Hot Time In Old Town

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports We’ve reached the scoreboard-watching portion of the season. The Fire currently sits in 10th place. The teams immediately in front of them and within 3 points go all the way up to fifth place Orlando City and include FC Cincinnati, Inter Miami, Columbus Crew, and Charlotte FC as their opponents this weekend. The rest of the schedule looks … [Read more...] about Fifth Place!?: Chicago Fire vs Charlotte FC MLS Week 24 preview.

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports As the MLS summer transfer window comes to a close, so do hopes of the Fire picking up any reinforcements for the last stretch of the season. There has been one outgoing move, though; Chinonso Offor was traded to CF Montréal for 325K in GAM. Source: CF Montreal acquiring Chinonso Offor from Chicago Fire for $325k GAM.Offor, 22, down the … [Read more...] about Deadline Day: Offor traded to CF Montréal

Chicago Fire FC The Fire academy has produced several high-level players in recent years... and they don’t plan on stopping any time soon. This week, the headline story in Chicago soccer has been the $15 million transfer of homegrown goalkeeper Gaga Slonina to Chelsea. Gaga came up through the academy and has been a huge success in the first team, emerging as one of the … [Read more...] about Kindling the Fire: Inside Chicago’s talent factory

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports Words about Shapes makes a return as Ruben takes a look at the pros and cons of switching to a 4-4-2 If you listened to the Hot Cast this week, I floated the idea of the Fire playing a diamond 4-4-2 to get the best of their personnel, especially if they want to play all four of their dynamic players simultaneously. But what would this mean … [Read more...] about Analyst’s Corner: Words About Shapes

Chelsea FC The 18-year-old goalkeeper joins for a reported $15 million fee, and will remain with the Fire on loan for the rest of 2022. Now it’s official: Gaga Slonina is going to Chelsea! Chelsea FC and the Chicago Fire confirmed the long-awaited move this afternoon following a medical in London earlier this week. Slonina signed a six-year contract last night, keeping … [Read more...] about Officially official: Gaga Slonina is headed to Chelsea!