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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. Say what you will about the results, but the last two games have been fun from an off-the-pitch perspective. On Wednesday, I finally got certified for Safe Smoke, making me qualified to pop off smoke in the supporters’ section. Then,
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. This past matchday, I proved that I am very emotionally stable and can be trusted to be on social media during a Fire game. I’m sure everyone in the fan discord can agree, having seen my game-time meal of
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. Recovering from a game on Sunday is much more difficult than a game on Saturday. Not because I have a job and have to go to work on Monday, but because I’m writing this while very tired and not
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A few months ago, a popular Premier League YouTuber challenged his followers to build a best XI for their club using one player from each season. While this was intended to be geared towards the Premiership, fans from different countries took the opportunity to apply this exercise for their own
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And then there was one. The Fire now only have one competition on their schedule for the rest of the year, the MLS regular season. The team currently sits in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, in a playoff spot with eleven games – almost exactly one-third – of their season remaining.
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. As always, I actually write my column the day/night before. That’s how I try to make sure my column is as topical as possible for the day it comes out. The thing is, the Chicago Fire didn’t
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. Well, it was honestly closer than I thought it would be and I’m a bit more disappointed than I probably thought I’d be, but the Fire are out of the Leagues Cup. So I guess I can go
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. I’m writing this literally right after I’ve gotten home after the shootout loss to Puebla. Despite having had enough of my fill to drink and a preference to just sit around and watch the Harley Quinn animated show
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Oh hi! I’m Jiggly. And it’s a Tuesday. The Fire didn’t play this week, thus leaving them in a state of limbo. They are currently a playoff team, which is nice; but they still haven’t played like a convincing playoff team yet. That won’t really
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Normally, last night the general soccer-viewing public in the United States would have been tuned in to watch the Women’s National Team start their World Cup campaign against Vietnam, but, almost predictably, Don Garber had alternate plans. The League’s Cup kicked off – for the first time in its
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Major League Soccer roster rules weren’t as complex back in 2000, but there was still a salary cap and limits to international players. Some bigger players were even allocated to teams like Piotr Nowak originally was when he signed with the league. But in 2000, the Fire were allocated
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It may be early to discuss it, but as the Fire inch closer and closer to the potential postseason, before we know it, clubs will begin preparing their squads for the 2024 Major League Soccer campaign. The Fire are in a unique position as a new sporting director and head