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From Last Word on Soccer, by Joe Hojnacki and Daniel Sperry With the list of players able to be selected in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft, we decided to take a stab at which players Atlanta United and Minnesota United will take from current MLS rosters. The draft will be five rounds long with each […] READ MORE
(Editorial) – Compared to what was going on in New York City, it looked like a balmy evening on the western coast of Florida on February 17th, the perfect opportunity to see a preseason demonstration of how our new coach and ever-evolving cast of players would do in their first competition against an MLS side. […] READ MORE
Chicago Fire fans were shocked this morning when news broke of a trade. A big trade. A trade that will polarize and divide many supporters. Harry Shipp has been dealt to l’Impact de Montreal for General Allocation Money and Targeted Allocation Money. Unfortunately, due to Major League Soccer’s opaque rules, it is impossible to get […] READ MORE
The Chicago Fire are well into their preseason, having defeated the University of South Florida 3-0 last weekend. Early signs are looking good – the Fire played well out of the back, attacked the Bulls repeatedly, and held most of the possession. This is to be expected against a college squad, but many of Chicago’s […] READ MORE
Editor’s Note: We here at Last Word on Sports are always looking for new and innovative ways to bring the best in sports news, analysis and commentary to our readers. This week LWOS Radio brings you Fire Confidential Live, a pod cast dealing with all the important information surrounding the Chicago Fire, MLS, and other […] READ MORE
Times keep getting harder for the Chicago Fire. On a night where the team badly needed a victory in the most important game of their season, nearly everything went wrong. Chicago was defeated by the Philadelphia Union 1-0 in a game where they came out flat, and never seemed to hit their stride. It was […] READ MORE
The Chicago Fire are on the way to the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for a record-tying eleventh time. In what was perhaps their most complete performance of the year, the Men in Red dominated Orlando City 3-1 in this week’s quarterfinal game. The result felt a bit like revenge for the […] READ MORE
For nearly four months, the Chicago Fire have sputtered and streaked, oscillating between “unbeatable” and “shambolic”. It is now nearly July and a slow start and inconsistent performances have left them with the worst record in Major League Soccer. This is familiar territory for Fire fans, who have seen their club perform variations of this […] READ MORE
Few things have gone the Chicago Fire’s way this season, a trend which continued Wednesday night as the Fire fell to first place D.C. United 1-0 at Toyota Park. The game showed much of what have become increasingly frustrating trends for supporters over the last five seasons; sputtering offense that creates chances without resulting in goals, and continued […] READ MORE
Under rainy and cold conditions, the Montreal Impact fell to the Chicago Fire by a 3-0 score on Saturday night. READ MORE
