Hot Fire drawing the ire of foes' fans
usatoday.com 5/14/2008 — The Chicago Fire might not win a Major League Soccer popularity contest. They may look more like a Brazilian martial arts school ...

A soccer blog by Luis Arroyave
blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com 5/15/2008 — Chad Barrett has wanted to walk onto the field at Wrigley Field ever since he was a kid. But Barrett's Wrigley dreams have nothing to do with Ryne Sandberg, Andre Dawson or Mark Grace. No, it has more to do with Henry Rowengartner."I've been wanting ...

Video: FIRE's Blanco throws out first pitch at Cubs game
web.mlsnet.com 5/18/2008 — (from MLSnet.com) The Chicago Fire's Cuauhtémoc Blanco won the online voting for MLS Goal of the Week this week, then was given the honor of throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, for a Cubs' game against the San Diego Padres...

Match Recap: FIRE v DYNAMO
web.mlsnet.com 5/18/2008 — May 17 --- MLSNet.com: An 82nd-minute goal by Bobby Boswell gave the visiting Houston Dynamo a surprising 2-1 win against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday evening. --- Playing through a driving spring rain for most of the game, the two-time MLS champion Dynamo earned their second consecutive win...

ESPNsoccernet - MLS - Galarcep: Chicago riding its airtight defense
soccernet.espn.go.com 5/16/2008 — Deep in the bowels of RFK Stadium following last week's "MLS Primetime Thursday" game you couldn't imagine two more different locker room scenes. There was the D.C. United locker room, complete with hanging heads and a sullen atmosphere that bordered ...

Hayes to coach new Chicago women's soccer team (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News 5/15/2008
Former Arsenal Ladies coach Emma Hayes was selected Thursday to lead the new Chicago Women's Professional Soccer team. Hayes' resume includes coaching at all levels of soccer in both the United States and England. "It's a real honor to be back in the ...

Fire face struggling Dynamo at home — Major League Soccer News 5/16/2008
Proud owners of the best defensive record in Major League Soccer this season, the Chicago Fire return home to play host to a team that has struggled to score goals, the two-time defending champion Houston Dynamo.

Fire confident, but know season is long — Major League Soccer News 5/16/2008
The Chicago Fire are enjoying their best start ever, going 5-1-1 through the first seven games of the 2008 season. To put it mildly, things are going well. But you don't crow too much when the season is not yet one-third over.

Dynamo-Fire Preview (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLS News 5/16/2008
The Houston Dynamo finally secured their first win of the season in dramatic fashion, but it's the Chicago Fire that are playing as if they were the two-time reigning MLS Cup champions. The Dynamo will try to win consecutive games as they visit the ...

Houston hope to extinguish red-hot Fire — Major League Soccer News 5/16/2008
For the Houston Dynamo, this weekend's trip to Chicago to face the red-hot Fire (no pun intended) can't come soon enough.