When Kellyn Acosta was unveiled by the Chicago Fire shortly before the start of the 2024 season, the sky seemed to be the limit for the Men in Red. A seemingly stellar offseason had seen them land record signing Hugo Cuypers and positional upgrades in Andrew Gutman and Allan Arigoni
Gregg Berhalter’s arrival at the Chicago Fire this week has sparked conversation not just in the Windy City but throughout all of American soccer. The former U.S. Men’s National Team manager, who was ceremoniously fired following this summer’s Copa América embarrassment, is looking both to restore
Yesterday, the Chicago Fire turned heads around Major League Soccer with the announcement that the club had named former USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter as director of football and head coach. The news comes just days after the team’s elimination from playoff contention for the seventh successive season. Before Berhalter
The Chicago Fire have named Gregg Berhalter as their new head coach and director of football. The announcement came this morning. “After a thorough and detailed search that included a number of exceptional candidates, it became clear that Gregg Berhalter was the right choice to lead our sporting operations,” said
The Chicago Fire are hiring Gregg Berhalter as director of football and head coach, sources confirmed to MIR97 Media. Paul Tenorio of The Athletic first broke the story this morning. Berhalter, 51, will return to the sidelines for the first time since his U.S. Men’s National Team dismissal
With the Chicago Fire already eliminated from MLS postseason contention, Decision Day later this month will mean very little. However, Chicago Fire II’s regular season finale tomorrow will have a rather different tone. In stark contrast to the first team, the second team has been one of the most
The Chicago Fire have officially been eliminated from playoff contention, with Saturday's 1-1 draw with Toronto FC ensuring this outcome. This extends the team's drought to seven seasons – the longest active streak in Major League Soccer. The Fire's unceremonious elimination was a long time
The Chicago Fire traveled to Montréal last weekend knowing that they needed to win to keep their already slim playoff hopes alive. They didn’t. Now, with three games still to play, their season is all but mathematically over. The only scenario that sees them jump to ninth in the
MONTRÉAL, Québec — Few stadiums in MLS are more difficult to play at than Montréal's Stade Saputo. The Chicago Fire did themselves no favors Saturday night when they travelled there, however. A 2-0 defeat – featuring goals either side of the half from Josef Martínez and Caden Clark – consigned the
As the first leg of the 2015 CONCACAF Champions League final neared its conclusion, everything seemed to be going perfectly for the Montréal Impact. Head coach Frank Klopas had successfully steered the Impact through a difficult run, and they led Mexican powerhouse Club América 1-0 in the 88th minute at
Marko Mitrović is set to be named the new head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team, sources tell MIR97 Media. The Serbian coach most recently coached Team USA to a quarterfinal appearance at the Olympics in Paris. Mitrović, who served as an assistant coach to
QUEENS, N.Y. — The New York City neighborhood of Jamaica is more than 2,500 miles away from the South American nation of Guyana. It’s more than 700 miles away from Chicago, too. But when Chicago Fire II’s Omari Glasgow converted his penalty kick in an MLS Next
CHICAGO, Ill. — Some nights play out like a fairy tale. Some do not. Last year, the Chicago Fire cruised to an astonishingly dominant 4-1 victory over a Lionel Messi-less Inter Miami. This time around, it was precisely the opposite: a crushing 4-1 loss before 55,385 fans. The news of
A lot can change in 11 months. It was about this time last year when the Chicago Fire and Inter Miami met before a record, 62,214-strong crowd at Soldier Field, and as the teams gear up to face off again this Saturday, many variables are dramatically different to last
Though the MLS and MLS Next Pro schedules are approaching their conclusions, college soccer is only beginning. University teams around the country kicked off their schedules this week, including several with former Chicago Fire academy products. Several academy alums are scattered throughout the NCAA across several different conferences, but three
QUEENS, N.Y. — As the Chicago Fire’s MLS return at New York City FC reached its conclusion, it seemed that the Men in Red would leave Citi Field empty-handed. But in 16 dramatic minutes, everything flipped on its head. Late goals from team leaders Hugo Cuypers and Brian Gutiérrez