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Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire 1998–2019Chicago Fire FC 2020–

MLS Cups: 1; 1998
Supporters' Shields: 1; 2003
Playoff appearances: 14; 1998–2025
Seasons: 29; Soldier Field

2026 · right now4th in the East55 pts16-10-7 · 33 played · 1.67 PPG · +11 GD

Playoff picture · updated Nov 1, 3:06 AM EST

Chicago Fire FC is a Major League Soccer club from Chicago, Illinois, in the league since 1998. It has also played as Chicago Fire (1998–2019). It has won MLS Cup in 1998, the Supporters' Shield in 2003 and the U.S. Open Cup four times (1998, 2000, 2003, 2006). It has reached the MLS Cup Playoffs 14 times in 29 seasons. In 2026 it is 4th in the Eastern Conference with 55 points from 33 matches (16 wins, 10 losses, 7 draws). In 2025 it finished 8th in the Eastern Conference with 53 points and went out in round one. Its head coach is Gregg Berhalter. It plays its home games at Soldier Field.

Trophy case · 6 trophies

Every final, won and lost.

1
MLS Cup
- 1998beat D.C. United
Lost the final: 2000 to Kansas City Wizards, 2003 to San Jose Earthquakes
1
Supporters' Shield
- 2003
4
U.S. Open Cup
- 1998beat Columbus Crew
- 2000beat Miami Fusion
- 2003beat MetroStars
- 2006beat LA Galaxy
Lost the final: 2004 to Kansas City Wizards, 2011 to Seattle Sounders FC
Not played in 2020 or 2021.

Season by season · 1996–2026

Every regular season, one row each.

Chicago Fire FC season by season
	As	Conf	W-L-D						Playoffs	Coach
2026		East	16-10-7	55	1.67	61–50 (+11)	5th of 30	4th	In progress	Gregg Berhalter
2025		East	15-11-8	53	1.56	68–60 (+8)	13th of 30	8th	Out in round one	Gregg Berhalter
2024		East	7-18-9	30	0.88	40–62 (−22)	28th of 29	15th	Missed playoffs	Frank Klopas
2023		East	10-14-10	40	1.18	39–51 (−12)	24th of 29	13th	Missed playoffs	Ezra Hendrickson / Frank Klopas
2022		East	10-15-9	39	1.15	39–48 (−9)	24th of 28	12th	Missed playoffs	Ezra Hendrickson
2021		East	9-18-7	34	1.00	36–54 (−18)	22nd of 27	12th	Missed playoffs	Raphaël Wicky / Frank Klopas
2020		East	5-10-8	23	1.00	33–39 (−6)	20th of 26	11th	Missed playoffs	Raphaël Wicky
2019	Chicago Fire	East	10-12-12	42	1.24	55–47 (+8)	17th of 24	8th	Missed playoffs	Veljko Paunović
2018	Chicago Fire	East	8-18-8	32	0.94	48–61 (−13)	20th of 23	10th	Missed playoffs	Veljko Paunović
2017	Chicago Fire	East	16-11-7	55	1.62	61–47 (+14)	3rd of 22	3rd	Out in knockout round	Veljko Paunović
2016	Chicago Fire	East	7-17-10	31	0.91	42–58 (−16)	20th of 20	10th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Veljko Paunović
2015	Chicago Fire	East	8-20-6	30	0.88	43–58 (−15)	20th of 20	10th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Frank Yallop / Brian Bliss
2014	Chicago Fire	East	6-10-18	36	1.06	41–51 (−10)	15th of 19	9th	Missed playoffs	Frank Yallop
2013	Chicago Fire	East	14-13-7	49	1.44	47–52 (−5)	12th of 19	6th	Missed playoffs	Frank Klopas
2012	Chicago Fire	East	17-11-6	57	1.68	46–41 (+5)	5th of 19	4th	Out in knockout round	Frank Klopas
2011	Chicago Fire	East	9-9-16	43	1.26	46–45 (+1)	11th of 18	6th	Missed playoffs	Carlos de los Cobos / Frank Klopas
2010	Chicago Fire	East	9-12-9	36	1.20	37–38 (−1)	10th of 16	4th	Missed playoffs	Carlos de los Cobos
2009	Chicago Fire	East	11-7-12	45	1.50	39–34 (+5)	6th of 15	2nd	Out in conference finals	Denis Hamlett
2008	Chicago Fire	East	13-10-7	46	1.53	44–33 (+11)	3rd of 14	2nd	Out in conference finals	Denis Hamlett
2007	Chicago Fire	East	10-10-10	40	1.33	31–36 (−5)	8th of 13	4th	Out in conference finals	Dave Sarachan / Denis Hamlett / Juan Carlos Osorio
2006	Chicago Fire	East	13-11-8	47	1.47	43–41 (+2)	4th of 12	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Dave Sarachan
2005	Chicago Fire	East	15-13-4	49	1.53	49–50 (−1)	4th of 12	3rd	Out in conference finals	Dave Sarachan
2004	Chicago Fire	East	8-13-9	33	1.10	36–44 (−8)	10th of 10	5th	SpoonMissed playoffs	Dave Sarachan
2003	Chicago Fire	East	15-7-8	53	1.77	53–43 (+10)	1st of 10	1st	ShieldMLS Cup runner-up	Dave Sarachan
2002	Chicago Fire	East	11-13-4	37	1.32	43–38 (+5)	7th of 10	3rd	Out in quarterfinals (officially conference semifinals)	Bob Bradley
2001	Chicago Fire	Central	16-6-5	53	1.96	50–30 (+20)	2nd of 12	1st	Out in semifinals	Bob Bradley
2000	Chicago Fire	Central	17-9-6	57	1.78	67–51 (+16)	2nd of 12	1st	MLS Cup runner-up	Bob Bradley
1999	Chicago Fire	West	18-14 (3 SOW)	48	1.50	51–36 (+15)	4th of 12	3rd	Out in conference semifinals	Bob Bradley
1998	Chicago Fire	West	20-12 (2 SOW)	56	1.75	62–45 (+17)	3rd of 12	2nd	CupBracket	Bob Bradley

