Fire Re-Sign Paunovic
New Deal is for two years with an option for a third. BRIDGEVIEW, IL—What was…
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.
De Leeuw Departs Fire, Joins FC Emmen
Yet another Fire fan favorite has departed Bridgeview. This time, midfielder Michael de Leeuw has…
Fire Sign Defender Marcelo
BRIDGEVIEW, IL—One of the Chicago Fire’s priorities after a disastrous 2018 was to acquire…
Schweinsteiger Signs for Third Year with Fire
German legend returns to Fire for 2019. BRIDGEVIEW, IL–On Wednesday, the guesswork ended and the…
Fire Exercise Options on Six, Decline on Seven
Campbell, Conner, and De Leeuw among those declined. BRIDGEVIEW, IL–After announcing on Sunday that they…
Fire Year-In-Review: Up A Hill, Down A Mountain
What started as a promise of brighter days could hardly have ended darker. The shock…
The Deep Dish: Fire Hire Marketing Guru Sheldon
FIRE HIRE SHELDON TO HEAD MARKETING DEPARTMENT: On Wednesday, the Chicago Fire hired Kyle Sheldon…
Chicago sees three rugby blowouts
USA Women 6-67 New Zealand CHICAGO, IL—A crowd of 35,051 saw part or all…
Bundesliga Matchday 9 Preview
Borussia Dortmund continue to impress both in the Bundesliga and in the UEFA Champions League.…
Preview: Atlanta versus Fire
Atlanta United (20-6-6, 1st in East) vs. Chicago Fire (8-17-7, 10th in East) The league’s…
Bundesliga Matchday 8 Preview
The international break did not provide a respite for those who follow the German National…
Point-Counterpoint: No Seventh Heaven for Bayern?
Five reasons Bayern may not bounce back to win this time around. There is a…
The Deep Dish: Chicago to Host MLS SuperDraft
Plus, Nelson Rodriguez announces his year-end roundtable. CHICAGO TO HOST SUPERDRAFT: Like the NFL…
The Deep Dish: Sub-Par
THOUGHTS ON THE FIRE: Once again, you have to question the subs made by Veljko…
Rooney Brace Lifts DC Closer to Red Line
DC United 2-1 Chicago Fire WASHINGTON, DC–If DC United make the playoffs this season, it…
Bundesliga Matchday 7 Preview
Winless in their last three? Yep, Bayern are in crisis. Are we going to have…
The Deep Dish: Exercise and Extend
THOUGHTS ON THE FIRE: It was a quality win for the Fire over LAFC, though…
Fire Turn Up to Defeat LAFC
Chicago Fire 3-1 Los Angeles FC BRIDGEVIEW, IL–The Fire’s problems will continue off the pitch,…
Bundesliga Matchday 6 Preview
On Thursday, Germany was announced as host of Euro 2024. It will be the first…
Soldier Field to Host Gold Cup Final
CHICAGO, IL—Soldier Field was announced as the venue for the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Final.…
Preview: NYCFC vs. Fire
New York City FC (14-8-8, 3rd in East) vs. Chicago Fire (7-15-7, 10th in…
Bundesliga Matchday 5 Preview
We head to the first midweek slate of matches this week, It’s Oktoberfest in Munich,…