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Chicago Fire

Major League Soccer World

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Founded:	1997
Stadium:	Toyota Park
Coach:	Veljko Paunovic
Major League Soccer Form:
Overall Form:

Chicago Fire home ground venue is Toyota Park.

Veljko Paunovic is the current coach for Chicago Fire.

Chicago Fire Major League Soccer Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Chicago Fire have played a total of 34 matches in United States Major League Soccer. Their current statistics is 9 win, 16 draw and 9 lose.

Chicago Fire did not lose their last two matches in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Chicago Fire results for their home or away matches in Major League Soccer 2011.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Chicago Fire	34	9	16	9

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
23/10/2011	Chicago Fire	3 - 2	Columbus Crew	2-0	H2H	O	+
Jalil Anibaba 11'		1 - 0
Jalil Anibaba 30'		2 - 0
			39' Kevin Burns
			39' Robbie Rogers
			45+1' Sebastián Miranda Córdova
			65' Joshua Gardner
			65' Jeff Cunningham
		2 - 1	72' Emilio Rentería García
			74' Dilly Duka
			78' Emmanuel Ekpo
			79' Andrés Mendoza Acevedo
			79' Tommy Heinemann
		2 - 2	79' Dilly Duka
Diego Chaves 81'		3 - 2
Diego Chaves 87'
Or Barouch 87'
			90+1' Emmanuel Ekpo
Dominic Oduro 90+2'
Daniel Paladini 90+2'
Marco Pappa 90+6'
Baggio Husidić 90+6'
15/10/2011	DC United	1 - 2	Chicago Fire	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Josip Mikulic
			73' Dominic Oduro
			73' Orr Barouch
Andy Nájar 76'
			78' Orr Barouch
Josh Wolff 79'
Charlie Davies 79'
90'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	90+3' Sebastian Hugo Grazzini
		1 - 2	90+5' Diego Chaves
13/10/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 2	Dallas	0-1	H2H	O	+
Gonzalo Segares González 18'
			29' Zach Loyd
Dan Gargan 39'
		0 - 1	41' Jackson Gonçalves
			43' Jackson Gonçalves
		0 - 2	53' Daniel Cruz
Logan Pause 56'
Daniel Paladini 56'
			58' Daniel Cruz
			63' Fabián Castillo
			63' B. Shea
Dan Gargan 77'
O. Barouch 77'
Gonzalo Segares González 77'
Josip Mikulic 77'
Pavel Pardo Segura 79'
Cory Gibbs 82'
			85' Daniel Cruz
			85' Bobby Warshaw
Sebastián Grazzini 86'		1 - 2
			90' Ricardo
			90' Maicón Santos
Josip Mikulic 90'
01/10/2011	Houston Dynamo	1 - 1	Chicago Fire	1-1	H2H	O	+
Colin Clark 33'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	43' Dominic Oduro
Corey Ashe 46'
J. Taylor 46'
			51' Dominic Oduro
			51' Patrick Nyarko
Carlos Costly 60'
Calen Carr 60'
			67' Baggio Husidić
			67' Pavel Pardo Segura
			69' Gonzalo Segares González
			73' C. Bone
			73' Marco Pappa Ponce
Colin Clark 75'
Danny Cruz 75'
29/09/2011	Real Salt Lake	0 - 3	Chicago Fire	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	9' Marco Pappa Ponce
Kyle Beckerman 11'
L. Gil 15'
Yordany Alvarez Oropeza 15'
Fabian Espindola 16'
			16' Dan Gargan
		0 - 2	36' Marco Pappa Ponce
Robbie Russell 46'
Chris Schuler 46'
Yordany Alvarez Oropeza 56'
Chris Wingert 60'
Javier Morales 60'
			70' Josip Mikulic
			70' Jalil Anibaba
		0 - 3	75' Marco Pappa Ponce
			78' Dan Gargan
			78' Michael Videira
			81' Patrick Nyarko
			81' C. Bone
25/09/2011	Chicago Fire	3 - 2	New England	3-0	H2H	O	+
Sebastián Grazzini 5'		1 - 0
