The Chicago Fire Post
Player ratings12 Jul 2027
Jonathan Bamba scores twice — 8.89
Two goals and a mark of 8.89 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market12 Jul 2027
Jack Elliott asks to leave Chicago Fire
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
An offer of $2.3M for Dylan Nealis
Chicago Fire have gone to New York Red Bulls with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Real Salt Lake tell Chicago Fire: Juan Torres is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad12 Jul 2027
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.
Match10 Jul 2027
Jonathan Bamba sends Chicago Fire past FC Cincinnati
It finished 2‑1, and it was Jonathan Bamba’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chicago Fire.
Market12 Jul 2027
Luca Weah steps up from the Chicago Fire academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luca Weah 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Gio Wright steps up from the Chicago Fire academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gio Wright 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
One of our own: Jack Howard joins the Chicago Fire first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jack Howard 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 A row about effort at Chicago Fire
- Player ratings Both jobs done by André Franco — 7.20
- Transfer targets A loan move for Beau LeRoux is in the works