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Fire Win To Gain Ground In East; Ljungberg and Carr Carry Team
It wasn’t pretty, but the Chicago Fire found a way to win on Wednesday night as they defeated the New England Revolution 2-1 as Calen Carr rescued the team with his late heroics. It was his debut in 2010 after fighting his way back from an injury suffered last season and what a debut it [...]
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Fiscal Invasion: Fire 2010 Edition»
The beautiful thing about seeing the salaries of MLS players is realizing how human these professional athletes are when it comes to financial compensation when it comes to their services. Some of you reading this may make more than a player like Dasan Robinson ($49,200) but more than likely not what Nery Castillo deposits into [...]
Fire Upset Galaxy; Ljundberg Debuts In Win»
A three goal first half by the Chicago Fire sparked the visiting team to a 3-2 victory over the struggling LA Galaxy on Sunday night. It was the highest number of goals the Fire have scored all season. Marco Pappa’s dangerous strikes led to the opening goal as well Mike Banner’s strike in the 19th [...]
Dimitrov Released»
The Chicago Fire announced this afternoon that second year forward, Stefan Dimitrov, was released from the team. The lumbering forward made only five appearances this season with 0 goals. Although he was a star for the Concordia Clippers scoring 23 goals in 2008, most in NCAA Division II, he could not translate that to MLS [...]
Fire Academy feature, Part II»
Near the end of 2009, Soccer America had ranked the Chicago Fire’s youth academy as the #1 organization in MLS and 13th across the country. Several years ago, this wouldn’t mean as much but now that teams are able to hold onto their talent easier than before, the Fire are ahead of their peers when [...]
