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Posted in Chicago Fire by Chicago Fire News on October 29th, 2008
It will certainly be a shorthanded New England Revolution as they embark on their bid to reach the MLS Cup Final for a fourth consecutive year. Remarkably, the Fire and Revolution have met six times in the last eight years in the MLS Cup Playoffs. Last year, a hard-fought 1-0 win by New England sent the Revs to the MLS Cup Final.
The Chicago Fire and New England Revolution have as long a playoff history as possible in the 13-year history of Major League Soccer, and they revisit it again Thursday at Gillette Stadium in the first leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series.
On Thursday, the Chicago Fire played their last game of the 2008 Major League Soccer regular season, and it was also the last regular season game in the long career of defender Diego Gutierrez.
Chicago Fire forward Chris Rolfe has scored a lot of goals in his life, but they don't come in groups of three very often.
The Chicago Fire clinched home-field advantage for the first round of the playoffs Thursday, while the New York Red Bulls went home with nothing.
The Chicago Fire, a team already in the Major League Soccer playoffs, play their last regular season game Thursday against the New York Red Bulls, a team that is desperate for a win in order to make the postseason.
Posted in Chicago Fire by Chicago Fire News on October 22nd, 2008
Two teams looking to secure their playoff futures with a victory come together on MLS Primetime Thursday when the Chicago Fire play host to the New York Red Bulls.
Andrew Hauptman has been investor-operator of the Chicago Fire for 13 months, and a lot has happened in that time.
Posted in Chicago Fire by Chicago Fire News on October 20th, 2008
The Chicago Fire (12-10-7, 43 pts.) host New York (10-10-9, 39 pts.) in their last regular season match on Thursday, Oct. 23 (8 p.m., ESPN2, WRTO 1200-AM Spanish and WNVR 1030-AM Polish) at TOYOTA PARK.
Posted in Chicago Fire by Mark Polishuk on October 18th, 2008
Home-field advantage may not seem like a big carrot to chase for a team that already has two road wins this season against their first-round playoff opponents. For the members of the Chicago Fire, however, no amount of rationalization was to be used for their performance in a 3-2 loss to Toronto FC on Saturday at BMO Field.
