The Deep Dish: Doing More with More
PREFACE: Life outside soccer made things busy and I wasn’t able to provide a debrief…
Browsing: Chicago Fire
Nelson Meets the Media, Part 3
End of season round table points to the future. BRIDGEVIEW, IL—The 2019 soccer season has…
The Deep Dish: Making It Official in Chicago
PREFACE: The worst-kept secret in MLS was made official and so was one of the…
Preview: Orlando City vs. Fire
Orlando City SC (9-14-10, 11th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (9-12-12, 8th in East) With…
The Deep Dish: Win When it Matters (Gallery)
PREFACE: It seems like we have been repeating a narrative with Chicago’s soccer teams. One…
Fire Eliminated from Playoff Contention with TFC Draw
Chicago Fire 2-2 Toronto FC BRIDGEVIEW, IL–Plenty of memories were around SeatGeek Stadium, formerly known…
The Deep Dish: Red October
PREFACE: One team is now locked in the playoffs. How does Sam Kerr do it?…
Preview: FC Cincinnati vs. Fire
FC Cincinnati (6-22-3, 12th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (9-12–10, 9th in East) Well, the…
The Deep Dish: Better Positioning
PREFACE: Joe Mansueto reveals his initial ambitions for the Fire. The Fire themselves are in…
Fire Scorch FC Dallas
Chicago Fire 4-0 FC Dallas BRIDGEVIEW, IL—Joe Mansueto could not have asked for a better…
Fire Sidebar: Under New Ownership
Ownership Change, goal in mind for playoffs. BRIDGEVIEW, IL—First day under the new ownership with…
Hauptman Sells Remaining Share of Fire to Mansueto
BRIDGEVIEW, IL—The Chicago Fire have just announced that Andrew Hauptman has sold his controlling interest…
The Deep Dish: Will the (Red) Stars Align?
PREFACE: This week’s Deep Dish is mostly going to be devoted to the Red Stars…
The Deep Dish: A Deep Look at the Fire
PREFACE: Hope everyone out there is enjoying the long Labor Day Weekend. We’ll do something…
Preview: Crew vs. Fire
Columbus Crew (8-15-6, 11th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (8-12–9, 10th in East) It’s likely…
The Deep Dish: Danger With Five to Go
PREFACE: Both the Fire and Red Stars now have five matches to go in their…
Preview: Revolution vs. Fire
New England Revolution (9-9-8, 6th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (8-11–9, 10th in East) There…
The Deep Dish: Must-Wins Continue for Fire, Red Stars
PREFACE: Both the Fire and Red Stars played midweek and lost. Just the Fire played…
Fire Sidebar: Niko’s Having A Party (Plus Gallery)
Nikolic Scoring Nets Second on All-Time Fire Scoring List, Fire Getting Closer to Playoffs. BRIDGEVIEW,…
Ten-Man Fire Gets Must-Win over Union
Chicago Fire 2-0 Philadelphia Union BRIDGEVIEW, IL—In what was described as a must-win by most…
Brian Fernandez brace uplifts his Portland Timbers against a resurgent Chicago Fire
The man has the Midas touch, after a scoring drought in a few games, Brian…
The Deep Dish: Let’s Review
PREFACE: Once again, I would like to thank Rusty Silber for handling the match report…