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Your editor is behind today, as I spent last night meeting with Chicago Fire
owner and chairman Andrew Hauptman, discussing many of the issues I raised in my
open letter to Fire ownership last month.
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Last night, the Chicago Fire made their latest induction into the club's Ring of Fire, which
acknowledges heroes of the team's history. Added last night was Chris Armas, joining Bob Bradley,
Piotr Nowak, Lubos Kubik, Frank Klopas and Pitch Invasion's own Peter Wilt in the Ring. Despite
the pouring rain all night, Fire supporters, including myself, stayed in the stands to recognise
Chris at an excellent half-time ceremony, midway through a critical game that eventually saw the
Fire reach the MLS playoffs after a 1-0 win over Chivas USA.
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Costa Rican international David Myrie joined the Chicago Fire on Tuesday. He spent last season with
Costa Rica's Deportiva Alajuelense. "David is a young player with a lot of potential and we are
pleased to add him to our roster as the team continues to work toward bringing the MLS Cup to
Chicago this season," Fire technical director Frank Klopas said.
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Chicago Fire technical director Frank Klopas is going to be inducted into the Illinois State Soccer
Association Hall of Fame.
The ISSA will announce the induction this Saturday during the Fire's game against the Columbus Crew
at Toyota Park. An official induction ceremony and banquet will take place Oct.
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Everyone's least favorite time of year, the offseason, just got a whole lot more interesting. At
their recent holiday party Chicago Fire fans were treated to a Q and A with Chicago Fire Technical
Director Frank Klopas. Frank was very open and answered every fans question with much detail and
honesty.
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This year's list of players up for induction into the US Soccer Hall of Fame is out. And like last
year, there is a good number of former Wizards that are up for induction into the US Soccer Hall of
Fame. Included in the list is former Wizards great Preki, along with the team's current Technical
Director, Peter Vermes.
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Rounds 13 and 14 are now completed.
Previous Rounds
1 & 2
3 & 4
5 & 6
7 & 8
9 & 10
11 & 12
13(1). Team Shook - Francisco Gomez - Despite his poor finishing ability (referenced in our write
up for number 1 pick Preki), and the fact he never quite lived up to all of the hype surrounding
the him as a younger player; 'Cisco carved out a solid niche for himself in six seasons for the
Wizards appearing in 114 games at multiple positions in the midfield.
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Preki was the closest of numerous former Wizards players up for election to the US Soccer Hall of
Fame this year. Candidates need to be named on at least 75% of the 128 ballots to be elected to the
Hall. Preki was named on 87 of them (68%). He was the highest finishing player along with Joy
Fawcett.
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After going through the Wizards top scorers in MLS play, I decided to go through the Wizards goal
scorers in all competitions. I'm not going to be posting pictures this time around as each of the
players pictures are in the MLS top scorers posts. The numbers in parenthesis are the players goals
in the different MLS competitions.
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If you are a Chicago Fire fan and you're having trouble keeping up with all the candidates to
replace Juan Carlos Osorio, SBI is here to help.
The list of head coaching candidates is a long one, but not all candidates are created equal.
Some are serious long-shots, while others are true front-runners.
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