After last week’s article rounding up the Bears first week free agency signings (link here), I was prepared to write this week about Ryan Poles’ second effort. However, there has been relatively little to report. A quick rundown, with grades: S Deandre Houston-Carson was re-signed for 1 yr/$1.7m, potentially to start. C+ FB Khari Blasingame was signed B LS Patrick …

The Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (Nasdaq: HOFV) announced Chicago was selected as one of the 10 cities to host a team for its Hall Of Fantasy League (HOFL) – the Chicago Hogmollies. The HOFL is the first national fantasy league that allows fans to experience a fantasy team with a community of shared stakeholders. Unlike traditional fantasy …

New Chicago Fire head coach Raphaël Wicky has already won over the hearts of many fans off the field, but he’ll be looking to do the same thing on the field. There is a sense of optimism around the club right now, and Wicky has a very important task at hand to complete the roster and implement his style of …

Ranging from new players to front office and technical staff changes, it is no surprise that the Chicago Fire are going to be busy during the off-season. Back in October, the club announced the signing of former Real Madrid midfielder Alvaro Medran. Only being 25 years old, Medran joins the Fire with loads of experience. At the age of 17, …

October 8th, 2019 will go down in history for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, once again. Before today, October 8th recognized the birth of the club, as well as the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. Schweinsteiger announced on his social media pages that “the time has now come”. Schweinsteiger announced his retirement after an incredible career with the Fire, …

Friday, September 13th, 2019 will go down in history as one of the most pivotal and important days in Chicago Fire Soccer Club history. After a pretty unsuccessful 12 year reign as owner, longtime owner and chairmen Andrew Hauptman has sold his controlling share of the club to Joe Mansueto. Along with the ownership change, the club has also announced …

During the offseason, Przemysław Frankowski was acquired by the Fire from Polish first-division club Jagiellonia Bialystok. It was seen as a pretty exciting signing, especially with the glaring hole that was left in the team when David Accam was traded away in 2018. Frankowski has brought the speed and energy that has been missing ever since Accam left. So far …

The day is almost upon us. The day that had seemed so far out of reach while gazing at it from the other side of the summer months. This spring and summer had been persistently agonizing for Bears fans, with nothing to satiate their uncontrollable cravings for football, aside from the short-lived Alliance of American Football that had burned out …

This past Saturday night, the Fire were expecting a pretty tough task going up against one of the leagues best teams. With Atlanta United breathing down their necks at second place, the Philadelphia Union came into Seatgeek Stadium looking to keep their three-point advantage at the top of the Eastern Conference. However, the Fire showed up to spoil their party. …

In front of a season-high crowd of 18,232 fans on Saturday night, the Fire had to settle for a boring 0-0 draw against Wayne Rooney and D.C United. The Fire did not play poorly, they just lacked what they have been lacking all season long, and that is finishing their chances. Speaking to the media after the game, captain Dax …