The Chicago Fire roll into New England tonight losers of three straight, looking to salvage any hopes of playoff qualification this season. The team sits in 13th on 30 points, only six points back of the seventh place Columbus Crew, but with a glut of teams between themselves and the red line. The Revs, meanwhile, are in 9th, just two…...
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…...
The Fire needed a win against NYCFC to stay firmly in the MLS playoff race, and turned in their worst performance of the season to date. With the team now in 12th and their playoff hopes slipping away, can they turn things around against CF Montreal at Soldier Field? Patrick McCraney and Alex Campbell break down the Fire’s chances. https://youtu.be/aq2tAXXzeEU
On a day where the Fire got good news regarding their superstar midfielder, the club was dealt a huge blow on defense. Wyatt Omsberg, who has gone from a surprise starter early in the season to one of the team’s best performers, will undergo surgery Friday for a foot injury he picked up in second half stoppage time against D.C.…...
Another international break, another injury for Xherdan Shaqiri. Shaqiri is day-to-day with a minor hamstring strain, Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson said today. The club is monitoring and evaluating the severity, and right now it’s unclear whether he’ll be able to play against D.C. United this Saturday. “We’ll know more in the next couple days as to how severe that…...
If you’re expecting many changes for the Chicago Fire heading into Toronto this weekend, don’t. “I think tactically we’re going to stay with a 4-2-3-1,” Fire head coach Ezra Hendrickson explained. “There will be some personnel change, which is necessary. But we’re just trying to get the team together, to be on the pitch for an extended period of time…...
If we’re being honest, there really is no such thing as a “must-win” Major League Soccer match in mid-May. We’re only one-third of the way through the 2022 MLS season, after all. But when the Fire host FC Cincinnati this Saturday at 7 p.m., it will, at the very least, feel a lot like a must win for Chicago. 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,…...
The Fire drop to last place after a brutal loss in Atlanta. Is it time to panic, or is it only uphill from here? Patrick McCraney and Alex Campbell break it down. https://youtu.be/UIjozrJI9zw
The Fire’s 4-1 loss to Atlanta United on Saturday left fans equal parts disgusted and confused. After such a positive start to the season, how have the wheels fallen off this quickly? Here are six thoughts on the match, and where Chicago goes from here. Captain Czichos is key First, there should be absolutely no doubt that Rafael Czichos is…...