Saturday 04 July 2009 |
05:49 - Rapids Aim To Continue Independence Day - TOPIX.COM
The Chicago Fire returns to Major League Soccer
action for the first time in three weeks on
Saturday when the club travels to Dick's Sporting
Goods Park to meet the Colorado Rapids.
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05:40 - Fire aim to snap losing streak against Rapids - ESPN The Rapids look to continue their success on
Independence Day and improve their unbeaten streak
at home against the Chicago Fire to 11 games.
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Friday 03 July 2009 |
23:12 - Fire ready for return to MLS play - MLSNET The question being asked about the Chicago Fire
heading into Saturday's date at Colorado:
"Who are these guys?"
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22:11 - Fire-Rapids Preview - FOXSPORTS After having their franchise-record unbeaten
stretch snapped, the Colorado Rapids still have a
chance to extend two other impressive streaks
Saturday night.
The Rapids look to continue their success on
Independence Day and improve their unbeaten streak
at home against the Chicago Fire to 11 games.
Colorado (5-3-6) fell 3-0 at Seattle on Sunday for
its first loss since April 19.

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21:23 - Preview: Colorado vs. Chicago - FOXSPORTS After having their franchise-record unbeaten
stretch snapped, the Colorado Rapids still have a
chance to extend two other impressive streaks
Saturday night.
The Rapids look to continue their success on
Independence Day and improve their unbeaten streak
at home against the Chicago Fire to 11 games.
Colorado (5-3-6) fell 3-0 at Seattle on Sunday for
its first loss since April 19.

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01:44 - Fire's Pause joins US Gold Cup squad - MLSNET The Fire will play their first MLS game of the
season without Logan Pause because the sixth-year
pro has been called to the national team camp in
Seattle in anticipation of the upcoming CONCACAF
Gold Cup. It is his first national team call-up,
and he is obviously pleased.
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01:18 - Read Full Release - TOPIX.COM
Former Charlotte 49ers men's soccer
All-American and Major League Soccer's Chicago
Fire goalkeeper Jon Busch was just named to the
United States Soccer Senior National team roster
for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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Thursday 02 July 2009 |
22:01 - Fire, Rapids rumble in Rockies - MLSNET The Chicago Fire will be the opposition for the
Colorado Rapids in their annual Fourth of July
extravaganza at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
The Rapids have lost just one in 13 games at home
all-time on Independence Day.
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12:56 - Major League Soccer Power Rankings - FOXSPORTS Check out the latest installment of Keith
Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league
hits its stride.

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12:56 - Major League Soccer Power Rankings - FOXSPORTS Check out the latest installment of Keith
Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league
hits its stride.

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09:09 - Major League Soccer Power Rankings - FOXSPORTS Check out the latest installment of Keith
Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league
hits its stride.

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08:49 - Major League Soccer Power Rankings - FOXSPORTS Check out the latest installment of Keith
Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league
hits its stride.

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01:39 - The final was great, but now comes the hard part - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: Now that the honeymoon is over, it's time
to take a hard look at what the U.S. still needs
to improve.

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Wednesday 01 July 2009 |
20:45 - The final was great, but now comes the hard part - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: Now that the honeymoon is over, it's time
to take a hard look at what the U.S. still needs
to improve.

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20:45 - The final was great, but now comes the hard part - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: Now that the honeymoon is over, it's time
to take a hard look at what the U.S. still needs
to improve.

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19:42 - The final was great, but now comes the hard part - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: Now that the honeymoon is over, it's time
to take a hard look at what the U.S. still needs
to improve.

