Category Archives: Chicago Fire

Thursday playoff prediction

I’ve got 30 seconds tonite before the game.  I had a hard time picking this game, but I’m going with the Fire.  The Revolution are the best at losing the big game, but I think Chicago is going to get there instead.

Predicting the postseason

Well a weekend full of season ending games and a couple more end of the year awards have been finalized. How are my predictions going?
I correctly predicted that the 4th seed Chicago Fire took out overall league leaders DC United.
I also predicted that the 5th place (East) Kansas City Wizards would defeat 1st place [...]

Chicago Fire drop top seeded DC United out of the playoffs

After the Chicago Fire’s 1-0 win at their home in Toyota Park they had to go to DC, one of the toughest places to play in all of MLS.  Expectations were high for DC United even though they were coming into the game down by a goal.
Chad Barret and Chris Rolfe both scored for the [...]

Playoffs are on

Just as the Fire and DC United have kicked off this 2007 playoffs I found this interesting article from a Chicago sports writer.  Kinda funny and I felt kinda the same when I was thinking about who was going to win this series.  Not at all that anyone cares who I pick, just that I [...]

MLS 2008 Playoff Schedule and Predictions

Well the Galaxy run came to an end and the Wizards didn’t drop out of the playoffs on their last game day like expected. Here is a look at the upcoming playoff schedule. I’m glad to see they are still going to have Thursday nite games on ESPN2! All times CST.
Thurday, October [...]

Updated playoff race

The Galaxy tied NYRB 1-1 last nite to keep the playoff race interesting.
Here is a look at the current playoff situation. The Columbus Crew are right there even with the Galaxy but because of head to head tie-breakers do not have a chance of making the post season anymore.  Each team has one game [...]

Rapids Still Want Playoffs

Well the playoff picture is still all up in the air.  We know that Kansas City, Chicago and LA all have control of their own destiny.  Columbus and Colorado are both hoping to squeeze into the playoffs, but they need some help to get there.
The Colorado Rapids played the west leading Chivas USA.  The Rapids [...]

Fighting For The Playoffs

This is how the current situation looks, we have 5 teams fighting for the last 2 playoff spots:
#. Team - points (games remaining)
7. KC Wizards - 37 (2)
8. Chicago Fire - 36 (2)
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9. Colorado Rapids - 32 (2)
10. Columbus Crew - 31 (2)
11. LA Galaxy - 30 (3)
The following table represents how high the bottom [...]

My First Impressions Of Blanco, Denilson and Wanchope

Last night was my first chance to see Blanco, Denilson and Wanchope in action as the Chicago Fire traveled to Pizza Hut Park to take on FC Dallas.  This was a big game for both teams as the Fire are fighting for the last playoff spot and FC Dallas would like to get back up [...]

Wanchope Will Join Fire Tomorrow

It is expected that Paulo Wanchope will officially join the Chicago Fire.  He reportedly passed his medical exam and has agreed to terms for a one year deal with the Fire.
Wanchope is a 31 year old Costa Rican striker that will bring a lot of experience and goal scoring power to the team.  He is [...]