The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

It's a match with some of the biggest stars in MLS (five designated players) as the Chicago Fire host the New York Red Bulls. The match will take place at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois on Sunday, August 8, 2010. Kickoff is scheduled for 21:00 EST, 8 PM local time ... Read More

Freddie Ljungberg, who fell out of favor with the Seattle Sounders, has been traded to the Chicago Fire. The move was not a big surprise as the Sounders allowed Ljungberg to start looking for options to move to other teams as it became aware he was no longer wanted with ... Read More

The Chicago Fire have signed Mexican player Nery Castillo as a designated player with plans for him start August 1st in an MLS match against the LA Galaxy. The move was not too surprising after the club released plans to name a DP player and Castillo has been named in rumors. ... Read More

The Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer will announce a designated player signing after their SuperLiga match with the New England Revolution. The Fire previously has Cuauhtémoc Blanco as their designated player by the Mexican international left after the 2009 season. So, who will the player be? The statement on the ... Read More

The SuperLiga, a competition between Mexican Primera Division and Major League Soccer, will kick off its 2010 edition this week. It has two groups of four teams with the top teams advancing to the semifinals and eventually a final. The tournament will feature the teams who finish in the middle ... Read More

Toronto FC hosted the Chicago Fire looking to extend their perfect record at BMO Field. Both teams are in the middle of the Eastern Conference and had two wins on the season before the match. Toronto FC are aiming for their first spot in the playoffs while the Fire are ... Read More

The Major League Soccer 2009 Eastern Conference Final was on Saturday with Real Salt Lake traveling to face the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. The winner would move onto the MLS Cup Final next Sunday against the Los Angeles Galaxy. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights. Real ... Read More

The Major League Soccer Playoffs have reached the Conference Finals (or overall semifinals) with the Los Angeles Galaxy hosting the Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference and the Chicago Fire hosting Real Salt Lake in the Eastern Conference. This round is only one leg with the winners of each match ... Read More

The Major League Soccer 2009 Playoffs continued on Saturday, November 7, 2009 with the second leg between the Chicago Fire and New England Revolution. The Revolution were up 2-1 after the first leg but the Fire hosted the second leg on Saturday. The winner would go on to face Real ... Read More

The Major League Soccer regular season is finished and the playoffs are starting this week. It was an interesting regular season which included new franchise Seattle making the playoffs and leading the league in home attendance. Other clubs such as the New York Red Bulls struggled all year and were ... Read More