The Deep Dish: A Deep Look at the Fire
PREFACE: Hope everyone out there is enjoying the long Labor Day Weekend. We’ll do something…
Author Dan Gaichas
Dan Gaichas
Dan has covered soccer in Chicago since 2004 with The Fire Alarm and as editor and webmaster of Windy City Soccer. His favorite teams are the Chicago Fire, Chicago Red Stars, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bayern Munich, and Glasgow Celtic.
Preview: Crew vs. Fire
Columbus Crew (8-15-6, 11th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (8-12–9, 10th in East) It’s likely…
The Deep Dish: Danger With Five to Go
PREFACE: Both the Fire and Red Stars now have five matches to go in their…
Preview: Revolution vs. Fire
New England Revolution (9-9-8, 6th in East) vs. Chicago Fire (8-11–9, 10th in East) There…
Pride Lose Morgan, but Defeat Red Stars
Chicago Red Stars 1-2 Orlando Pride BRIDGEVIEW, IL—The five-match winning streak against some of the…
The Deep Dish: Must-Wins Continue for Fire, Red Stars
PREFACE: Both the Fire and Red Stars played midweek and lost. Just the Fire played…
Ten-Man Fire Gets Must-Win over Union
Chicago Fire 2-0 Philadelphia Union BRIDGEVIEW, IL—In what was described as a must-win by most…
The Deep Dish: Let’s Review
PREFACE: Once again, I would like to thank Rusty Silber for handling the match report…
Preview: Timbers vs. Fire
Portland Timbers (10-9-4, 8th in West) vs. Chicago Fire (7-10-9, 10th in East) The last…
Preview: Fire vs. Impact
Chicago Fire (6-10-9, 10th in East) vs. Montreal Impact (10-12-3, 6th in East) The Chicago…
The Deep Dish: Establishing A Platform
PREFACE: I do want to thank Rusty Silber for filling in on Saturday’s Red Stars…
Preview: Dynamo vs. Fire
Houston Dynamo (9-10-3, 9th in West) vs. Chicago Fire (5-10-9, 11th in East) The Chicago…
The Deep Dish: Drawing Red Lines
PREFACE: Going forward, we might as well lead with the Red Stars since they are…
Everything But the Goals for Fire, DC
Chicago Fire 0-0 DC United BRIDGEVIEW, IL—It turned out to be the result that neither…
Red Stars Defeat Courage Before Record Crowd
Chicago Red Stars 2-1 North Carolina Courage BRIDGEVIEW, IL—Before the biggest soccer crowd of the…
The Deep Dish: A Tale of Two Red Teams
It’s the best of times for the Red Stars and the worst of times for…
Dortmund Beats Liverpool at Notre Dame
Liverpool FC 2-3 Borussia Dortmund NOTRE DAME, IN—As far as preseason friendlies go, this was…
Preview: Philadelphia Union versus Chicago Fire
Philadelphia Union (10-6-6, 1st in East) vs. Chicago Fire (5-9-8, 10th in East) Sports are…
‘Song’ Repeats Itself in Fire Draw
Chicago Fire 2-1 Columbus Crew BRIDGEVIEW, IL–We mentioned how it’s been the same old song…
An Open Letter to Mr. Joe Mansueto
Dear Mr. Mansueto, I know Nelson Rodriguez is set to have his second Media Roundtable…
Same Old Song as Fire Lose to FC Cincinnati (Gallery)
BRIDGEVIEW, IL—If “Wonderwall” is becoming the song for Minnesota United, the Chicago Fire’s song might…
A Bridgeview Too Far?
How did everything go wrong with Bridgeview and the Fire? On Tuesday, the Chicago Fire…