Don't forget we're about two weeks out from Sounder At Hearts official Scarf Release party, and
the away leg vs Santos Laguna! For all the details just click here.
Former Columbus Crew winger Robbie Rogers had his debut with Leeds United -- though I don't
think it went exactly as he would have planned it out.
Chicago Fire cuts ties with and sues youth soccer league
"The MLS Chicago Fire, which is based out of Bridgeview, has terminated its affiliation with and
sued a youth soccer league, claiming it failed to pay more than $35,000 for use of team trademarks,
violating a licensing agreement.
Chicago Fire Soccer LLC entered into a licensing agreement on Sept.
The Chicago Fire take on Honduran side Real España in an international preseason friendly at
New Orleans' Tad Gormley Stadium today, Saturday, February 4, at 5:00 p.m. CST. This whole trip has
been in conjunction with the Youth Development Program, the Chicago Fire Juniors - Louisiana.
Earlier today, fans had the chance to meet and greet Fire players at three CFJ-LA campuses: Audubon
Park, City Park and Lions Park.
The Chicago Fire announced that Mike Matkovich and Leo Percovich will return to the club as
Frank Klopas' assistant coaches for the 2012 season. Matkovich rejoins the Fire as an assistant
coach, having previously served in the role for the club from 2009-10. The fact that Klopas is
bringing Matkovich back on suggests that there was some kind of rift between Matkovich and former
Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos.
The Fire have scheduled a friendly February 4th against Honduran club Real Espana in Louisiana.
The game has been announced by Real Espana and the hosts, Chicago Fire Juniors of Louisiana.
As reported originally on Soccer by Ives a couple of weeks ago, the Chicago Fire have signed 17
year-old striker Kellen Gulley as a Home Grown Player. Gulley comes from the Chicago Fire Juniors -
Mississippi and becomes the first player from the three Juniors programs based outside of
Chicagoland to sign with the club's first team.
Kabiru Adewunmi was a sophomore at Amundsen High School. He won a spot on the Chicago Fire
Juniors North and moved to the city less than one year ago. According to his coach, Kabiru was an
intelligent, good-natured teen with an easy smile and was already catching the eye of college
recruiters.
D.C. United took the U-15/16 division and the Chicago Fire won the U-17/18 division of the Carolina
Academy Challenge Cup - played in conjunction with a four-team profesional tournament in
Charleston, S.C.
In the younger age group, D.C. United played North Meck SC to a 1-1 draw on Saturday, but advanced
to the championship via a penalty shootout.
Miami, July 19, 2010- -- Miami FC announced today the hiring of Daryl Shore as the fourth head
coach in franchise history. Shore takes over the managerial duties of the club as the Blues fight
towards earning a playoff berth for the 2010 season.
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"My family and I are excited to return to South Florida.
Saturday before the first team game, our KCW Juniors U-16s took on the Chicago Fire Juniors U-16s,
winning 1-0 on a late goal from Jordan Rideout, son of former Wizards (and Everton) player Paul
Rideout. Check out the match recap from our video stud Jake:
Over the weekend, we found out that the Wizards-Fire game this weekend would be a double header.
Today we find out that it's in fact a triple header. Along with the 7:30 start time for the
Wizards-Fire game, and the 9:45 start time for KC Athletics vs AAC Eagles the Wizards U-16 Juniors
team will take on the Chicago Fire Juniors U-16 team in a US Soccer Developmental Academy league
game.
Tal vez algunos ya hayan escuchar de esta copa, pero para los que tenemos conocimiento de ello
sabemos que es una muy buena oportunidad para que los equipos representativos de Tigres
UANL se fogueen y logren desarrollarse mejor.
La participación de Tigres será en 4 secciones del torneo muy importantes.
Confirmed today with the University coaching staff, this article from the West Suburban Sports
website outside of Chicago, Cal Roselieb is on campus at Missouri State in time to participate in
Spring practices this year.
Missouri State will be getting the services of Downers Grove South's Cal Roselieb, and they'll
be getting those services earlier than they might have anticipated.
Confirmed today with the University coaching staff, this article from the West Suburban Sports
website outside of Chicago, Cal Roselieb is on campus at Missouri State in time to participate in
Spring practices this year.
Missouri State will be getting the services of Downers Grove South's Cal Roselieb, and they'll
be getting those services earlier than they might have anticipated.
U.S. U-17 MNT head coach Wilmer Cabrera and his staff have finalized the 40-player roster for
the Spring 2011 semester of U.S. Soccer's Residency Program. Check out the full release here and
the detailed roster here.
Included in the list are eight veterans of the program who have been there since the Fall 2009
semester - the first of the current cycle.
Not immune to the travel woes currently hitting most of Europe, the U.S. U-17 Men's National
Team will be delayed a bit in their trip to England and Italy. With ash from the volcanic eruption
in Iceland closing down most of the air space in Europe, thousands of flights in and out of the
continent have been cancelled.
Before the details, a note this is the broadest group I've seen enter the program in my 9 years
of watching and covering the program. With players from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Nevada,
Coach Brewer appears to have spread his web further than ever. I hope its the final step in getting
them to the MVC Championship, and NCAA Tourney, following the teams stumble in the MVC Tourney the
past two years.
The Chicago Fire Juniors started in 2004 as the official youth club of the Chicago Fire. There
are currently eight branches: Fire Juniors (Naperville), Fire Juniors South, Fire Juniors Northwest
Indiana, Fire Juniors North, Fire Juniors Louisiana, Fire Juniors Florida, Mississippi Fire
Juniors, and West Michigan Fire Juniors.
