The Chicago Fire Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Willem II come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chicago Fire did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match8 Aug 2026
André Franco breaks Charlotte Football Club hearts
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. André Franco scored in the 88th minute, Charlotte Football Club had already begun thinking about the journey home, and Chicago Fire took the lot.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
D.J. Taylor is a medical away from Chicago Fire
The deal with Minnesota United FC is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 12 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Chicago Fire until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Bamba 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Andreas Hanche-Olsen signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andreas Hanche-Olsen commits to Chicago Fire for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Chicago Fire
Robert Lewandowski and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Puso Dithejane
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jack Brooks joins the Chicago Fire first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jack Brooks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Chicago Fire promote Connor Howard from within
- Match André Franco sends Chicago Fire past Charlotte Football Club
- Squad André Franco wants to go home