The Chicago Fire Post
Market8 Mar 2027
Jeff Gal puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chicago Fire, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Chris Brady signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Chris Brady commits to Chicago Fire for another 5 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
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.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Chicago Fire
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Anton Salétros gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Mar 2027
Chicago Fire promote Owen McKennie from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen McKennie has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Gio Wright joins the Chicago Fire first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gio Wright is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Chicago Fire promote Michael Weah from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michael Weah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Hugo Cuypers 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Chicago Fire turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Point won or two lost for Chicago Fire?
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Hugo Cuypers