[MILK CUP] The USA beat Turkey, 1-0, on a goal by the Chicago Fire’s Victor Pineda in its second match of the 2012 MilkCup in Northern Ireland. The win followed a 1-0 loss to Denmark in the USA’s first game at the under-20 competition. The goal came in the 73rd minute when Daniel Cuevas of […]
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Fire ends Crew's bid for North American three-peat
[SUPER-20 LEAGUE] The Chicago Fire got goals from Luis Medina, tournament MVP FelipeCortez and Mark Prince and beat the Columbus Crew, 3-1, to win the Super-20 League North American Finals Sunday at IMG SoccerAcademy. TheFire ended the Crew’s bid to win a third consecutive championship. “It means a great deal for the club,” Fire coach […]
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U-17/18 Development Academy all-conference teams
[AWARDS] The Development Academy announced conference awards for the 2011-12 U-17/18 season. They include a Best XI, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.The Chicago Fire, FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake AZ led all teams with three players each named to their conference Best XI. East ConferenceU-17/18: Goalkeeper: Alex Bono, Empire United […]
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Clubs commence summer housecleaning
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Wednesday marked the opening of the North America summer transfer window, meaning MLS clubs are free to sign players from overseas oractivate players signed in the spring. Italian Marco Di Vaio finally made his debut for the Montreal Impact in its 3-0 loss to Toronto FC, while Honduraninternational Oscar Boniek Garcia is free […]
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Galaxy and Fire top seeds in both playoffs
[DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY] MLS clubs are sending 10 academy teams to the U-17/18 Development Academy playoffs and nine to the U-15/16 playoffs that willbegin Monday in Frisco, Texas. Five MLS teams are the No. 1 seeds in their U-17/18 groups, while academy teams from the Chicago Fire and Los Angeles Galaxy are the No. 1 seeds in […]
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Rookies take center stage
[MLS ROOKIES WATCH] Rookies again played big roles in MLS this past weekend. Days after the New York Red Bulls nixed his call-up to the Irish under-21 nationalteam, Ryan Meara picked up his second straight shutout on the road as the Red Bulls won, 1-0, at the Los Angeles Galaxy. Defender Austin Berry celebrated his […]
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Fire's Klopas and Anibaba suspended
[MLS SUSPENSIONS] MLS Chicago Fire head coach Frank Klopas and defender JalilAnibaba for one game in the wake of incidents during a 2-1 loss to Seattle last Saturday. Klopas was dismissed by referee Michael Kennedyfor directing abusive language toward the officials. Anibaba was red-carded for a challenge in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time, […]
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Rolfe's return fills need for flickering Fire
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Another MLS product has returned to the fold. Chris Rolfe, who scored 40 goals in five seasons before trying his luck inDenmark, has come back to the Chicago Fire. Since he took over the Fire one-third of the way through the 2011 season, Coach Frank Klopas has flipped a lot of switches andpushed […]
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Rolfe returns to Chicago Fire
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] The Chicago Fire reacquired 29-year-old forward Chris Rolfe, who spent the last three seasons withDanish club Aalborg BK. For more on April transfer deadline moves … A third-round selection in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft, Rolfe scored 40 goals and 20 assists in 149 games across allcompetitions. Rolfe helped lead the Fire to its […]
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Gibbs out 4-6 months with knee injury
[MLS INJURY REPORT] The Chicago Fire defender Cory Gibbs will be out 4-6 months after undergoing successful surgery torepair a torn meniscus in his right knee on Tuesday. The former U.S. international suffered the injury last week in training when the Fire was idle. He was its 2011 Defender of the Year and had playedevery […]