With a spot in the playoffs still very much in the picture, the Chicago Fire came out of the gate with a flat, uninspired, disinterested performance in a 2-0 loss to NYCFC at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. In all sports, but especially in soccer, there are many times where one team is simply better than the other. Fans and media…...
A few weeks ago on the CHGO Fire podcast, I mentioned that the Fire would need 12 points out of 15 from their final five games in July before I’d consider them back in the playoff race. Immediately after that, they fell flat on their faces in the second half against the Columbus Crew, giving up three goals, and I…
In the parking lot at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview sits a giant, Ford F-150 pickup truck. It looks like something fit for a country music singer or maybe a Texas rancher, with giant tires, and an all-black trim kit. But this All-American truck doesn’t belong to an American at all. This hulking machine belongs to Chicago Fire captain Rafael Czichos.…
Being a Chicago Fire fan is maddening. Last Saturday night, the Fire blew a 2-0 halftime lead to the Columbus Crew. They were dead last in MLS, and any notion they’d have any chance at a playoff run seemed insane, to say the least. Four days later they beat fellow bottom feeder Toronto FC in a solid performance. Now, Chicago…...
When the Fire visit Houston on Saturday (7 p.m. CT, TUDN, Univision), it will mark the first career matchup between two rookie head coaches–the Fire’s Ezra Hendrickson, and Houston’s Paulo Nagamura, who was one of three finalists for the Fire’s opening last fall. Like the Fire, Houston has had a rocky 2022 thus far. They sit 10th in the Western…
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…...
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…...
The Chicago Fire are back in New York City for the second time in five days, this time to face Major League Soccer’s defending champions, New York City FC. On the day when their City Football Group siblings Manchester City may well wrap up another Premier League title, NYCFC are looking to keep pace. They sit second in the Eastern…...
Patrick and Alex look back at the miserable loss to FC Cincinnati, and preview Wednesday’s match with the New York Red Bulls. Plus, the guys take your questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8omu2WnbOg
The Fire failed again. This time, it was a 2-1 loss at Soldier Field to FC Cincinnati, where the two biggest errors of the night were self inflicted–Rafael Czichos’ header over Gaga Slonina, and Slonina’s bad touch giveaway late that led to Lucho Acosta’s winner. Chicago remains dead last in the Eastern Conference, about to embark on a three game…...
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