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04:33 - Fire fall to Wilmington Hammerheads in Open Cup action - MLSNET The Chicago Fire fell to the Wilmington
Hammerheads 1-0 tonight in a third round Lamar
Hunt U.S. Open Cup match held at Legion Stadium in
Wilmington, North Carolina.
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01:03 - Colin Clarke Selected to U.S. Men's National Team - TOPIX.COM
Former SMU men's soccer player Colin Clark has
been named to the U.S. Men's National Team for the
2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which is slated to begin
on July 3. Clark is one of 23 players named to Bob
Bradley's squad, which is fresh off a second-place
finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup.
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Tuesday 30 June 2009 |
20:31 - Weekly Notes: Open Cup, MLS action - MLSNET The Fire begin Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play on
June 30 against the Wilmington Hammerheads at
Legion Stadium in Wilmington, North Carolina. Fire
fans can follow the action on the official Chicago
Fire blog, EN FUEGO.
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00:43 - Busy Fire slate continues with Open Cup - MLSNET The Fire will play the Wilmington (N.C.)
Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in the
third round match of the Open Cup, the
nation's longest running soccer tournament
that pits professional teams at all levels as well
as amateur clubs aligned with U.S. Soccer.
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Monday 29 June 2009 |
22:54 - Fire start march toward fifth Open Cup trophy - MLSNET The Chicago Fire are the most decorated MLS team
in U.S. Open Cup history, having claimed the Dewar
Trophy on four occasions (1998, 2000, 2003, 2006)
and lost in the final a fifth time.
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04:39 - Pulido leads Tigres UANL over Fire - ESPN Armando Pulido scored two goals to withstand a
late penalty kick from Cuauhtemoc Blanco, and
Tigres UANL beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 in the final
match of SuperLiga group play Saturday night.
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Sunday 28 June 2009 |
06:40 - Tigres UANL test Chicago's resolve - MLSNET A hungry Tigres UANL team took advantage of a lazy
Chicago Fire team Saturday that saved itself in
the final minutes of the SuperLiga game.
Cuauhtemoc Blanco's penalty kick goal cut
Tigres' lead to 2-1, which was enough for the
Fire to advance to the semifinals.
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04:14 - Fire advance to SuperLiga Semifinals - MLSNET Midfielder Armando Pulido scored twice to give
Tigres UANL a 2-1 victory Saturday, but Cuauhtemoc
Blanco's penalty kick goal in the 85th minute
allowed the Chicago Fire to advance to the
semifinals of SuperLiga 2009.
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Saturday 27 June 2009 |
10:13 - Slumping Chivas hoping to find its way again - TOPIX.COM
Chivas USA was on top of Major League Soccer in
late May, having gone 11 matches and absorbing
only one defeat along the way.
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02:58 - In good shape, Fire still focused on win - MLSNET It is mathematically possible for the Chicago Fire
to fail to reach the semifinals of SuperLiga 2009,
but no one wants to go there.
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Friday 26 June 2009 |
21:57 - Chicago Fire waive goalkeeper Nick Noble - MLSNET The Chicago Fire announced Friday that the team
has waived goalkeeper Nick Noble. The Fire drafted
Noble from West Virginia University in the first
round (7th overall) of the 2007 MLS Supplemental
Draft.
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09:12 - Sports Briefs: Parkhurst, Cronin are on U.S. team - TOPIX.COM
Also selected was Jay Heaps , a former national
college player of the year at Duke.
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Thursday 25 June 2009 |
23:12 - Fire about to face heady schedule - MLSNET These are dizzying times for the Chicago Fire and
coach Denis Hamlett. Competitively, the Fire's
next assignment is playing Tigres UANL of the
Mexican Primera Division in the third and final
game of Group A play in the SuperLiga 2009 on
Saturday.
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18:51 - Major League Soccer Power Rankings - FOXSPORTS Check out the latest installment of Keith
Costigan's MLS Power Rankings as America's league
hits its stride.