Head coaches · 12

Everyone who has picked the team.

Regular-season record in every match in charge, playoffs alongside. A season shared by two coaches is split between them.

Chicago Fire FC head coaches
			W-L-D		Playoffs
Gregg BerhalterNow	2025–2026	60	27-19-14	1.58	1-1-1	—
Frank Klopas	2011–2024 · 3 spells	155	56-61-38	1.33	0-1-0	—
Ezra Hendrickson	2022–2023	44	12-18-14	1.14	—	—
Raphaël Wicky	2020–2021	51	12-25-14	0.98	—	—
Veljko Paunović	2016–2019	136	41-58-37	1.18	0-1-0	—
Frank Yallop	2014–2015	63	13-26-24	1.00	—	—
Brian Bliss	2015	5	1-4-0	0.60	—	—
Carlos de los Cobos	2010–2011	41	10-16-15	1.10	—	—
Denis Hamlett	2007–2009	63	24-18-21	1.48	2-2-2	—
Dave Sarachan	2003–2007	136	55-50-31	1.44	5-3-1	—
Juan Carlos Osorio	2007	15	6-3-6	1.60	1-1-1	—
Bob Bradley	1998–2002	151	82-54-15	1.66	13-9-2	1998

Home grounds · 4

Where the home games were.

1998–2001Soldier Field · Chicago
2002–2003Cardinal Stadium · NapervilleWhile Soldier Field was rebuilt; the Fire returned there late in 2003.
2003–2005Soldier Field · Chicago
2006–2019Toyota Park · BridgeviewNow SeatGeek Stadium; the Fire moved back to Soldier Field in 2020.20,000 seats

