Hot Time In Old Town

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Fire lost in a painfully familiar way. Coming into tonight’s game, We knew there was a chance we were going to be some more regression into the old Chicago Fire. The bad Fire. The rollover and die FIre. The defense not communicating and making mistakes Fire. With Rafael Czichos out with a red card in the last match and Kacper Przybylko … [Read more...] about Old Habits: Atlanta United 4, Chicago Fire 1: Game Recap

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports It’s tough on days like today. The defense is on week 3 of its collapse, and the midfield was kind of all over the place. But the Fire did score a goal, and not from a penalty. Chinonso Offor scored his goal by being in the correct position at the correct time, and finished well. The former two he did throughout the game as well, not just … [Read more...] about Atlanta United 4, Chicago Fire 1: Man of the Match

Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports It seems like the Fire might have to hold off on the “We-Bolstered-The-Squad” party. Thursday Jairo Torres, who was officially announced on Tuesday, was revealed to have some sort of muscle injury, and Chris Mueller won’t be available until the next home game against FC Cincinnati. That leaves Saturday’s match in a little bit of purgatory. The … [Read more...] about False Start: Atlanta United vs Chicago Fire MLS Week 10 preview

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports Let’s look back at the first meeting between both clubs This Saturday marks the 11th meeting between the Chicago Fire FC and Atlanta United FC. Each team has five wins against the other, with 0 draws. With the addition of Jairo Torres and the way Atlanta is playing as of late, the Fire could break the tie. However, don’t put it past the Fire … [Read more...] about Throwback Thursdays: When The Fire First Met Atlanta

Alex Calabrese The Mexican international arrives in Chicago for $6 million and will be available for selection this Saturday in Atlanta. Mexican international Ían Jairo Torres was finally unveiled as a Fire player after a months-long wait since he signed his contract back in pre-season. The 21-year-old, who joins the Fire from reigning Liga MX champion Atlas, should … [Read more...] about Here to play: Jairo Torres introduced as the Fire’s new DP