Orrin Schwarz
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After strong start in April, Fire faces difficult scheduleApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Denis Hamlett has to be happy. The new Fire coach has his team off to a good start, with two wins and a tie in its first three games, two of the games on the road. It's ...
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Hauptman makes quite an impressionApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Might as well fess up now: I like new Chicago Fire owner Andrew Hauptman, and it's not just because he picked up the check at a recent dinner for a few media members. It...
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Fire starts fast, pours it onApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The way things went Thursday night at Toyota Park, it was as if not a single raindrop fell on a Chicago Fire player. Maybe what a national television audience saw was ju...
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Blanco proves to be Fire's best buy on and off the fieldApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - To understand what Cuauhtemoc Blanco means to the Chicago Fire on the field, you only need to have seen Saturday's season opener at Real Salt Lake. In the dying moments ...
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Fire's Barrett expects even more this seasonMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Looking for a Fire player on the hot seat? Look no further than Chad Barrett. The 22-year-old forward starts his fourth season with the Fire on Saturday night in Salt La...
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Revolution, Dynamo could claim division titles in MLSMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Editor's note: Who will rule the MLS this season? Our soccer expert, Orrin Schwarz, offers his predictions here and tells you who to watch as the season gets under w...
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Starting from scratch again, Wilt enjoying the challengeMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - It's 8 a.m. on the first Saturday in March, and Peter Wilt is making his pitch to a group of U-8 and U-9 girls soccer coaches meeting in Schaumburg. Just five minutes is...
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To Thunder, it's very sweet to be among final 16Mar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Wheaton College didn't expect to get an at-large berth in the Division III NCAA men's basketball tournament. Now that the Thunder is in, it's proving it belongs. "We wer...
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Why not St. Louis for MLS expansion?Mar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Major League Soccer announced recently that a Philadelphia expansion franchise will become the league's 16th team starting play in the 2010 season. Too bad. Nothing agai...
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Klopas getting 'technical' with Chicago Fire personnelMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - There's no one more identified with Chicago soccer over the past 20 years than Frank Klopas. Lee Stern might be the Father of Chicago Soccer, but Klopas is Mr. Chicago S...