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The Chicago Fire's 2025 season came to an abrupt end in Bridgeview on Saturday night after a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union. Chris Brady missed the game through a last-minute injury, meaning Jeff Gal started his first career playoff game, and he was at the center of
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The Chicago Fire will enter Game 2 of their First Round playoff series knowing they must beat the Philadelphia Union to stay alive. Despite a tremendous 2-2 comeback in Chester on Sunday night, they lost on penalties and now find themselves in a 1-0 hole in the series. Here’s
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The Chicago Fire are through to the first round proper of the 2025 MLS Cup playoffs courtesy of a 3-1 win over Orlando City on Wednesday night. Brian Gutiérrez and Hugo Cuypers supplied the goals and sent the more than 13,000 Fire fans happy after a dominant performance in
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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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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami came to town, but despite end-to-end action, had to settle for a 0-0 draw with Gregg Berhalter's Chicago Fire. A solid all-around performance from the Men in Red enabled them to come away with a point, though both teams probably felt like they
Analysis
The Chicago Fire are truly up and running in preseason, finally getting their first win at the Coachella Valley Invitational this afternoon. Gregg Berhalter's offense exploded in a thrilling first half, putting up five goals within 34 minutes to crush the San Jose Earthquakes 5-1. While victory over
Analysis
The Chicago Fire opened their 2025 preseason schedule on Sunday, facing Brazilian Serie A contender Fortaleza in a warm Port St. Lucie. A hodge-podge Fire lineup took the field in the first unofficial match under Head Coach Gregg Berhalter, and despite a narrow 1-0 loss, it was not a poor
Player Ratings
Earlier this week, EA Sports released player ratings for their game, EAFC 25, which comes today. Only 25 Fire players from the 31-man roster will be represented in the Ultimate Team game mode due to loans and second-team commitments. Following Xherdan Shaqiri’s departure from the club, Hugo Cuypers will
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Despite a red card to NYRB’s Andrés Reyes in the 42nd minute because of a rogue elbow to the face of Tobias Salquist, the Fire were unable to break down their opposition’s low block in defense. Both sides had a few half-chances, and the Red Bulls gave the
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The Fire needed a reaction after last week’s 3-0 loss in Atlanta, and they provided one in their 2-1 win over Houston. The Fire went up 1-0 courtesy of a Xherdan Shaqiri penalty just ten minutes in. The match progressed well for the Fire, and despite a few “bend,
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The Fire went down 2-0 within the first 12 minutes of the match due to a brace of penalties from Matías Cóccaro, and despite Maren Haile-Selassie getting one back in first-half extra time, another Montréal goal from Dominik Yankov put the score at 3-1 in the 70th minute. The game
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Despite an amazing start to the match which could have seen the team up 1-0 within the first five minutes of play, the Fire head back to Chicago to regroup after a devastating 2-1 loss in Columbus. The team had plenty of chances to get ahead, but failed to take