Klopas to join Chicago Fire TV broadcasts
The Chicago Fire on Tuesday announced that former player, coach and technical director Frank Klopas will join the club's regional television broadcasts as a color commentator.
Klopas, who most recently coached the Montreal Impact, will join play-by-play man Dan Kelly, who returns for his seventh season with the club. Klopas is a Chicago soccer legend, having joined the Chicago Sting as a player out of Mather High School in Chicago. He also played for the Fire in 1998 when it won MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup.
Former Orlando Sentinel beat writer Paul Tenorio, a Northwestern graduate, will join the team as sideline reporter after covering Orlando City SC.
Comcast SportsNet will cover 28 Fire games this season, starting with the season opener against New York City FC on March 6.
Fire broadcast schedule on CSN Chicago
Chicago SportsNet will broadcast 28 Chicago Fire games this season. All times Central:
Date: Opponent, Time, Channel
Sunday, March 6: vs. New York City FC, 1 p.m. CSN
Saturday, March 19: vs. Columbus Crew SC, 4 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, April 2: vs. Philadelphia Union, 4 p.m., CSN*
Saturday, April 16: vs. Montreal Impact, 4 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, April 30: vs. D.C. United, 4 p.m., CSN*
Wednesday, May 11: at Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 9 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, May 14: at New England Revolution, 6:30 p.m., CSN
Wednesday, May 18: at New York Red Bulls, 6:30 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, May 21: vs. Houston Dynamo, 4 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, May 28: vs. Portland Timbers, 7:30 p.m., CSN*
Saturday, June 18: at Colorado Rapids, 8 p.m., CSN+
Wednesday, June 22: at Philadelphia Union, 6 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, July 9: at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m., CSN
Wednesday, July 13: vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m., CSN*
Saturday, July 16: at FC Dallas, 8 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, July 23: at New England Revolution, 6:30 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, July 31: vs. New York Red Bulls, 6 p.m., CSN*
Saturday, Aug. 6: at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m., CSN
Saturday, Aug. 20: at Montreal Impact, 6:30 p.m., CSN+
Wednesday, Aug. 24: vs. LA Galaxy, 7:30 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, Aug. 27: at D.C. United, 6 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, Sept. 3: vs. Philadelphia Union, 7:30 p.m., CSN+
Saturday, Sept. 10: vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m., CSN+
Wednesday, Sept. 28: at Seattle Sounders FC, 9:30 p.m., CSN
Saturday, Oct. 1: at Columbus Crew SC, 6:30 p.m., CSN
Thursday, Oct. 13: vs. Columbus Crew SC, 7:30 p.m., CSN
Sunday, Oct. 16: vs. New England Revolution, 4 p.m., CSN
Sunday, Oct. 23: at Toronto FC, 3 p.m., CSN
* Indicates simultaneous Spanish-language broadcast on CSN+