

Articles tagged with "chicago-fire"
Week 29 Recap - Muddling up the Playoff Picture
By travis | October 13th, 2008Here we go again. Another weekend, and no one wants to throw in the towel. Of the three playoff spots up for grabs, all nine ...
MLS Looks Toward the Playoffs
By Laurie | October 9th, 2008We're into the last few weeks of the season for MLS. And since MLS is The League That Does Not Recognize International Breaks, this ...
Where Have All The Goals Gone?
By irish_steve | October 8th, 2008The Fire and Kansas City to a 1-1 draw Sunday to the disappointment of the 40 or so traveling fans from Chicago. The Fire had ...
Week 28 Recap - Anyone want the playoffs?
By travis | October 6th, 2008Who do you pick now to make the playoffs? With a handful of games remaining there are now three teams who have assured themselves of ...
Week 28 - October
By travis | October 4th, 2008It's an exciting time of year. As the crisp autumn weather cools most places around the country, the playoff race is heating up. Teams are ...
Week 27 Recap
By travis | September 30th, 2008There's plenty to talk about after another busy weekend of MLS action. A few teams look dead and buried (DC, LA, and Toronto), while others ...
Gameday: Galaxy Vs. Chicago Fire
By NathanHJ | September 25th, 2008Tonight the Galaxy tries to keep its flickering post-season hopes alive in a must-win showdown in Bridgeview, IL against the Chicago Fire. Chicago has been ...
Week 27 - Primetime Preview
By travis | September 25th, 2008Chicago v Los Angeles It's Thursday already, and you know what that means. Thursday night soccer? Not a very catchy nickname. Either way, Beckham-mania (what's that? ...
Celtic to sign American Keeper Cervi
By Matt | September 23rd, 2008Well, better late than never, I guess. I reported on June 7th that Celtic were very interested in American born keeper Dominic Cervi and ...
Week 26 Review - Things Tighten Up
By travis | September 23rd, 2008Yes Jeff Cunningham, I'm as surprised as you about your win in Chicago. What's even funnier is that this picture is not from the match, ...
Week 26 Preview - Playoff Push
By travis | September 20th, 2008It's unusual business this week as Houston and San Jose see their fixture from this weekend canceled, thanks in part to Hurricane Ike. Best wishes ...
Week 25 Recap - Winding down the stretch
By travis | September 16th, 2008The playoff race is tightening with just six weeks to go. That's still a lot of time for those in need of some points, and ...
Week 24 Recap - Let's honor international week please
By travis | September 8th, 2008As expected, it was a rough week for those teams hit hard by international call ups. Toronto barely put together a squad. For others, such ...
Week 24 Preview - On the weekend
By travis | September 5th, 2008So the Rapids surprised everyone, especially myself with their 1-0 win against Dallas in a very empty Pizza Hut Park. We'll see if Colorado can ...
Week 23 Recap - Better late than never
By travis | September 3rd, 2008Ok, so I want to try and write these recaps on Monday. I didn't get around to it this time, but I promise that it'll ...
Comments on Galaxy Vs. Revs
By NathanHJ | September 1st, 2008I just watched the game via the archived stream on MLSNet. This team looks completely different from the team that lost to Chicago just a ...
Week 23 Preview - Remember Me?
By travis | August 29th, 2008It has been awhile. But after a few weeks of traveling and vacation, I've decided to make a triumphant return to MLS preview/picks as the ...
Chicago vs. New England: Will the Crew drop to 3rd?
By James | August 8th, 2008While the Crew enjoy their bye week, its two closest Eastern Conference rivals square off in Foxborough, Mass. While the Crew sit at 31 points ...
Major League Links: 7/22
By Dave Martinez | July 22nd, 2008Once upon a time . . . there was a Major League Links. Since I am waiting for my laundry, I figured why not ...
Week 16 Recap
By travis | July 15th, 2008Lots going on last week with four different kinds of games to report. First the hardly talked about Open Cup saw four teams make it ...
Daily Dose 07.14.08
By Laurie | July 14th, 2008Some news to read as you legally flip people off and drink from an unregistered keg in Belmar, New Jersey: WAG wannabes, dust off your fake ...
Week 16 Preview Part Deux - SuperLiga et al
By travis | July 12th, 2008It's the beginning of the tournament that few people give any respect. The SuperLiga. And why is that? Perhaps because it was created to market ...
The Blanco Video: When the Censorship Becomes the Story
By Laurie | July 11th, 2008A couple of days ago I posted this video that shows Chicago Fire Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco punching DC United player Clyde Simms in the ...
Cuauhtemoc Blanco is a Bad, Bad Boy
By Laurie | July 9th, 2008VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE BY CENSORS. Rumors all over the place today about Chicago bad boy/Designated Player Cuauhtemoc Blanco assaulting one or more players ...
One USL-1 Team Will be Playing in the US Open Cup Final
By Laurie | July 9th, 2008First thing about last night's US Cup quarterfinals: I don't think the USA Today writer who covered the Seattle-KC game is a footy fan. ...
Crew vs. Fire: Match Report
By James | July 8th, 2008Crew 2, Fire 2. Chicago:Rolfe (unassisted) 8, Carr (Segares, Rolfe) 25 Columbus:Ekpo (Schelotto) 36, Lenhart (Schelotto) 87 I've had a hard time processing this one. Chicago remains without ...
MLS Incoming? The Sagas of Pat Noonan, Brian McBride and Nate Jaqua
By Laurie | July 8th, 2008Yesterday we talked about a couple of US Players moving around in Europe. Today let's look at players who may have decided there's no ...
Week 15 Recap
By travis | July 7th, 2008It was a typical Fourth of July weekend - lots of fireworks. The same could be said about the five MLS games that took place ...
Week 15 Preview
By travis | July 4th, 2008Oh America. The land that we all love, and the land that is starting to love the beautiful game. Today is a great day ...
Crew vs. Fire: Match Preview
By James | July 3rd, 2008On May 25th, the Chicago Fire beat the Red Bulls 5-1 earn a spot at the top of the table, tied with Columbus and New ...








