After an impressive July that got every fan’s hopes up, the Fire have endured a calamitous August. Since going five games unbeaten (4W-1D) the team has suffered three straight losses, each one more embarrassing than the last. The playoff picture is looking rather grim, and if they fall to New England Revolution on Wednesday we can pretty much rule out …

  Premier League club Chelsea FC sign Chicago Fire goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina in a deal worth $15million Signed, sealed, and official, Gabriel Slonina is now a Chelsea player on loan at Chicago Fire until the end of the 2022 season. The transfer is a package deal worth around $15million, a club-record transfer out for Chicago Fire. It’s undisclosed exactly how …

The MLS summer transfer window opens tomorrow, and the Fire are in desperate need of reinforcements. While the defense has remained solid, adding midfield and attacking options will be crucial if the team is to turn the season around. We’re going on our fifth month without any real threat coming from the wings, and performances in the midfield have been …

There hasn’t been much Chicago Fire soccer played recently, as the team has just returned to league play following the international break and an off week. They scraped a 1-0 win against DC United on Saturday, which is a decent result, though they played against the only other team that’s been just as bad as them. The more significant stories …

Chicago Fire 1, Atlanta United 4. Things are not as good as they seemed, folks. The Chicago Fire are back to where they’re used to; the bottom of the standings. After ten matches (yes, ten matches already), the Fire have accumulated 10 points and find themselves bottom of the East, level on points with Inter Miami. They are the lowest-scoring …

Chicago Fire officially unveil Jairo Torres. May 1st marked the day that Jairo Torres was officially added to the Chicago Fire roster. The club paid $6 million for the 21-year-old winger back in February, filling the club’s third and final Designated Player spot. Torres arrives with 18 career goals and assists (9 goals, 9 assists) to his name, all scored …

Normally I use this blog to review and bring up talking points from the weekend’s match. But this week I want to discuss the state of the team over the last couple of weeks. If you haven’t been following along, the last past month has been one to forget for the Chicago Fire. The team hasn’t scored in open play …

Chicago Fire 0, Orlando City 1 The Chicago Fire lost their first game of the season away to Orlando this past weekend. Getting a result from the match proved to be a difficult task, even before the teams took the field. The Fire was missing Xherdan Shaqiri out because of injury and three other starters, Rafael Czichos, Fabian Herbers, and …

Chicago Fire 0, FC Dallas 0.   It was an absolutely horrid afternoon in Chicago, and the fans that made the trek to Soldier Field were treated to an exceptionally boring game of soccer. It sounds like a harsh take, but the Fire’s third 0-0 draw of the season may have been their most uninspired one yet. Yes, the boys …