Dominic Oduro 9'		2 - 0
Sebastián Grazzini 25'
Baggio Husidić 25'
			28' Franco Coria
Patrick Nyarko 30'		3 - 0
			45+1' Darrius Barnes
			56' Abdoulie Mansally
			56' Mkhokheli Dube
Patrick Nyarko 66'
Diego Chaves 66'
			71' Zack Schilawski
			71' Diego Fagúndez
Dominic Oduro 77'
Or Barouch 77'
		3 - 1	90' Ryan Guy
		3 - 2	90+2' Ryan Guy
17/09/2011	Chicago Fire	3 - 2	Chivas USA	2-0	H2H	O	+
Cory Gibbs 2'		1 - 0
			5' Michael Lahoud
Juan Ángel Arango 26'		2 - 0
Cory Gibbs 37'
Sebastián Grazzini 46'
Yamith Cuesta 46'
			46' Simon Elliott
			46' Blair Gavin
			46' Michael Lahoud
			46' Edgar Trujillo Reyes
		2 - 1	61' Juan Ángel Arango
		2 - 2	63' Nick LaBrocca
			63' Justin Braun
			63' Laurent Courtois
Josip Mikulic 73'
Marco Pappa 80'
Diego Chaves 80'
Josip Mikulic 80'
Daniel Paladini 80'
Dominic Oduro 85'		3 - 2
11/09/2011	SJ Earthquakes	2 - 0	Chicago Fire	1-0	H2H	O	+
Chris Wondolowski 10'		1 - 0
Steven Beitashour 19'
			35' Baggio Husidić
Chris Wondolowski 53'
			56' Dan Gargan
			60' Baggio Husidić
			60' Diego Chaves
Jason Hernandez 61'
Nana Attakora 61'
Ramiro Corrales 69'		2 - 0
			72' Marco Pappa
			72' Or Barouch
Joey Gjertsen 80'
Jacob Peterson 80'
Simon Dawkins 85'
Ramiro Corrales 90'
Chris Wondolowski 90+1'
Matthew Luzunaris 90+1'
Sam Cronin 90+2'
28/08/2011	Chicago Fire	2 - 0	Colorado Rapids	2-0	H2H	O	+
Dominic Oduro 17'		1 - 0
Cory Gibbs 36'		2 - 0
Pavel Pardo Segura 46'
Daniel Paladini 46'
			55' Drew Moor
Gonzalo Segares González 62'
			62' Wells Thompson
			62' Omar Cummings
			67' Sanna Nyassi
			69' Kosuke Kimura
			69' Daniel Earls
			74' Caleb Folan
			74' Macoumba Kandji
			75' Brian Mullan
Patrick Nyarko 76'
Or Barouch 76'
Dominic Oduro 90'
Baggio Husidić 90'
21/08/2011	Chicago Fire	2 - 0	Toronto	1-0	H2H	O	+
Dominic Oduro 16'		1 - 0
Dan Gargan 69'		2 - 0
Marco Pappa Ponce 73'
Orr Barouch 73'
			77' Danleigh Borman
Sebastian Hugo Grazzini 89'
Cristian Nazarit 89'
Dominic Oduro 90+1'
Baggio Husidić 90+1'
19/08/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 1	DC United	0-0	H2H	O	+
			38' Clyde Simms
			46' Bill Hamid
			46' Steve Cronin
Sebastián Grazzini 59'		1 - 0
			60' Charlie Davies
			60' Luis Argudo
Dan Gargan 68'
			70' Dejan Jakovic
			71' Stephen King
			71' Santino Quaranta
Sebastián Grazzini 72'
Daniel Paladini 72'
		1 - 1	73' Luis Argudo
Logan Pause 83'
Patrick Nyarko 86'
O. Barouch 86'
Marco Pappa Ponce 86'
Diego Chaves 86'
Yamith Cuesta 90+3'
13/08/2011	New York RB	2 - 2	Chicago Fire	1-2	H2H	O	+
Thierry Henry 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	16' Dominic Oduro
		1 - 2	24' Sebastian Hugo Grazzini
			25' Sebastian Hugo Grazzini
			56' Patrick Nyarko
			56' Orr Barouch
Dax McCarty 60'
J. Agudelo 60'
63'		2 - 2
Joel Lindpere 64'
			67' Sebastian Hugo Grazzini
			67' Diego Chaves
			73' Marco Pappa Ponce
			73' Cristian Nazarit
07/08/2011	Vancouver Whitecaps	4 - 2	Chicago Fire	2-1	H2H	O	+
1'		1 - 0
Jordan Harvey 4'
		1 - 1	23' Dominic Oduro
Gershon Koffie 24'		2 - 1
			26' Dominic Oduro
Alain Rochat 33'
44'
Camilo Sanvezzo 48'		3 - 1
			53' Marco Pappa Ponce
			56' Sebastian Hugo Grazzini
			56' Orr Barouch
Alain Rochat 56'
Russell Teibert 56'
			71' Logan Pause
72'		4 - 1
		4 - 2	80' Orr Barouch
04/08/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 1	Philadelphia Union	0-1	H2H	O	+
