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2010 Chicago Fire season

The 2010 Chicago Fire season was the club's 15th year of existence, their 13th season in Major League Soccer, and 13th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.

Chicago Fire
2010 season
OwnerAndrew Hauptman
CoachCarlos de los Cobos
MLS10th overall (4th in Eastern Conference)
MLS Cup PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupRound of 16
SuperLigaGroup stage
Sister Cities Cup4th
Top goalscorerMarco Pappa (7)
Biggest winCHV 1-4 CHI (10/23)
Biggest defeatTFC 4-1 CHI (5/8)
← 2009
2011 →

Squad edit

As of October 23, 2010[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   USA C. J. Brown
3 FW   USA Calen Carr
4 DF   USA Kwame Watson-Siriboe
6 MF   USA Peter Lowry
8 MF   SWE Freddie Ljungberg
9 MF   BIH Baggio Husidić
10 FW   MEX Nery Castillo (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
11 MF   USA John Thorrington
12 MF   USA Logan Pause
13 DF   SLV Deris Umanzor
14 FW   GHA Patrick Nyarko
15 FW   NED Collins John
16 MF   GUA Marco Pappa
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   USA Mike Banner
19 MF   USA Corben Bone
20 FW   USA Brian McBride (captain)
22 DF   COL Wilman Conde
23 DF   POL Krzysztof Król (on loan from Jagiellonia)
25 GK   USA Sean Johnson
27 MF   USA Victor Pineda
28 DF   USA Steven Kinney
29 DF   USA Erik Ustruck
31 DF   CRC Gonzalo Segares
32 DF   USA Dasan Robinson
40 GK   USA Andrew Dykstra
77 MF   SRB Bratislav Ristić
— GK   USA Ian Anderson
— GK   USA Alec Dufty (on loan from AC St. Louis)

Transfers edit

In edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF   USA Corben Bone (from Draft, 13th Overall)
4 DF   USA Kwame Watson-Siriboe (from Draft, 26th Overall)
28 DF   USA Steven Kinney (from Draft, 45th Overall)
25 GK   USA Sean Johnson (from Draft, 51st Overall)
15 FW   NED Collins John (from K.S.V. Roeselare)
— MF   SLV Julio Martínez (On loan from Club León)
13 DF   SLV Deris Umanzor (from C.D. Águila)
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   SWE Freddie Ljungberg (from Seattle Sounders FC)
10 FW   MEX Nery Castillo (On loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
27 MF   USA Victor Pineda (from Academy)
29 GK   USA Erik Ustruck
77 MF   SRB Bratislav Ristić (from Rad Beograd)
31 DF   CRC Gonzalo Segares (from Apollon Limassol)
— GK   USA Ian Anderson
— GK   USA Alec Dufty (On loan from AC St. Louis)

Out edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Free Agent)
31 DF   CRC Gonzalo Segares (To Apollon Limassol)
6 DF   USA Brandon Prideaux (Retired)
17 FW   USA Chris Rolfe (To AaB Fodbold)
24 DF   USA Daniel Woolard (Released on waivers)
00 GK   USA Ian Anderson (Released on waivers)
34 DF   USA Austin Washington (Released on waivers)
No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   USA Jon Busch (Released on waivers)
21 MF   USA Justin Mapp (Trade to Philadelphia Union[2])
5 DF   USA Tim Ward (to the San Jose Earthquakes[3])
23 FW   BUL Stefan Dimitrov (Released on waivers[4])
— MF   SLV Julio Martinez (To Club León)

Formation edit

Starting XI vs. Chivas USA on Oct. 23:

Club edit

Chairman   Andrew Hauptman
Ground (capacity and dimensions) Toyota Park (20,000 / N/A)

Source: Chicago Fire


Management edit

Position Staff
Technical Director   Frank Klopas
Manager   Carlos de los Cobos
Assistant manager   Alvaro Briones

Last updated: November 23, 2010
Source: Chicago Fire

Kits edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Home
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Away Special
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Home Red / White lettering Red Red
Away White / Navy lettering White White
Away Special[5] White / Green lettering White Green MLS, April 24 against Houston

Review edit

March edit

Chicago began their twelfth Major League Soccer regular season on the road the first two weeks with a match against the New York Red Bulls on March 27, 2010 and the Colorado Rapids on April 3, 2010 followed by their first home match against San Jose Earthquakes on April 10, 2010.[6]

May edit

The Chicago Fire participated in the first ever Chicago Sister Cities International Cup. A friendly tournament hosted by the Fire.

July edit

Fire terminate loan agreement with Leon F.C. for the rights of Julio Martinez

August edit

The Fire trade for Freddie Ljungberg (from Seattle) and also sign Nery Castillo from Shakhtar Donetsk. The Fire trade away Justin Mapp and Tim Ward for allocation money and to clear roster spots.

