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The Chicago Fire are finally back to winning ways, and it's difficult to understate how long they've been waiting for this one. Not only is it the team's first win since mid-March, but it's also Gregg Berhalter's first win at
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The Fire finally have their home win, beating a struggling Atlanta United team 2-1 in the team’s second and final home game in May. The victory, the Fire’s first since March 29th, improves the Fire to an even 4W-4D-4L on the season. Although the team’s position in
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Fresh off a U.S. Open Cup victory that gave the Chicago Fire their home win of 2025, the team returns to league play as they host Atlanta United. The team will hope to carry over the form they found against lower-division Detroit City and find their first home win
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — The Chicago Fire hosted second-tier Detroit City at Bridgeview this Wednesday, hoping for a routine win to advance to the U.S. Open Cup's last 16. They did just that, cruising to a comfortable 4-0 win. As anticipated, Berhalter fielded a close to full-strength team, with
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Sixty-seven days after the Chicago Fire’s first home game of the season, the team will host Detroit City FC in the first U.S. Open Cup match of their campaign. In a sense, the game was always going to be must-win: Given the single-elimination nature of the tournament, advancing
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Just over 24 hours out from the Chicago Fire’s U.S. Open Cup opener, excitement is building around the club. The Fire’s first team was not allowed to participate in the tournament in 2024, and is eager to become the first MLS club to win the competition five
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Moral victories don't count for much, but having a great series of chances where the Fire had everything but a goal followed by a gutsy defensive performance while down a man, there's a lot to like about what we saw from the Fire last night. Here&
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CHICAGO, Ill. — After conceding ten goals in their last two games, the Chicago Fire searched for a defensive answer. They have found one in the form of 16-year-old Christopher Cupps. Cupps, who made his first Major League Soccer start this weekend, has been one of the top prospects in the
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CHICAGO, Ill. — The Chicago Fire are not strangers to bizarre games. Saturday’s 0-0 home draw with Orlando City – despite its lack of goals – had its own fair share of peculiarities. Even before a ball was kicked, it was a historic night for the Fire. Six academy graduates were named
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How do the Chicago Fire respond after conceding the most goals in a match ever in the team’s 28-season-long history? There’s a phrase that all of us have heard at one point or another when confronted with a failure or setback, whether in professional careers or romantic relationships,
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The Chicago Fire are facing their second major positional crisis of this season. After surviving a weeks-long scare during which the team carried a near-total lack of midfielders, it must now endure a defensive slide that has seen them concede ten goals in two games — including seven against Nashville SC
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The Fire gave up the most goals in team history in Nashville last night, and while it’s hard to take in too many life lessons while you’re knocked out cold, here’s five things we learned. 1. This was bad. Real bad. Yes, that’s obvious. But putting