The Chicago Fire aren’t making the playoffs. Sure, it’s not completely a done deal, and the players and coaches should continue to fight until mathematical elimination, but after Tuesday night’s loss to CF Montreal it’s a statistical long shot. The Fire would need to win out and get some help from other teams. FiveThirtyEight has the Fire down to a…
The Chicago Fire will have to do without midfielder Gastón Giménez for the remainder of the 2022 season. Giménez underwent a successful right proximal hamstring endoscopic tendon repair, the club announced today. The recovery time is around four months. “It’s going to be a big miss, but you know, we have capable guys that can do the job, that have…...
With nine games to go, the Chicago Fire need to find somewhere around 16 points to grab a spot in the 2022 MLS Playoffs. The easiest path to get that done: win all five remaining home matches, and draw at least one of the four remaining road games. They’ll need to take all three points Sunday night against NYCFC. After…
After missing the Chicago Fire’s last two matches with a hamstring issue, it appears defender Carlos Terán could be ready to return as soon as this Sunday vs. NYCFC. “Terán is probable for this weekend. I would say more probable than not,” Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson said. That’s good news, because midfielder Gastón Giménez is “likely out” with the…...
The Chicago Fire aren’t terrible. We know this much. After five straight unbeaten, with four wins including two away from home, we know the Fire aren’t the Wooden Spoon contenders we thought they were earlier this season. But is this team actually good? Can this team sneak into the playoffs, and make some noise? We’ll gain a very clear idea…
If this seems a bit familiar, it’s because it is. Two years ago, the Chicago Fire were set to play the Vancouver Whitecaps in the third group stage game of the MLS is Back Covid-bubble tournament in Orlando. The Fire had recently won a massive game over the Seattle Sounders, and with a win or a draw, they were set…...
If two recent games between these teams are any indication, tonight’s match between the Chicago Fire and Toronto FC at Soldier Field (7 p.m. CT, WGN-TV) should at least be interesting. Back in May in Ontario, the Fire outshot TFC 33-5, and managed to lose 3-2. And last time they met at Soldier Field last summer, the Fire outshot Toronto…...
After Saturday night’s 1-0 win over D.C. United at Soldier Field, Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson again hit on his key talking points: the team’s been playing well lately, even though they went one day shy of three months between victories. And, if they can just play like this going forward, they still have a chance to dig themselves out…...
For the second straight international break, Xherdan Shaqiri has returned with a leg injury that will see him miss action for the Chicago Fire. The Swiss star picked up a hamstring issue after playing a recent run of games for his country, and will not play for the Fire Saturday against D.C. United at Soldier Field. It’s unfortunate, because the…...
Jairo Torres trained off to the side Wednesday, and may be available to make his Chicago Fire debut Saturday night against FC Cincinnati, head coach Ezra Hendrickson said. “We’re hoping to have him back for at least some minutes,” Hendrickson said, stressing it was still very much up in the air. After missing last weekend’s 4-1 loss with an injury,…...
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