The Chicago Fire Post
Market4 Mar 2030
Only the photograph left for Jack Skahan
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jack Skahan will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chicago Fire the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom4 Mar 2030
John Johnson signs on for the long haul
Chicago Fire moved before anybody else could: a new deal for John Johnson, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Boardroom4 Mar 2030
Jack Skahan signs for New York Red Bulls while still at Chicago Fire
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Jack Skahan has agreed terms with New York Red Bulls for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad4 Mar 2030
Hugo Cuypers 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.
Market4 Mar 2030
Orlando City join the queue for Jack Elliott
Add another name to the list: Orlando City have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jack Elliott. The answer from Chicago Fire has not changed — yet.
Squad4 Mar 2030
Claudio Núñez signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Claudio Núñez and Chicago Fire agree another 2 years.
Boardroom4 Mar 2030
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Chicago Fire
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market4 Mar 2030
Tim Reyna steps up from the Chicago Fire academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Reyna 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.
Market4 Mar 2030
One of our own: Walker Moore joins the Chicago Fire first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Walker Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Words at Chicago Fire training over how hard people work
- Squad Keaton Parks gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Jonathan Bamba ran the game