Hot Time In Old Town

Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports Part 1 of our look back at the 2022 Fire season Welcome to part 1 of the fourth annual Chicago Fire Retrospective. Where we take a look at the season that just happened, and more often than not, try to figure out what went wrong. It was a tough year for the Chicago Fire, both on and off the field. A coaching departure amid a tepid end to … [Read more...] about The 2022 Chicago Fire Retrospective Part 1

Geisser The sporting director and technical director are back for a fourth season. The Georg Heitz era for the Chicago Fire has thus far resulted in zero playoff appearances in three seasons, but despite the shortcomings of the past three years, he’ll be back in 2023. Heitz, the club sporting director, as well as technical director Sebastian Pelzer, both had contracts … [Read more...] about Technical staff Heitz and Pelzer renewed for 2023

Shaqiri, Mueller, and Navarro celebrate a goal in the Fire’s highest-rated game of the season, a 3-1 road win over Vancouver on July 23rd. | Photo by Jordan Jones/Getty Images The player ratings series concludes as we take a look at every player on the Chicago Fire’s 2022 roster. The cliché of a “rollercoaster” of a season is definitively overused, but there is no … [Read more...] about The Report Card: 2022 Chicago Fire Cumulative Player Ratings

The Final episode of the year is here On the final episode of the HotCast for the 2022 season, Ruben and RJ take stock of the Fire in a free-flowing conversation that takes you all over the place. They start with the question of whether or not the campaign was a disappointment (it was) and from there, they discuss what part randomness had to play in the … [Read more...] about The Hot Cast: Grand Finale

Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports The San Diego Wave came back from a goal down to knock the Chicago Red Stars out of the playoffs in extra time. The Chicago Red Stars’ season was brought to a close after suffering a 2-1 defeat to the San Diego Wave in the first round of the NWSL playoffs. Although Chicago dominated the first half of regular time and got themselves an … [Read more...] about Tired Legs: San Diego Wave 2, Chicago Red Stars 1