Hot Time In Old Town

Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports A scoreless draw this late in the season isn’t good enough. If this were April or May or June, I would say that the Chicago Fire gutted out a scoreless draw on the road in a notoriously difficult place to play. I’d say that it was a choppy affair, but a hard-fought game that could have gone either way. I’d praise the toughness of this … [Read more...] about One Foot in the Grave: New England Revolution 0, Chicago Fire 0 Game Recap

Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports It was a must-win game for the Chicago Fire tonight against the New England Revolution. And while they didn’t lose, a scoreless draw isn’t exactly what we had in mind. That being said, the performance on the defensive side of the ball was solid enough to get the Fire yet another clean sheet. And the best player on defense was Carlos … [Read more...] about New England Revolution 0, Chicago Fire 0: Man of the Match

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports The bent Musket gives us some insight into the Revs. With the Fire set to take on their MLS 1.0 brethren this weekend, Jake Catanese from The Bent Musket and I sat down (figuratively) to talk about what’s going on with the New England Revolution. You can find my answers to his questions here. How did New England go from arguably the MLS … [Read more...] about Signal Intel: New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire

Photo by Brian Kersey/MLS via Getty Images My Favorite Fixture in my least Favorite Stadium. I love and hate this fixture. Any time The Fire and Revs get together, it’s special. It conjures up painful and glorious memories of MLS Playoffs past. Taylor Twellman’s bike that Fire fans have never really forgiven him for. And then there was the revenge of 2008 when it was … [Read more...] about Problematic Fave: New England Revolution vs Chicago Fire MLS Week 27 Preview

Monday is Podcast Day Ruben and RJ are back this week to prematurely eulogize the Chicago Fire’s season. They dissect the loss against Montreal and explain how it wasn’t that bad a performance until they couldn’t score any goals. They then talked about the injuries to Shaqiri and Czichos and how that, more than the loss itself, was the nail in the Fire’s coffin. They then talk … [Read more...] about The Hot Cast: Ballgame