Dylan Borso

Central Midfielder - Chicago Fire
28 Aug 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Dylan Borso

45 Edition

The Chicago Fire Post

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Jack Elliott says Chicago Fire went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom

Pressure builds in the Chicago Fire boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market

Andreas Hanche-Olsen wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Chicago Fire hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Squad

Philip Zinckernagel in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Chicago Fire this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Dylan Borso signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dylan Borso and Chicago Fire agree another 5 years.

The dugout

Chicago Fire keep their word to Kerwin Vargas

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Squad

A step back for Anzor Mekvabishvili at Chicago Fire

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

The dugout

No hiding place for Noah Allen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Noah Allen, and the manager let it.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Mbekezeli Mbokazi

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Mbekezeli Mbokazi has come out of that comparison in the side, and Chicago Fire have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

Back issues
15 Edition

The Chicago Fire Post

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Andreas Hanche-Olsen wants more than Chicago Fire are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad

Tempers go at Chicago Fire

Philip Zinckernagel was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at Chicago Fire training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josh Cohen is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

One of our own: Ryan Pulisic joins the Chicago Fire first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Pulisic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

David Brooks steps up from the Chicago Fire academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Brooks has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

The dugout

No hiding place for Noah Allen

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Noah Allen, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Anzor Mekvabishvili knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chicago Fire, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Andreas Hanche-Olsen linked with a move away

The name of Andreas Hanche-Olsen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chicago Fire say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

The manager makes Josh Cohen a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Chicago Fire. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief