The Chicago Fire Post
Squad14 Dec 2026
David Poreba wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Chicago Fire know it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Chris Brady is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of André Franco
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Leonardo Barroso gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Leonardo Barroso is on it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Dean Boltz 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Sam Rogers has seen what the next man earns
Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Chicago Fire that is a harder question to answer.
In brief
- Market Leonardo Barroso linked with a move away
- Squad Robin Lod is the talk of the training ground
- Squad George Wright is out on the grass again
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Viktor Radojević at CF Montreal