla FC on Saturday afternoon. Kick-off is set for 3 pm
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Chicago House Athletic Club advanced to the 4th and final round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday night as they defeated Edgewater Castle 3-1 at Taft High School. The House came out the blocks hot, opening the scoring in the 4th minute thanks to striker Alejandro Mentasti. Edgewater
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The magic of U.S. Open Cup qualifying returns to the Chicagoland area on Saturday night as Edgewater Castle hosts Chicago House Athletic Club at Taft High School Stadium. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. central time. Both sides won a local matchup in the previous round to get
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Edgewater Castle advanced to the 3rd round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday night as they defeated Berber City 2-1 at the CIBC Fire Pitch. It was the away side who were better to start, and they scored the opener as a result. Edgewater grew into the contest
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Chicago House Athletic Club booked their place in the 3rd round of U.S. Open Cup qualifying on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Wisłoka Chicago 2-1 at Elmhurst University. After surviving a tough start, the House took a 2-0 lead following goals from Alejandro Mentasti and A.R. Smith. They
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“On one hand it feels like the Open Cup was a long time ago.” “Then, on the other hand, it feels like we just got done with last year's run.” Those were the words of Chicago House Athletic Club head coach Matt Poland on Tuesday afternoon following practice.
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Nine months after current Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler announced his intention to sell the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), a new ownership group lead by Laura Ricketts has announced that they have an agreement in principle to buy the club. The team