Chicago Fire Soccer Weekly

Not a bad idea, this: Chicago Fire Soccer announced today the creation of a half-hour radio show "Chicago Fire Soccer Weekly" that will air on WXAV ...

If Toronto Has Chip Butties, I'm There

A week on Saturday, the Fire travel to Toronto for a sold-out game against MLS' newest team (can't quite bring myself to use the word ...

Ask Peter Wilt

How many former MLS GMs are also members of Mike Ditka Street Crew? Answer? One, and of course, it's the unique and lamented former ...

Cocu and a 'foreign adventure'

I'm not, repeat not, doing anything other than report another news report. No, sir, I'm not going down that garden path again. So no stoking ...

This blog is not a major news outlet!

The Fire front office has hurt my feelings. Considering the clear need for MLS to shore up its fanbase, and for the Fire in ...

Fire + Flames + Smoke + Beer + Rain = Falling Over

I mentioned yesterday that the conditions at the UIC Flames-Chicago Fire game were treacherous. For the fans, that is, not for the players, as ...

Blanco bits for the week

Yesterday it was announced that the LA Galaxy have already recouped their investment in David Beckham. This is, to be honest, not startling news. ...

Section Profiling

Well, it looks like today is controversy day for Fire fans. The latest one involves those hardest of hardcore Fire fans, the Section 8 folks. Let's ...

The Blanco signing and rampant racial tension

I hate to link to flamewars on internet messageboards, but this thread over on Bigsoccer (who apparently have abandoned the concept of moderating) is a ...

Celtic to play in Chicago

It looks like the Fire will take on Celtic on July 21 or 22 at Toyota Park. There have been rumours of this game ...

Fire Internet Guide

So, you want to be a Fire fan. Where on the internets can you find information, discussion and insight (apart from here, that is)? Here's a ...

Blanco signing - local TV coverage

Below is a video of Chicago Sportsnet's coverage of the Blanco signing. Four comments: 1) It's pretty amazing that in a city with over a ...

Blanco signing - the negative Mexican reaction?

The Mexican reaction to the Blanco signing, at least judging by a random trawl of bigsoccer.com and youtube comments (not necessarily an accurate cross-section, admittedly), ...

Section 8 Chicago

I've mentioned 'Section 8' on this blog a few times, but it occurs to me that reference might be a little opaque to many non-Fire ...

Ronaldo to join the Fire

That's Ronaldo Viano, of course, not either of the two Ronaldos you've actually heard of. He's a Brazilian midfielder who has been playing in Trindidad ...

Blanco and Beckham article

Please don't mistake me for a real journalist, but I do actually have an article in print on the Blanco signing in this week's Chicago ...

What's Blanco's salary?

Well, if Trib Fire blogger Luis Arroyave doesn't know, the odds that I do are about as great as Alan Smith tearing apart Roma (see, ...

Mapp to Everton?

Setanta sports reports that Everton are set to "swoop" for the Fire's Justin Mapp this summer. The 22-year-old can operate on either flank and is ...

Beer + Soccer + Fire = Good

As an Englishman accustomed to finding Association Football on television at almost any pub in my home country, it took me some time to adapt ...

A sea of...blue and yellow?

They were expecting hundreds, but thousands came. They filled the stands of Toyota Park, perhaps even more people present than the night in 2006 the ...

Blanco - The Ugly

OK, that's not actually a picture of Cuauhtémoc Blanco himself, just a devoted fan imitating his idol. To find out what Blanco really looks ...

Blanco - The Bad

A "die hard" Fire fan on Bigsoccer: Now that we have Blanco (supposedly), I have no interest in having Season Tickets anymore. I know this sounds extreme, ...

Blanco - The Good

Blanco to sign

The Chicago Tribune reports that Cuauhtemoc Blanco is expected to sign with the Fire on Monday or Tuesday. It seems almost certain the deal will ...

Fire/Blanco "update" #2

Having already brought you fourth-hand news today on the prospective Blanco signing, we are now proud to bring you a rough translation of the original ...

Fire/Blanco "update"

This blog is proud to bring you the latest Blanco update via Who Ate All the Cupcakes who got it from Sideline Views who themselves ...

Will the real Fire rival please stand up?

Offside regulars may have noticed the furious debate going on over at Laurie's ever-irreverent and amusing LA Galaxy blog on who the Galaxy's rivals are. ...

Q & A With Peter Wilt

Peter Wilt, the former GM and President of the Chicago Fire, was kind enough to take the time to answer a series of questions from ...

A sign of the apocalypse?

A Fire fan over at Bigsoccer discovered something rather alarming on a recent visit to Toyota Park. I walked past all the no trespassing signs to ...

How to woo a Cubs fan?

Much as I, personally, cannot stand Wrigley Field and the fratboy parties that take place there at Cubs games 81 times a year, it could ...