Category: Chicago Fire FC

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Leagues Cup altered into 36-team format for 2025

Leagues Cup will have a new format in 2025 with fewer teams and MLS clubs facing each other before the quarterfinals, while Liga MX clubs do the same. While every team from both leagues played in last year’s tournament, the

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Chicago Fire FC

Fire acquire M Rominigue Kouame on loan from Cadiz

The Chicago Fire acquired midfielder Rominigue Kouame on loan Friday from Spanish LaLiga2 side Cadiz CF for the 2025 season with an option to purchase. Kouame, 28, will fill an international position on the roster. Contract terms were not announced.

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Fire sign M Robert Turdean, 15, to club-record deal

The Chicago Fire signed 15-year-old midfielder Robert Turdean to a club-record contract Wednesday. The four-year guaranteed deal runs through 2008 with options for 2029-30. It is the largest homegrown deal in Fire history and the second largest in MLS history

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Fire acquire D Sam Rogers from Norwegian club

The Chicago Fire acquired defender Sam Rogers from Norwegian first-division side Lillestrom SK on Monday. Transfer terms were not disclosed. Rogers, 25, is under contract through 2026 and Chicago holds club options for 2027 and 2028. “Reinforcing the backline has

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Fire acquire Danish winger Philip Zinckernagel

The Chicago Fire acquired veteran winger Philip Zinckernagel from Belgium’s Club Brugge on Monday. The 30-year-old Denmark native signed a four-year deal through 2028. Zinckernagel has accumulated 83 goals and 80 assists in 403 professional appearances since his debut in

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Fire transfer D Tobias Salquist to Danish club

The Chicago Fire announced the transfer of defender Tobias Salquist to Denmark’s FC Nordsjaelland on Thursday. Salquist, 29, previously played in the Danish Superliga for Silkeborg IF before joining the Fire in 2024. He participated in 14 MLS matches (10

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Fire, M Gaston Gimenez agree to terminate contract

The Chicago Fire and midfielder Gaston Gimenez, who played for the club for the past five years, reached an agreement to terminate his contract on Tuesday. Gimenez, 33, joined the Fire in 2020 as a designated player after playing nearly

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Fire lend F Georgios Koutsias to FC Lugano for 2025

The Chicago Fire sent forward Georgios Koutsias to Switzerland’s FC Lugano on a loan on Friday. The year-long loan begins Jan. 1 and includes an option for a permanent transfer at the end of the deal. Koutsias, 20, had five

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