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Wednesday 24 June 2009 |
07:06 - New-look Fire hold off Chivas in SuperLiga - MLSNET Rookies Baggio Husidic and Stefan Dimitrov got
starts, and if second-year defender Austin
Washington had not played, the result might have
been different.
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05:38 - Chicago Fire shut out Chivas USA 1-0 in SuperLiga - TOPIX.COM
Justin Mapp scored on a left-footed strike in
the 35th minute and Jon Busch recorded his second
shutout in SuperLiga play as the Chicago Fire beat
Chivas USA 1-0. The Fire has six points in group
play and can advance to the semifinal round on
July 15 with a draw or better in the first-round
finale against Tigres UANL on Saturday.
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05:06 - Fire shut down Chivas in SuperLiga - MLSNET Using a lineup heavy with reserves, the Chicago
Fire played their way to the verge of semifinals
of SuperLiga 2009 with a 1-0 win against visiting
Chivas USA Tuesday at Toyota Park.
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Tuesday 23 June 2009 |
02:54 - Weekly Notes: SuperLiga showdowns - MLSNET After defeating San Luis of the Mexican Primera
Division 1-0 in the first game of SuperLiga 2009
last Saturday, the Fire continue group play this
Tuesday, June 23, against Chivas USA of Major
League Soccer at TOYOTA PARK (7 p.m. CT,
TeleFutura).
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02:25 - Fire host Chivas in SuperLiga 2009 - MLSNET The Chicago Fire will look to become the first
team to book their ticket for the SuperLiga 2009
semifinals with a victory against MLS rival Chivas
USA on Tuesday at Toyota Park. The teams met less
than a month ago in an epic encounter won 3-2 by
the Fire with two dramatic late goals.
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01:12 - Path to semifinals simple for Fire - MLSNET If events occur in a particular manner Tuesday at
Toyota Park, the Group A competition in SuperLiga
2009 could end early.
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Monday 22 June 2009 |
20:51 - Chicago Fire Soccer in the Community Update: June 22 -28 - MLSNET The Chicago Fire is participating in a series of
community events across the Chicagoland area over
the next week. Throughout the year, the Chicago
Fire participates in hundreds of community events
to work with youth, charities and other
organizations to promote the game of soccer by
advocating wellness, healthy lifestyle choices,
physical activities and education.
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06:51 - Tigres, Chicago win in SuperLiga openers - TOPIX.COM
CARSON, California - Mexico's UANL Tigres used
a youth team to record an away win while the
Chicago Fire won at home in the opening games of
the 2009 North American SuperLiga on Saturday.
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Sunday 21 June 2009 |
12:06 - Fire beats San Luis 1-0 in SuperLiga - FOXSPORTS Brian McBride scored on a pass from Cuauhtemoc
Blanco in the 69th minute to give the Chicago Fire
a 1-0 win over San Luis in the opening game of the
SuperLiga on Saturday night.

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12:06 - Fire beats San Luis 1-0 in SuperLiga - FOXSPORTS Brian McBride scored on a pass from Cuauhtemoc
Blanco in the 69th minute to give the Chicago Fire
a 1-0 win over San Luis in the opening game of the
SuperLiga on Saturday night.

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08:41 - Chicago rides defensive effort to win - MLSNET The Chicago Fire made the game's lone goal
stand up, beginning their SuperLiga campaign with
a 1-0 win against Mexican side Real San Luis on
Saturday night at Toyota Park. The teams combined
for 28 shots, but it was the defenses who stood
out.
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06:42 - Fire beats San Luis 1-0 in SuperLiga - TOPIX.COM
Brian McBride scored on a pass from Cuauhtemoc
Blanco in the 69th minute to give the Chicago Fire
a 1-0 win over San Luis in the opening game of the
SuperLiga on Saturday night.
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06:02 - Fire beats San Luis 1-0 in SuperLiga - ESPN Brian McBride scored on a pass from Cuauhtemoc
Blanco in the 69th minute to give the Chicago Fire
a 1-0 win over San Luis in the opening game of the
SuperLiga on Saturday night.
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05:26 - McBride leads Fire to SuperLiga victory - MLSNET Missed opportunities were the theme for the
majority of the night as the Chicago Fire topped
Real San Luis, 1-0, in the SuperLiga 2009 opener
at Toyota Park on Saturday.
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Saturday 20 June 2009 |
01:18 - Hamlett mulling SuperLiga lineup moves - MLSNET Chicago Fire coach Denis Hamlett is going to get
all the practice he needs juggling lineups over
the next couple of weeks, especially if things go
well in the Fire's first foray into SuperLiga.
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Friday 19 June 2009 |
21:43 - Fire making SuperLiga debut against San Luis - MLSNET SuperLiga kicks off its third season at Toyota
Park as a pair of teams make their debut in the
competition when the Chicago Fire play host to
Real San Luis FC.
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18:45 - U.S. fans should be disgusted after Brazil debacle - FOXSPORTS United States fans should be disgusted after
watching their team capitulate so miserably to the
Brazilians, almost certainly ensuring their exit
from the Confed Cup.

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18:37 - U.S. fans should be disgusted after Brazil debacle - FOXSPORTS United States fans should be disgusted after
watching their team capitulate so miserably to the
Brazilians, almost certainly ensuring their exit
from the Confed Cup.

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Thursday 18 June 2009 |
20:31 - U.S. fans should be disgusted after Brazil debacle - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: U.S. fans should be disgusted after
watching their team capitulate so miserably to the
Brazilians.

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20:31 - U.S. fans should be disgusted after Brazil debacle - FOXSPORTS TRECKER: U.S. fans should be disgusted after
watching their team capitulate so miserably to the
Brazilians.

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