Chicago Fire

Club · United States · Major League Soccer

«The Fire»

277 Matches

97 wins

71 draws

109 losses

413–421 Goals

−8 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form W W W D L D

Soldier Field sits on the lakefront with its colonnades wrapped around a modern bowl, a stadium built in 1924 and reworked in 2003, and since 2020 it has been where Chicago Fire play their home matches.

The Fire were one of the original expansion sides brought into MLS, formed on 8 October 1997, a date set to land on the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire that gave the club its name. Bob Bradley took charge as the first head coach and, in that debut 1998 season, won both the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. That MLS Cup remains the club's only one, a 2:0 win over D.C. United, with two further final defeats along the way, in 2000 and 2003.

The U.S. Open Cup has been kinder: four titles, in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006, and a fifth final lost in 2011 to Seattle Sounders FC. Against Columbus Crew SC the rivalry carries no trophy and needs none, the oldest fixture the club has; against FC Dallas it plays for the Brimstone Cup, a series running since 1998.

Chicago has fielded its share of imported names — Hristo Stoichkov turned out for the club in 2000, Bastian Schweinsteiger arrived in 2017 — but Ante Razov is the club's all-time leading scorer with 95 goals. Since 2019 the club has belonged to Joe Mansueto, the Morningstar founder, who bought out former owner Andrew Hauptman; Gregg Berhalter now holds the coaching job, having led the side to a playoff win in 2024.

Latest results

All matches

29 Aug	Major League Soccer	Seattle Sounders A	2:2	D
26 Aug	Leagues Cup	Monterrey A	1:2	L
23 Aug	Major League Soccer	New York Red Bulls A	1:1	D
20 Aug	Major League Soccer	Orlando City A	2:1	W
16 Aug	Major League Soccer	Portland Timbers H	2:1	W
14 Aug	Leagues Cup	Cruz Azul A	2:1	W

Standing

Major League Soccer

Group stage · Major League Soccer - Eastern Conference

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Nashville SC	22	16	4	2	47:17	52
2	Inter Miami	22	12	6	4	56:41	42
3	Chicago Fire	21	11	4	6	39:28	37
4	Charlotte	22	10	5	7	40:32	35
5	New England Revolution	21	10	4	7	33:26	34

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Team statistics

matches counted: 277

277 Matches

97 wins

71 draws

109 losses

413–421 Goals

−8 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 277

97 71 109

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	277	137	140
Scored	413	221	192
Conceded	421	180	241
Scored per game	1.5	1.6	1.4
Conceded per game	1.5	1.3	1.7
Difference	−8	+41	−49

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Puso Ditejane Forward 22 Matches

Mauricio Pineda Defender 22 Matches

Chris Brady Goalkeeper 22 Matches

Maren Haile-Selassie Forward 22 Matches

Tah Ange Innocent D'Avilla Dje Midfielder 21 Matches

Joel Robert Waterman Defender 21 Matches

Philip Aksel Frigast Zinckernagel Forward 21 Matches

Josh Cohen Goalkeeper 21 Matches

Squad of Chicago Fire

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
12	Puso Ditejane	Forward	22	22
22	Mauricio Pineda	Defender	28	22
1	Chris Brady	Goalkeeper	22	22
7	Maren Haile-Selassie	Forward	27	22
42	Tah Ange Innocent D'Avilla Dje	Midfielder	23	21
16	Joel Robert Waterman	Defender	30	21
11	Philip Aksel Frigast Zinckernagel	Forward	31	21
44	Josh Cohen	Goalkeeper	34	21
17	Robin Lod	Midfielder	33	21
14	Viktor Radojević	Defender	22	20
3	Jack Stuart Elliott	Defender	31	20
6	Anton Janos Jönsson Salétros	Midfielder	30	20
24	Robert Jonathan Dean Jr	Defender	29	20
15	Andrew Gutman	Defender	29	18
35	Sergio Oregel Jr.	Midfielder	21	18
19	Jonathan Fousseni Bamba	Forward	30	17
20	Jason Chocaluk	Forward		17
2	Leonardo José Caetano Barroso	Defender	21	15
4	Mbekelezi Mbokazi	Defender		14
5	Samuel Rogers	Defender	27	11
29	David Poręba	Midfielder	23	11
9	Hugo Jean-Marc Cuypers	Forward		11
27	D. Borso	Forward	20	9
9	Robert Lewandowski	Forward	38	8
38	Christopher Capps	Defender	18	7
8	Christopher Matthew Mueller	Forward		7
25	Jeffrey Joseph Gal	Goalkeeper	33	4
47	Samuel Williams	Midfielder		3
37	R. Turdyan	Midfielder	16	3
30	J. Sandmeyer	Defender		1