Chicago Fire Soccer Club Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids
Chicago Fire

Full name

Chicago Fire Soccer Club

Founded

1997

Ground

Capacity

20,000

Chairman

Andrew Hauptman

Manager

Denis Hamlett

League

2008

Home colours

Away colours

The Chicago Fire Soccer Club is a soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer in Bridgeview, Illinois. They started in 1998 and won an MLS Cup in that year. The club is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

League title

The Fire (in red) hosting the Dallas Burn at Soldier Field in July 1998
Section 8 during a June 2008 match at Toyota Park
Chicago's Patrick Nyarko (right) dribbling past a Seattle defender during an April 2012 match
Chicago Fire F.C. lineup photo, 2013
Bastian Schweinsteiger played for Chicago from 2017 to 2019
The Chicago Fire SC crest (1997–2019)
Bakary Soumaré wearing the all-red shirt with a white horizontal chest stripe. This was the club's primary kit until 2012
Soldier Field
SeatGeek Stadium, located in Bridgeview, Illinois, was the club's home stadium from 2006 until 2019
"Section 8", the supporters area at SeatGeek Stadium
Piotr Nowak