Articles filed under Soccer
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Leading future leaders: Naperville native coaches ‘the best and the brightest our country has’Nov 05, 2025 7:35 pm - Brian Plotkin, a Naperville North graduate who won two national soccer championships at Indiana University as a player, is up to the challenge of coaching men’s soccer at West Point.
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Stars FC beat Angel City in season finaleNov 02, 2025 9:54 pm - Chicago Stars FC closed the season with a 2-1 win over Angel City FC on Sunday.
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Tai Baribo scores 2 goals, Union beats Fire 3-0 to sweep first-round seriesNov 01, 2025 7:04 pm - Tai Baribo scored two early goals and the Philadelphia Union beat the Chicago Fire 3-0 on Saturday at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview to sweep the best-of-three first-round series in the MLS Cup playoffs.
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As more suburban schools switch to artificial turf, injury debate carries onNov 01, 2025 12:00 pm - As more and more synthetic turf fields are installed at suburban high school athletic fields, questions remain about whether they leave athletes more susceptible to injury.
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Chicago Fire ends MLS playoff drought and sets a building block for future ambitionOct 25, 2025 8:46 pm - The Chicago Fire reached the MLS playoffs for the first time since 2017 and won a playoff game too. Could it be just the start of big things at long last for the Fire?
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Cuypers scores 2 goals and the Fire advances out of the wild-card round with 3-1 victory over OrlandoOct 22, 2025 9:59 pm - Hugo Cuypers scored two second-half goals, Brian Gutiérrez added another and the Chicago Fire advanced out of the wild-card round with a 3-1 victory over Orlando City on Wednesday night at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.
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Brooklyn FC tabs USMNT great Brian McBride as first GMOct 21, 2025 2:58 pm - Brooklyn FC has named former U.S. national team great Brian McBride as its first general manager, ahead of its inaugural season in USL Championship next year.
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Wright scores twice as US rallies to beat Australia 2-1 in friendly as Pulisic leaves with injuryOct 14, 2025 10:13 pm - COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Haji Wright scored in the 33rd and 51st minutes off passes from Cristian Roldan, and the United States rallied to beat Australia 2-1 on Tuesday to ...
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Chris Brady records second straight clean sheet and the Fire beat the Crew 2-0Sep 27, 2025 10:12 pm - Andrew Gutman and Hugo Cuypers each scored, Chris Brady recorded his second straight clean sheet, and the Chicago Fire beat the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday night.
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Schwarz: Taking an opportunity to praise Joe Mansueto and the Chicago FireSep 26, 2025 11:49 am - After more than a decade of failures, the Chicago Fire is doing something deserving of praise, and a lot of it, writes sports editor Orrin Schwarz.