Hang out with Brandon Prideaux this Sunday!

Come out to Chicago FireFest at the Park this Sunday, July 5th from 12:00 - 4:00 PM at Arlington Park (2200 W. Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights)! Visit Chicago Fire player Brandon Prideaux from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM and Sparky from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM at this fun family event which includes pony rides and a petting zoo as a part of Arlington Park's weekly Family Day. The Fire will also be raffling off multiple prizes and selling tickets to our next home game. Don't miss it!

Cuauhtemoc Blanco On the Air TOMORROW morning!

Cuauhtemoc Blanco will be on the WGN Radio Morning Show with Greg Jarrett TOMORROW morning around 7:40 AM! Tune in and hear what this Fire player has to say!

FIRE LOOKING TO PARTY LIKE ITS 1999

The Fire head to Colorado this weekend to face the Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. While the Fire have an edge in the all-time series against the Rapids (14-11-5) Chicago just can't seem to figure out the Mile High City. The Fire have defeated the Rapids just twice when playing in Colorado - the last time being on Oct. 6, 1999.

The Rapids have played every July 4th game on home soil since the team's inception and have posted an impressive 11-1-1 record in July 4th matches. Coincidentally, the only time the Rapids lost on July 4th was in ... 1999.

Both the Fire and the Rapids have 2009 records of 5-3-6 (21 pts).

Both the Fire and the Rapids have scored 21 goals in 2009.

The Rapids have a slight advantage in goal differential having only allowed 18 goals as compared the 19 the Fire have allowed in 2009.

Both teams sit in fourth place in their respective conferences (East and West) and will be looking to pick up important points this weekend!

THESE FIRE FANS DESERVE AN A+!

Read Why HERE!

CHAT ONLINE WITH WILMAN CONDE!

Fire defender Wilman Conde is Univision's Player of the Month! TONIGHT at 7:00 PM, fans can go online and ask Conde questions through a Live Chat. Participate by CLICKING HEREConde will also be featured each Monday during the Univion 10 o'clock newscast during the "Chicago Fire: Conexion Maxima" segment.

CHECK OUT YOUR STARTING LINE:

Dykstra
Woolard
Prideaux
Soumare
Washington
Banner
Lowry
Husidic
Mapp
Dimitrov
Nyarko

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CHECK IT OUT...

CHECK OUT this great feature in today’s Chicago Daily Southtown about the Fire and the history of Soccer cups and tournaments.

It underscores the deep history of the game and growing momentum for the sport in the U.S. Here’s the link to today’s story:

CLICK HERE!
PLUS! ESPN announced yesterday that the networks are going to dedicate 65 hours of programming to the World Cup – great news for the game and again shows that the demand for Soccer coverage is at an all-rime high and still growing here at home. Here’s what ESPN released about it yesterday:

ESPN UNVEILS PLANS FOR COVERAGE OF '10 FIFA WORLD CUP IN SOUTH AFRICA - ESPN today announced plans for its '10 FIFA World Cup coverage, which include filming all studio programming from two sets in Johannesburg, South Africa. ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 combined will air all 64 matches. Additional coverage will include "SportsCenter" segments, a nightly "World Cup Live" show and other segments totaling more than 65 hours of programming. The net's Chris Fowler, Bob Ley and Mike Tirico will serve as on-site studio hosts.