Chicago Fire
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Fire player shortage linked to salary cap issuesApr 17, 2013 4:00 pm - If the Chicago Fire is short-handed this season, it's not just because the team has been hurt by a rash of injuries. With just 26 players on its roster, the Fire is four...
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Fire’s locker room enforcer has a softer sideApr 12, 2013 1:50 pm - As locker room enforcers go, Gonzalo Segares doesn’t sound very tough. Above Segares’ locker at Toyota Park hangs a list of fines for his teammates for various offenses ...
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Fire won’t catch a break this weekendApr 08, 2013 9:08 pm - As hard as it was for the Chicago Fire to get its first victory of the season last weekend, it might be even harder to get No. 2 Sunday at Houston. The Dynamo (3-2-0, 9 ...
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Fire can breathe sigh of reliefApr 07, 2013 4:00 pm - Its season-opening slump had made the Chicago Fire the butt of jokes and ridicule, so Sunday's 3-1 victory against the New York Red Bulls lifted a ton of pressure from t...
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Rested Fire players keep focus pointed forwardApr 03, 2013 10:26 am - The Chicago Fire is doing its best to channel one of former Bears coach Mike Ditka’s favorite sayings: “This too shall pass.” The bye week in the Fire’s schedule last we...
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Fire stoked about Friedrich’s pain-free returnMar 27, 2013 12:45 am - Arne Friedrich is back from Germany and pain-free. For the Chicago Fire that’s very good news. But Friedrich, who had his first training session with the club Wednesday ...
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Struggling Fire needs some buzzMar 26, 2013 2:33 pm - When the Major League Soccer season opened at the beginning of March, Chivas USA was considered the laughingstock. On Sunday night, Chivas left Chicago laughing after a ...
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Fire’s wretched start to season continuesMar 25, 2013 12:32 pm - Sunday’s 4-1 loss to Chivas USA left Chicago Fire players and coaches struggling to explain the worst start in the club’s 16-year history. “It’s embarrassing what happen...
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Not exactly soccer weather for Fire practiceMar 21, 2013 1:50 pm - The weather forecast for Sunday calls for temperatures in the mid-30s and a chance of snow — a great way to welcome a team from Los Angeles. Training in this weather has...
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What’s behind Fire’s scoring slump?Mar 20, 2013 1:50 pm - Forward Sherjill MacDonald likes the Chicago Fire’s chances of breaking out of its scoring drought Sunday. “I think this is the perfect game to score some goals,” MacDon...