Blanco plays the hero for MLS
For one night only, Cuauhtémoc Blanco wasn't the guy that everyone other than his Chicago Fire teammates loves to hate. Unless of course you were wearing the sky-blue uniforms of West Ham United.
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Weekly Notes: Second half arrives
The Chicago Fire (7-5-4, 25 pts.) return to the road as they play at Kansas City (5-5-6, 21 pts.) in the second of three regular season meetings this Sunday, July 27 (My50, 7 p.m.).
Chicago defense remains solid
Despite another scoreless adventure, the Chicago Fire did have a few positives come out of Saturday's scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake.
Woodwork unkind as Fire, RSL draw
The woodwork was unkind for both teams, but the Chicago Fire and Real Salt Lake ended up in a scoreless draw on Saturday night at Toyota Park.
Frustrated Fire hungry for success
Soccer is unique to most sports because outcome does not always match performance. In other words, the better team doesn't always win. Or tie.
Fire hope to regain momentum in second half
The Chicago Fire are at the midway point of the 2008 season, and they stand in third place in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer with a record of 7-5-3 (24 points).
First-place RSL pay visit to Chicago
Real Salt Lake make the trip to Toyota Park to face the Chicago Fire in a place they've never been before - on top of the Western Conference.
Weekly Notes: Chicago gets Real
The Chicago Fire (7-5-3, 24 pts.) host Real Salt Lake (6-6-5, 23 pts.) in the second of two regular season meetings this Saturday, July 19, at TOYOTA PARK.
Three points huge for Chicago
The Chicago Fire were facing a most unfortunate result Saturday night. After outplaying Toronto FC for the entire first half, they found themselves in a 1-1 tie with 30 minutes to go in the second half.
Thorrington delivers win for Fire
The Chicago Fire needed a win. Toronto FC needed a positive result. The Fire got what they needed when John Thorrington scored in stoppage time to give the Fire a 2-1 win Saturday evening at Toyota Park.
