While the salary cap for American sports leagues such as the NBA and NFL have been smashing successes testing the skill of most clubs front office, the same policy which so many in England want placed on Premier League clubs would lead to nothing short of a major competitive advantage for smaller clubs. Let me […]
Entries Tagged as 'Chicago Fire'
DC United the Victim of MLS Salary Cap
November 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Chicago Fire, DC United, MLS Playoffs
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Fire Advances
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago Fire, DC United, Juan Carlos Osorio, Tom Soehn
In a show of absolute tactical savvy, Juan Carlos Osorio the Chicago Manager outfoxed Tom Soehn and DC United despite United having an active home crowd and a superior club. It must be pointed out that Soehn made two huge mistakes in the past few weeks that created the environment for Chicago’s success.
1- Playing Jaime […]
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Fire Still Short of Playoffs
October 14th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago Fire, MLS Playoffs
Chicago had a golden opportunity to essentially clinch an MLS Playoff birth today. Kansas City lost to New York, but the Fire were unable to take advantage of superior possession and several good goal scoring opportunities to break down DC United at RFK Stadium. Chicago continues to draw matches they should have won, and instead […]
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Chivas and Chicago Draw in front of Ruckus Crowd
September 30th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Claudio Suarez, Cuauhtemoc Blanco
In front of what was probably the most lively crowd at an MLS match in sometime, if ever Chicago gave away a lead for the third straight match and Manager Juan Carlos Osorio lost his temper and was shown off the bench by the officials.
The match was tense as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a long time Club […]
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The Blanco Effect
August 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago Fire, Cuauhtemoc Blanco
For all the hype around the arrival of David Beckham stateside, no mid-season signing has had the affect on its team than that of Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Chicago. Blanco’s signing was far from a sure thing: After all Mexican Internationals have come to MLS and flopped previously, the most notable being Luis Hernandez who spent […]
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Conde Sold to Chicago
August 17th, 2007 · No Comments · Chicago Fire
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Photos from Chicago Fire v Celtic Friendly
July 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Chicago Fire, celtic
Courtesy of reader Dan Brennan, here are photos of this past Sunday’s friendly between Chicago Fire and Celtic.
And here’s Dan’s report from the match:
Celtic FC invaded Toyota Park Sunday in their second match in four days, and, for most of the match, it showed.
The Fire came out roaring thanks to the arrival of Cuauhtemoc Blanco, […]
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Osorio to Lead Fire
July 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Chicago Fire, Juan Carlos Osorio
The Chicago Fire have made an excellent coaching hire to replace the fired Dave Sarachan. Columbian Juan Carlos Osorio, whom I am personally very familiar with from his four plus years as an assistant at Manchester City under Kevin Keagan and Stuart Pearce will take over the Fire next week according to Soccernet.com. Osorio actually […]
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Former Juve and Lazio Star on Trial with Chicago
May 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Chicago Fire, Marcelo Salas
Marcelo Salas, the Chilean footballing legend who led his nation to the 1998 World Cup and spent several years in Italy with Juventus and Lazio is on trial with the Chicago Fire of MLS. Salas has been without a club since walking out on a Chilean club over money in December. At 32, Salas’ best […]
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