Cory Gibbs 6'
Jalil Anibaba 6'
		0 - 1	34' Veljko Paunovic
			35' Brian Carroll
Pavel Pardo Segura 54'		1 - 1
			61' R. Torres
			61' Danny Mwanga
Sebastián Grazzini 66'
Cristian Nazarit 66'
			75' Veljko Paunovic
			75' Kyle Nakazawa
Patrick Nyarko 82'
Diego Chaves 82'
Logan Pause 85'
			87' Justin Mapp
			87' Keon Daniel
17/07/2011	Chicago Fire	0 - 1	Portland Timbers	0-1	H2H	O	+
			10' Kevin Goldthwaite
			10' David Horst
		0 - 1	25' Jack Jewsbury
Cory Gibbs 30'
Daniel Paladini 46'
O. Barouch 46'
			49' Jeremy Hall
Yamith Cuesta 57'
Yamith Cuesta 63'
			64' Jorge Perlaza Aguiño
			64' Kenny Cooper
			71' James Marcelin
			72' Darlington Nagbe
			72' Salvatore Zizzo
			78' Krzysztof Sierocki
Cristian Nazarit 85'
Logan Pause 88'
Bratislav Ristic 88'
10/07/2011	LA Galaxy	2 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-0	H2H	O	+
Landon Donovan 58'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	62' Cristian Nazarit
			64' Daniel Paladini
			65' Josip Mikulic
David Beckham 66'		2 - 1
P. Cardozo 67'
Miguel López 67'
Juan Ángel Arango 77'
Adam Cristman 77'
			78' Jalil Anibaba
			78' Diego Chaves
			82' Marco Pappa Ponce
			82' O. Barouch
			90+1' Diego Chaves
Chris Birchall 90+4'
Chris Birchall 90+4'
Chris Birchall 90+4'
M. Stephens 90+4'
			90+5' Josip Mikulic
			90+5' Patrick Nyarko
			90+5' Bratislav Ristic
03/07/2011	Chivas USA	1 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	26' Dominic Oduro
Nick LaBrocca 46'		1 - 1
			55' Marco Pappa Ponce
			62' Yamith Cuesta
			62' Josip Mikulic
			64' Marco Pappa Ponce
			64' Cristian Nazarit
Marcos Mondaini 65'
Víctor Estupiñán Mairongo 65'
Michael Lahoud 67'
			74' Diego Chaves
			74' O. Barouch
Paulo Nagamura 77'
Ben Zemanski 77'
Michael Lahoud 90+1'
Edgar Trujillo Reyes 90+1'
26/06/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 1	New York RB	0-1	H2H	O	+
Yamith Cuesta 14'
Daniel Paladini 37'
		0 - 1	40' Joel Lindpere
Patrick Nyarko 49'
			53' Carlos Mendes
O. Barouch 58'
Diego Chaves 58'
Marco Pappa Ponce 58'		1 - 1
Baggio Husidić 69'
C. Bone 69'
			77' Teemu Tainio
Marco Pappa Ponce 82'
Gabriel Ferrari 82'
			84' Mehdi Ballouchy
			84' Austin da Luz
			90+3' Dwayne De Rosario
			90+3' Mike Jones
23/06/2011	Chicago Fire	0 - 0	Real Salt Lake	0-0	H2H	O	+
Cory Gibbs 3'
			7' Fabian Espindola
			7' L. Gil
			45+1' Will Johnson
			50' Robbie Russell
O. Barouch 64'
			69' Artur Aghasyan
			69' A. Williams
O. Barouch 70'
Marco Pappa Ponce 70'
Baggio Husidić 80'
C. Bone 80'
			84' C. Warner
			84' Nelson González
Diego Chaves 86'
Gabriel Ferrari 86'
18/06/2011	New England	1 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	32' Dominic Oduro
48'		1 - 1
			59' Cristian Nazarit
			63' Diego Chaves
			63' Orr Barouch
			66' Gonzalo Segares
			77' Dominic Oduro
Shalrie Joseph 78'
			90+1' Daniel Paladini
12/06/2011	Columbus Crew	0 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-0	H2H	O	+
Emmanuel Ekpo 40'
Justin Meram 50'
Justin Meram 52'
Dejan Rusmir 52'
			53' Patrick Nyarko
			67' Leonardo Puerari Torres
			67' O. Barouch
Jeff Cunningham 73'
Kevin Burns 73'
			79' Diego Chaves
			79' Cristian Nazarit
			84' Baggio Husidić
			84' Daniel Paladini
		0 - 1	90+1' Cristian Nazarit
10/06/2011	Sporting KC	0 - 0	Chicago Fire	0-0	H2H	O	+
