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Could this be breakout season for Husidic?
Midfielder Baggio Husidic was a pleasant surprise for Fire coach Carlos de los Cobos last season when he displayed a knack for setting up and scoring goals in 22 appearances.
Nine Saturday home games on Fire's schedule
The Fire released their full 2011 schedule Thursday, a 34-Major League Soccer slate with most home games set for weekends.
Pause not a one-man gang
With close-cropped hair showing just a touch of gray, Fire midfielder Logan Pause has the perfect look of an elder statesman.
Fire coach starting fresh in 2011
Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos says there will be no excuses in 2011.
Fire lose Castillo to Greek team
Nery Castillo's short Fire career appears to be over after a Greek club announced his acquisition Wednesday.
Young U.S. soccer players face Chile
Eighteen days in the middle of the Major League Soccer off-season is hardly enough time to turn a group of virtual strangers into a team, much less one that can challenge the likes of Chile.
Fire take Anibaba 9th in MLS draft
The Fire landed a highly regarded defender Thursday in the MLS SuperDraft, but Jalil Anibaba says his first objective is to listen and learn.
Free-agent signings begin busy week for Fire
The Fire announced two free-agent signings Tuesday, the first of several acquisitions expected this week.
Beckham to train but not play with Tottenham Hotspur
When Tottenham Hotspur fans showed up at the team's White Hart Lane Stadium in London on Sunday, there was anticipation in the air.
A chance at soccer south of the border
The first time Natalie Vinti took the field with Mexico's national soccer team, her arms were covered with more ink than those of an NBA point guard.
FIFA fills in the blanks on its map — and Russia and Qatar's checks
Watching the presentations the past two days of the two successful men's World Cup bids, Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022), I was struck by how much each relied on an argument so persuasive in Rio de...
From $20 million to $400: What people earn in Chicago sports
Who's the highest paid Illinois state employee? Gov. Pat Quinn? Not even close. Illinois' football coach Ron Zook and Illinois' basketball coach Bruce Weber both earn base salaries of $1.5...
U.S. soccer plays to 2-2 draw with Poland in Chicago
Soldier Field was supposed to be friendly turf for the United States men's national soccer team, but a large pro-Polish crowd tried its best to tilt the home-field advantage Saturday night.
OUT LOUD: Brian McBride
The Arlington Heights native talks to Tribune reporter Luis Arroyave about food and an odd hockey experience.
Arsenal stuns Barcelona, 2-1, in Champions League play
Arsenal scores twice in a six-minute span late in the second half to take the first leg of the round-of-16 contest.
Getting down to the bare facts
Officials of German club St. Pauli threaten to, er, strip the owners of a luxury suite at the stadium of their privileges if unwelcome dancing shows don't stop.
Emotions run the gamut in European Champions League soccer games
Schalke '04 ties Valencia, 1-1, behind a gracious Raul Gonzalez, and AC Milan loses to Tottenham Hotspur, 1-0, as Gennaro Gattuso displays poor sportsmanship.
Expanded MLS means a longer season, starting March 15
Acting on the assumption that it is better to release its schedule before the season actually begins, Major League Soccer did just that Thursday.
Lionel Messi's goal leads Argentina past Ronaldo's Portugal, 2-1
There was only one logical conclusion likely Wednesday, when the world's most expensive soccer player came up against the world's best soccer player.
Galaxy ties Timber, 1-1, as Beckham logs more time with Tottenham
David Beckham has decided to extend his sojourn with Tottenham Hotspur in England by another two weeks rather than return to California on Thursday as planned.
Liverpool owner John Henry to bring fiscal sanity to an insane world
It hasn't taken Boston Red Sox and Liverpool owner John W. Henry long to get the hang of this soccer thing. Not long at all.
Juan Pablo Angel looks to lend firepower to Galaxy
The Galaxy's newest star introduced himself to the Los Angeles media Tuesday and said that the Southern California weather was great, that he was happy to be here, that the team had a good mix of...
Frankie Hejduk and Jimmy Conrad are glad to be home
A few words plucked from the opening pages of the Chivas USA and Galaxy notebooks now that the 2011 Major League Soccer season is only six weeks away …
Galaxy's Bruce Arena has to find the right mix
No one knows whether Bruce Arena is a fan of high-wire acts, but the Galaxy coach might become one before the end of the 2011 Major League Soccer season.