First, a bit of math: With 31 points, the Chicago Fire aren’t technically eliminated from playoff contention, but it will take a spectacular closing act to even sniff the postseason. The Fire have six games left, including Saturday’s match in Columbus, and Chicago will need to win at least five of those to have a realistic chance of advancing out…
Pat and Alex break down the Fire’s worst loss in years: a blown 2-0 lead over the Columbus Crew that ended 3-2. With the high spending Fire in last place, is it time to dump Georg Heitz? Is Ezra Hendrickson up to the task? What’s going on with Xherdan Shaqiri asking to come out of the match? And can the…
After a first half that showed a lot of promise, the Chicago Fire somehow managed to squander a 2-0 lead, losing to the Columbus Crew 3-2 in what was surely the most embarrassing performance of the season. With the loss, the Fire are back in a familiar spot: last place in all of MLS. While they’re still just nine points…
Every time Alex Campbell and I solicit questions for our CHGO Fire Podcast mailbag, there’s always one question that goes something like this: This team is great on paper, but continues to struggle on the field. How much of this is on Ezra Hendrickson? Sometimes, it’s more direct: This team is a disaster. Should the Fire dump Ezra Hendrickson? Through…
I started to write this on Monday, then closed my laptop when the news broke about the mass murder at the Highland Park Fourth of July Parade. Writing about soccer suddenly felt pointless. Sadly, this has happened many, many times before, and will continue to happen in the United States until our political leaders actually do something about it. With…...
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