Michael Harrington 21'
			37' Leonardo Puerari Torres
			56' C. Bone
			56' Patrick Nyarko
			57' Cristian Nazarit
Kei Kamara 59'
C.J. Sapong 59'
Jimmy Nielsen 67'
Teal Bunbury 68'
Eric Kronberg 68'
			71' Leonardo Puerari Torres
			71' Diego Chaves
			78' Cristian Nazarit
			78' O. Barouch
Davy Arnaud 85'
Birahim Diop 85'
Aurelien Collin 90+8'
05/06/2011	Chicago Fire	0 - 0	Seattle Sounders	0-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Michael Fucito
			36' Tyson Wahl
Diego Chaves 45+2'
			54' Nate Jaqua
			54' Fredy Montero
Diego Chaves 54'
Patrick Nyarko 54'
			67' Mauro Rosales
			67' Roger Levesque
Corben Bone 67'
Leonardo Puerari Torres 67'
Cristian Nazarit 78'
Or Barouch 78'
			81' Michael Fucito
			81' Servando Carrasco
29/05/2011	Chicago Fire	2 - 2	SJ Earthquakes	0-0	H2H	O	+
			46' Joey Gjertsen
			46' Anthony Ampaipitakwong
		0 - 1	50' Ramiro Corrales
Dominic Oduro 56'		1 - 1
			68' Khari Stephenson
			68' Sam Cronin
Diego Chaves 74'
Or Barouch 74'
		1 - 2	74' Chris Wondolowski
Daniel Paladini 76'
Baggio Husidić 76'
Cory Gibbs 80'		2 - 2
Cory Gibbs 81'
Dominic Oduro 81'
Leonardo Puerari Torres 81'
			87' Ramiro Corrales
			87' Brandon Marquee McDonald
22/05/2011	Philadelphia Union	2 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-0	H2H	O	+
Amobi Chidubem Okugo 5'
Kyle Nakazawa 5'
			30' Bratislav Ristic
Danny Califf 42'
Diego Chaves 46'
Or Barouch 46'
Jordan Harvey 54'
Jordan Harvey 58'
R. Torres 58'
			60' Corben Bone
			60' Logan Pause
			60' Dominic Oduro
			60' Baggio Husidić
			60' Leonardo Puerari Torres
Michael Farfán 64'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	67' Dominic Oduro
			72' Daniel Paladini
Carlos Ruíz Gutiérrez 75'		2 - 1
Carlos Ruíz Gutiérrez 81'
Gabriel Farfán Stopani 81'
			90+3' Leonardo Puerari Torres
14/05/2011	Toronto	2 - 2	Chicago Fire	1-0	H2H	O	+
Joao Plata 9'		1 - 0
			19' Gonzalo Segares
Julián de Guzmán 25'
			28' Daniel Paladini
47'		2 - 0
Joao Plata 61'
A. Stevanović 61'
		2 - 1	63' Marco Pappa Ponce
		2 - 2	75' Orr Barouch
			90+1' Diego Chaves
			90+1' Baggio Husidić
08/05/2011	Chicago Fire	0 - 0	Vancouver Whitecaps	0-0	H2H	O	+
Josip Mikulic 4'
			25' Terry Dunfield
			58' Blake Wagner
			58' Shea Salinas
			60' David Chiumiento
Diego Chaves 60'
			72' Camilo Sanvezzo
			72' Nizar Khalfan
Corben Bone 74'
Baggio Husidić 74'
Daniel Paladini 76'
Baggio Husidić 83'
Leonardo Puerari Torres 84'
Bratislav Ristic 84'
01/05/2011	Colorado Rapids	1 - 1	Chicago Fire	0-1	H2H	O	+
Tyrone Marshall 27'
			37' Josip Mikulic
			37' Dasan Robinson
		0 - 1	43' Marco Pappa Ponce
D. Moor 45+4'
Andre Akpan 49'		1 - 1
			49' Gonzalo Segares González
			56' Daniel Paladini
			74' C. Bone
			74' O. Barouch
Sanna Nyassi 89'
Ross LaBauex 89'
			90' Leonardo Puerari Torres
			90' Patrick Nyarko
24/04/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 1	Houston Dynamo	1-0	H2H	O	+
Diego Chaves 18'		1 - 0
Dominic Oduro 21'
Baggio Husidić 65'
Michael Videira 65'
			67' Danny Cruz
			67' Colin Clark
Jalil Anibaba 76'
Dasan Robinson 76'
			78' Hunter Freeman
			78' Je-Vaughn Watson
Dominic Oduro 82'
Leonardo Puerari Torres 82'
		1 - 1	83' Bobby Boswell
			88' Will Bruin
			88' Jason Garey
Diego Chaves 90+2'
			90+6' Lovel Palmer
17/04/2011	Chicago Fire	1 - 2	LA Galaxy	0-1	H2H	O	+
