Dan Gaichas

Fire pick up Lod in Free Agency

CHICAGO, IL--Chicago Fire FC made a significant pickup in MLS free agency by picking up former Minnesota United midfielder and…

1 week ago

Holiday Message 2025

It's Christmas Eve while I type this. It's usually one of the least busy sports days of the year. Yet,…

2 weeks ago

Soccer on the Sound: Stars complete sweep of Blast

Tacoma Stars 8-6 Baltimore Blast KENT, WA--The Major Arena Soccer League recently kicked off its schedule and the Tacoma Stars…

3 weeks ago

Chi-Lights: Comings and Goings

CHICAGO, IL--In addition to the transfer of Brian Gutierrez this week, both the Fire and Stars have made transactions over…

3 weeks ago

Fire transfer Gutierrez to Chivas

CHICAGO, IL--Chicago Fire FC homegrown Brian Gutierrez has transferred to Liga MX side CD Chivas de Guadalajara for a multi-million…

3 weeks ago

Pools detemined for 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup

SYDNEY, NSW--The pools for the 2027 Men's Rugby World Cup were drawn on Wednesday in Sydney. The 11th Men's Rugby…

1 month ago

Chi-Lights: Fire, Stars make roster moves

Both the Fire and Stars have made roster moves over the past few days. In the case of the Stars,…

1 month ago

Whitecaps survive Son, penalties to advance

Vancouver Whitecaps 2-2 LAFC (Whitecaps advance 4-3 on penalties) VANCOUVER, BC--The largest crowd in Vancouver's MLS era (53,957) saw an…

1 month ago

Fire announce 2026 fixture list

CHICAGO, IL--Recreating Mike Magee's "day off" from 2014, Chicago Fire FC announced their 2026 fixture list.The Fire's 29th season will…

2 months ago

Mexico drop Paraguay friendly in San Antonio

Mexico 1-2 Paraguay SAN ANTONIO, TX--Mexico closed out 2025 with a 2-1 defeat by Paraguay at the Alamodome in San…

2 months ago

Kicking the Numbers: Visiting our xG dashboards

Back in September, we introduced a pair of dashboards exploring expected goals (xG) for the German Bundesliga and the English…

2 months ago

Major League Soccer to align calendar with top leagues

PALM BEACH, FL--On Thursday, Major League Soccer officially announced that they are going to shift to a "summer-spring" calendar which…

2 months ago

Report: MLS owners to vote on Fall-Spring season

Second major change could involve realignment to five divisions. PALM BEACH, FL--The Athletic's Paul Tenorio and Tom Bogert are reporting…

2 months ago

Chicago Fire FC Year-in-Review: Things Looking Up (Finally)

Before we start the Year-in-Review, we feel we should have to address the elephant that barged into the room in…

2 months ago

Soccer on the Sound: Huskies finish regular season with loss

Washington 2-4 UCLA SEATTLE, WA--The University of Washington Huskies finished the Big Ten regular season with a loss to UCLA…

2 months ago

Fire sign two midfielders

CHICAGO, IL--On Friday, Chicago Fire FC added to their midfield both defensively and in attack. First, the Fire signed Swedish…

2 months ago

Stars FC Year-in-Review: Changes and Challenges

To say that this season was a challenge for Chicago Stars FC would be an understatement. By the time the…

2 months ago

Stars win Bridgeview finale

Chicago Stars FC 2-1 Angel City FC BRIDGEVIEW, IL—The 121st and final home match at SeatGeek Stadium for Chicago Stars…

2 months ago

All Blacks win Chicago ‘Rematch’ with Ireland

Ireland 13-26 New Zealand CHICAGO, IL—The second largest crowd to watch rugby in the history of the United States were…

2 months ago

Preview: Ireland vs New Zealand

CHICAGO, IL--On Thursday, both Ireland and New Zealand announced their squads for Saturday's test match at Soldier Field. It was…

2 months ago

Rapids part ways with Chris Armas

COMMERCE CITY, CO--On Monday, Colorado Rapids announced that they have parted ways with coach Chris Armas. Armas leaves the club…

2 months ago

Whitecaps gain advantage over FC Dallas

Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 FC Dallas (Whitecaps lead series 1-0) VANCOUVER, BC--Before a record MLS-era playoff crowd of 32,066, Vancouver Whitecaps…

2 months ago

USWNT drop friendly to Portugal

USA Women 1-2 Portugal Women CHESTER, PA--It started well after 33 seconds, but two goals off corner kicks gave Portugal…

2 months ago

Fire end playoff drought by dominating Orlando

Chicago Fire 3-1 Orlando City SC BRIDGEVIEW, IL—It had been 5,828 days since Fire fans last celebrated a playoff win,…

2 months ago