Season

Position

Players used26

Average age26.6

Goals43

Most minutes

Chris Brady

5,076 min · GK

Chicago Fire FC 2026 roster
#		Pos		Nat
1	Chris Brady	GK	22	USA	5,076	0	0	0.0	0	5
2	Jack Elliott	D	31	England	2,263	0	1	1.2	15	2
3	Philip Zinckernagel	F	32	Denmark	2,239	5	8	9.1	76	2
4	Maren Haile-Selassie	M	27	Switzerland	2,027	8	3	4.4	45	4
5	Djé D'Avilla	M	23	Ivory Coast	2,003	1	0	1.0	12	2
6	Anton Salétros	M	30	Sweden	1,991	0	0	1.3	21	1
7	Andrew Gutman	D	30	USA	1,739	1	4	1.8	15	3
8	Robin Lod	M	33	Finland	1,652	4	2	4.6	22	1
9	Jonathan Dean	D	29	USA	1,651	0	0	0.0	0	4
10	Jonathan Bamba	F	30	France	1,386	2	2	4.5	39	2
11	Mbekezeli Mbokazi	D	21	South Africa	1,276	0	0	0.7	7	1
12	Hugo Cuypers	F	29	Belgium	1,135	13	0	10.5	40	3
13	Leonardo Barroso	D	21	Portugal	1,048	0	0	0.2	5	2
14	Robert Lewandowski	F	38	Poland	891	6	1	5.4	26	1
15	Mauricio Pineda	D	29	USA	767	0	0	0.2	6	7
16	Puso Dithejane	M	22	South Africa	670	2	1	2.2	20	1
17	Sam Rogers	D	27	USA	503	0	0	0.1	2	2
18	Sergio Oregel	M	21	USA	376	0	0	0.0	1	3
19	Josh Cohen	GK	34	USA	200	0	0	0.0	0	1
20	Johan Gomez	F	25	USA	185	1	0	0.4	3	1
21	Dylan Borso	D	20	USA	116	0	0	0.2	3	1
22	Chris Mueller	M	30	USA	114	0	0	0.4	1	4
23	David Poreba	M	24	USA	83	0	1	0.0	0	1
24	Sam Williams	M	21	USA	70	0	0	0.0	1	2
25	Christopher Cupps	D	18	USA	58	0	0	0.0	0	2
26	Anzor Mekvabishvili	M	25	Georgia	21	0	0	0.0	0	1

Everyone who played a minute for the club in 2026, regular season and playoffs combined. Age is during the season, by birth year.

All-time · 1998–2026

The club's leaders.

Goals

1Ante Razov1998–200485
2Chris RolfeM · 2005–201352
3Nemanja NikolicF · 2017–201951
4Hugo CuypersF · 2024–202642
5David AccamM · 2015–201733
6Josh Wolff1998–200232
7Peter Nowak1998–200229
8Dema Kovalenko1999–200227
9Marco Pappa2008–201226
10Damani Ralph2003–200423

Assists

1Peter Nowak1998–200258
2Ante Razov1998–200439
3Patrick NyarkoM · 2008–201537
4Chris Armas1998–200735
5Justin Mapp2003–201033
6Diego Gutierrez1998–200831
7Jesse Marsch1998–200529
8Cuauhtemoc Blanco2007–200927
9Lubos Kubik1998–200026
10Chris RolfeM · 2005–201323

Minutes

1C.J. Brown1998–201028,668
2Sean JohnsonGK · 2010–201626,764
3Chris BradyGK · 2022–202623,900
4Logan PauseM · 2003–201423,357
5Zach Thornton1998–200621,726
6Chris Armas1998–200721,439
7Gonzalo SegaresD · 2005–201421,382
8Jesse Marsch1998–200518,781
9Diego Gutierrez1998–200814,247
10Ante Razov1998–200414,164

Expected goals

1Nemanja NikolicF · 2017–201948.2
2Hugo CuypersF · 2024–202645.8
3David AccamM · 2015–201728.7
4Brian GutiérrezM · 2020–202524.6
5Robert BericF · 2020–202121.9
6Maren Haile-SelassieM · 2023–202618.0
7Philip ZinckernagelF · 2025–202618.0
8Jeff LarentowiczM · 2013–201516.4
9C.J. SapongF · 2019–202014.7
10Przemyslaw FrankowskiM · 2019–202114.6

Saves

1Chris BradyGK · 2022–2026364
2Sean JohnsonGK · 2013–2016316
3Bobby ShuttleworthGK · 2020–2021126
4Gabriel SloninaGK · 2021–2022125
5Matt LampsonGK · 2016–2017115
6Richard SánchezGK · 2017–201890
7Kenneth KronholmGK · 2019–202065
8Jon BuschGK · 201535
9David OustedGK · 201934
10Stefan ClevelandGK · 201825

Seasons at the club

1C.J. Brown1998–201013
2Logan PauseM · 2003–201412
3Chris Armas1998–200710
4Gonzalo SegaresD · 2005–201410
5own goal1998–20119
6Zach Thornton1998–20068
7Jesse Marsch1998–20058
8Patrick NyarkoM · 2008–20158
9Justin Mapp2003–20108
10Sean JohnsonGK · 2010–20167

Club records

Best season (PPG)

1.96 · 2001

16-6-5 · 53 pts · Out in semifinals

Worst season (PPG)

0.88 · 2015

8-20-6 · 30 pts

Longest win streak

7 matches

1998 · since 1996

Biggest win

7–0 at Kansas City

Wed, Jul 4 2001

Heaviest defeat

2–7 at Nashville

Sun, Apr 27 2025

Biggest home crowd

63,094

1–1 vs Miami · Thu, Sep 10 2026

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