| The Chicago Fire
is Chicago, Illinois's Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise.
The Fire won the MLS Cup in 1998, their first season in the
league. They also won the 1998, 2000, and 2003 editions of
the US Open Cup. The Fire played at Soldier Field from
1998-2001. They played at North Central College's Cardinal
Stadium in the suburb of Naperville in 2002, moving back to
the remodeled Soldier Field late in October 2003. There are
plans of moving to a soccer-specific stadium to be built in
Bridgeview, Illinois in 2006. The club has one of the
strongest and most enthusiastic support in the league in the
form of Section 8 Chicago. |
