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Fire coach Frank Klopas, Dominic Oduro and Pavel Pardo discuss their upcoming game against Houston and Arne Friedrich discusses making his MLS debut....

Frank Klopas and Logan Pause are ready to kick off Chicago's season against Montreal....

ESPN's Taylor Twellman discusses what the Chicago Fire need to do to improve in the 2012 season....

CHICAGO -- Mike Matkovich and Leo Percovich will return to the Chicago Fire as assistant coaches for the 2012 season, the team announced on Friday. The two full-time assistant coaches will serve under Frank Klopas, who was named head coach on Nov. 3....

Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson, who is entering his third season in MLS, has been called up by U.S. National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for a January training camp. The session starts on Jan. 3 as the U.S. prepares for a Jan. 21 match ...

The Chicago Fire chose forward Kheli Dube with their selection in the second stage of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on Monday. The 28-year-old Dube tallied 14 goals and eight assists in 72 games with the New England Revolution, and the Fire now begin neg...

Chicago Fire midfielder Logan Pause has extended his contract through 2013, the team announced Tuesday. Terms of his extension were not disclosed. Pause has been with the Fire since the team selected him in the third round of the 2003 MLS SuperDra...

The Chicago Fire purchased the rights to 20-year-old forward Orr Barouch from Mexican club Tigres UANL, the team announced Monday. Barouch was a key second-half sub for the Fire during the 2011 season, appearing in 28 games but logging only 624 mi...

Chicago Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson has noted in the past that he relates closely with Tim Howard's style of play in the goal. Now Johnson will train alongside the U.S. National Team and Everton goalkeeper. The Fire announced on their official...

In the coming weeks, the Chicago Fire should be announcing an abundance of player options that they are picking up heading into 2012. The Fire have yet to officially state the return of midfielder Pavel Pardo or comment on other players' contract sta...

The Chicago Fire will play in their earliest regular-season home opener when they kick off their 2012 Major League Soccer campaign. The Fire and other MLS teams announced their 2012 home dates on Tuesday, and Chicago hosts a match at Toyota Park o...

Any concerns over losing a portion of the Chicago Fire's roster were put to rest as the Montreal Impact made 10 selections outside of the Fire's unprotected player pool during Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft. Former Fire midfielder and Impact head...

The Chicago Fire and other Major League Soccer teams submitted their 11-player protected lists Monday in preparation for Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft for the Montreal Impact. Among some of the Fire's noteworthy players left unprotected are forw...

Landon Donovan netted a 72nd-minute goal and the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo, 1-0, on Sunday to win the MLS Cup at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. The Galaxy earned its third MLS Cup, previously winning in 2002 and 2005. ...

Former Chicago Fire head coach Bob Bradley, coaching for the first time since his tenure with the U.S. National Team, saw his Egyptian national team debut end in a 2-0 loss to Brazil on Monday in Doha, Qatar. Brazilian forward Jonas netted goals i...

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- The Chicago Fire capped off their final training session on Thursday, and now the focus squarely shifts toward head coach Frank Klopas' club making the necessary moves to improve their fate for 2012. The Fire, who posted a 9-9-...