Michael Videira 9'
			31' Mike Magee
		0 - 1	42' Chad Barrett
Davis Paul 46'
Patrick Nyarko 46'
Michael Videira 59'
Dominic Oduro 59'
			63' Michael Stephens
			68' Paolo Daniel Cardozo
			68' Sean Franklin
Leonardo Puerari Torres 70'
Or Barouch 70'
		0 - 2	72' Omar González
			74' Frankie Hejduk
			77' Chad Barrett
			77' Juan Ángel Arango
			80' Frankie Hejduk
			80' Bryan Jordan
Dominic Oduro 89'		1 - 2
Dominic Oduro 90+3'
15/04/2011	Portland Timbers	4 - 2	Chicago Fire	2-0	H2H	O	+
			17' Gonzalo Segares González
Jorge Perlaza Aguiño 29'		1 - 0
			37' Cory Gibbs
Rodney Wallace 38'		2 - 0
Khalif Alhassan 43'
			46' Michael Videira
			46' Marko Maric
			46' Leonardo Puerari Torres
			46' Dominic Oduro
Jorge Perlaza Aguiño 47'		3 - 0
Jeremy Hall 54'
Jack Jewsbury 57'
			64' Marko Maric
			64' O. Barouch
		3 - 1	66' Eric Brunner
Jeremy Hall 68'
Salvatore Zizzo 68'
Jorge Perlaza Aguiño 77'
Edward Johnson 77'
		3 - 2	81' Marco Pappa Ponce
Khalif Alhassan 83'
Darlington Nagbe 83'
			84' Diego Chaves
Dasan Robinson 84'		4 - 2
09/04/2011	Seattle Sounders	2 - 1	Chicago Fire	2-1	H2H	O	+
O'Brian White 7'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	8' Diego Chaves
Steve Zakuani 25'		2 - 1
James Riley 32'
Jhon Hurtado Valencia 45+2'
Mauro Rosales 64'
Nate Jaqua 64'
			72' Dasan Robinson
O'Brian White 81'
Servando Carrasco 81'
			83' Gonzalo Segares González
			83' Dominic Oduro
Servando Carrasco 90+1'
			90+3' Patrick Nyarko
			90+3' Or Barouch
26/03/2011	Chicago Fire	3 - 2	Sporting KC	2-0	H2H	O	+
			32' Omar Bravo Tordecillas
Diego Chaves 34'		1 - 0
Leonardo Puerari Torres 40'		2 - 0
			46' Craig Rocastle
			46' Teal Bunbury
Leonardo Puerari Torres 48'
		2 - 1	51' Matt Besler
			58' Davy Arnaud
Marco Pappa Ponce 59'		3 - 1
			69' Stéphane Auvray
			69' Graham Zusi
		3 - 2	72' Teal Bunbury
Leonardo Puerari Torres 74'
O. Barouch 74'
			84' S. Lorenz
			84' Birahim Diop
			88' Birahim Diop
Diego Chaves 90'
Dominic Oduro 90'
Patrick Nyarko 90+3'
Dasan Robinson 90+3'
20/03/2011	Dallas	1 - 1	Chicago Fire	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' Diego Chaves
Mílton Rodríguez Suárez 18'		1 - 1
			30' Cory Gibbs
Jackson Gonçalves 35'
Meliton Hernandez 37'
			43' Bratislav Ristic
			43' Patrick Nyarko
Brek Shea 55'
			59' Michael Videira
			63' Michael Videira
			63' Baggio Husidić
Eric Ávila 63'
Ugochukwu Ihemelu 63'
Mílton Rodríguez Suárez 65'
Rubén Luna 65'
			71' Josip Mikulic
Eric Alexander 73'
Andrew Jacobson 73'
			76' Diego Chaves
			76' Or Barouch
			78' Gonzalo Segares González

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

Statistics & Analysis of Chicago Fire

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	3
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	8
Longest run without win	11
Clean sheets	8
Matches over 2.25 goals	16
Matches under 2.25 goals	18
Matches First Half Over 0.5	24
Matches First Half Under 0.5	10
Matches odd	13
Matches even	21
Average goals scored	1.35
Average goals allowed	1.32
Failure to score	6
Biggest victory	0 - 3
Biggest defeat	4 - 2
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	0
Own goals	2
Goalless draw at home match	3 (18%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (6%)
Comeback win	1

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