About this episode

The episode discusses the Chicago Fire's recent performance and their upcoming Open Cup journey.

Following a second straight clean sheet and third straight win, the Chicago Fire find themselves in 2nd place in the MLS Eastern Conference only trailing Nashville SC who they deal their first loss of the season between victories in Philadelphia and against Atlanta. What’s changed to get the Fire into this rhythm? Who has stood out? Is winning games 1-0 sustainable for this team? Does this make us less worried about the health of Hugo Cuypers? How excited should fans be getting about this team as we look ahead to what feels like a softer stretch of the schedule? Also, the Fire begin their 2026 Open Cup journey tonight in Detroit! Where should the tournament rank as a priority for Gregg Berhalter? John Thornton of Men In Red 97’s ‘The Bonfire’ joins Alex for an exciting edition of the CHGO Fire Podcast An ALLCITY Network Production Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #ChicagoFire #cf97 #VamosFire #ReturnToRed Hosted by Simplecast, an…

People in this episode

Host: Alex

Guest: John Thornton

Topics covered

• Chicago Fire
• MLS Eastern Conference
• Open Cup
• soccer
• team performance
• Hugo Cuypers
• John Thornton

Keywords

• Chicago Fire
• MLS
• Open Cup
• John Thornton
• soccer
• Hugo Cuypers
• Nashville SC
• clean sheet
• victories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Men In Red 97, CHGO Sports, ALLCITY Network

Places: Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville SC

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