Competitions edit

  • MLS – 10th Overall
  • MLS Cup – Did not qualify
  • U.S. Open Cup – 3rd round
  • SuperLiga – Group Stage

League table edit

Conference

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Red Bulls 30 15 9 6 38 29 +9 51 MLS Cup Playoffs
2 Columbus Crew 30 14 8 8 40 34 +6 50
3 Kansas City Wizards 30 11 13 6 36 35 +1 39
4 Chicago Fire 30 9 12 9 37 38 −1 36
5 Toronto FC 30 9 13 8 33 41 −8 35
6 New England Revolution 30 9 16 5 32 50 −18 32
7 Philadelphia Union 30 8 15 7 35 49 −14 31
8 D.C. United 30 6 20 4 21 47 −26 22
Source: MLS

Overall

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 LA Galaxy (S) 30 18 7 5 44 26 +18 59 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Real Salt Lake 30 15 4 11 45 20 +25 56
3 New York Red Bulls 30 15 9 6 38 29 +9 51
4 FC Dallas 30 12 4 14 42 28 +14 50 CONCACAF Champions League
5 Columbus Crew 30 14 8 8 40 34 +6 50
6 Seattle Sounders FC 30 14 10 6 39 35 +4 48 CONCACAF Champions League
7 Colorado Rapids (C) 30 12 8 10 44 32 +12 46
8 San Jose Earthquakes 30 13 10 7 34 33 +1 46
9 Kansas City Wizards 30 11 13 6 36 35 +1 39
10 Chicago Fire 30 9 12 9 37 38 −1 36
11 Toronto FC 30 9 13 8 33 41 −8 35 CONCACAF Champions League
12 Houston Dynamo 30 9 15 6 40 49 −9 33
13 New England Revolution 30 9 16 5 32 50 −18 32
14 Philadelphia Union 30 8 15 7 35 49 −14 31
15 Chivas USA 30 8 18 4 31 45 −14 28
16 D.C. United 30 6 20 4 21 47 −26 22
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
30 36 9 12 9 37 38  −1 4 4 7 15 13  +2 5 8 2 22 25  −3

Last updated: October 23, 2010
Source: MLS 2010 regular reason standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
StadiumAAHAHHAAHHHAAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHHA
ResultLTLWWTLTTWTWLLWTWLLTTLLLWLWLTW
Position10131511771211119109999979101010111111111211101010
Updated to match(es) played on October 23, 2010. Source: MLS Results and League table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

MLS regular season edit

See also: 2010 Major League Soccer season

March edit

March 27, 2010 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Chicago Fire Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 pm ET Lindpere   29' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24,572
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

April edit

April 3, 2010 Colorado Rapids 2–2 Chicago Fire Commerce City, Colorado
4:00 pm ET Cummings   12'
Wynne   22'
Clark   31'
Casey   41'
Earls   42'
Cummings   57'		 Report John   25'
Pappa   42'
McBride   50' (pen)		 Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 11,641
Referee: Terry Vaughn
April 10, 2010 Chicago Fire 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 pm ET Pappa   52' Report Luiz   28'
Alvarez   49'
Opara   81'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 20,276
Referee: Mark Geiger
April 17, 2010 D.C. United 0–2 Chicago Fire Washington, D.C.
8:30 pm ET James   73'
Morsink   85'		 Report Pappa   80'
McBride   90'		 Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 18,407
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 24, 2010 Chicago Fire 2–0 Houston Dynamo Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 pm ET Husidic   48+'
Lowry   55'   67'
John   81'
Krol   84'
Banner   88'		 (report) Chabala   58'
Serioux   65'
Cruz   79'   82'
Landin   84'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 11,312
Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May edit

May 1, 2010 Chicago Fire 1–1 C.D. Chivas USA Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 pm ET Husidic   52' Report Dealgado   67'
Santos   76'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,224
Referee: Jason Anno
May 8, 2010 Toronto FC 4–1 Chicago Fire Toronto, Ontario, CAN
4:00 pm ET LaBrocca   24'
De Guzman   39'
White   46'
Barrett   66'
Barrett   69'
Cann   72'		 Report Pause   50' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 20,060
Referee: Terry Vaughn
May 15, 2010 Kansas City Wizards 2–2 Chicago Fire Kansas City, Kansas
8:30 pm ET Jewsbury   33'
Espinoza   43'
Kamara   50'
Conrad   62'
Escobar   63'
Kamara   88'		 Report Martínez   13'
Martínez   43'
McBride   47'
Krol   63'		 Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark
Attendance: 8,155
Referee: Michael Kennedy
May 27, 2010 Chicago Fire 1–1 FC Dallas Bridgeview, Illinois
8:00 pm ET McBride   40'
Conde   62'		 Report Ferreira   6' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 12,522
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

June edit

June 5, 2010 Chicago Fire 2–1 Philadelphia Union Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30 CT Husidic   14'
Brown   45'
McBride   70'
Pappa   74'		 Report Miglioranzi   22'
Mwanga   90+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,658
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
June 9, 2010 Chicago Fire 2–2 Colorado Rapids Bridgeview, Illinois
Pappa   23'   46' Report Cummings   21'
Casey   91'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 13,607
Referee: Paul Ward
June 27, 2010 New England Revolution 0–1 Chicago Fire Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:00 pm EDT (report) Pappa   30'
Conde   47'		 Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 12,306
Referee: Jair Marrufo

July edit

July 3, 2010 Columbus Crew 2–1 Chicago Fire Columbus, Ohio
Moffat   43'
Garey   45'		 Hejduk   44' (o.g.)
Robinson   45'		 Stadium: Crew Stadium
Attendance: 14,017
Referee: Alex Prus
July 8, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–1 Real Salt Lake Bridgeview, Illinois
Conde   50' Findley   40'
Johnson   67'
Espíndola   88'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 17,847
Referee: Terry Vaughn

August edit

August 1, 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–3 Chicago Fire Carson, California
Bowen   23'
Donovan   37'
Kirovski   45'
Birchall   53'
Kovalenko   65'
Dunivant   68'
Donovan   81'		 Pappa   4'
John   5'
Banner   19'
Nyarko   36'
Johnson   90'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 20,348
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 8, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–0 New York Red Bulls Bridgeview, Illinois
Husidić   30' Ream   31'
Mendes   78'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 21,868
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
August 18, 2010 Chicago Fire 2–1 New England Revolution Bridgeview, Illinois
Husidic   32'
Castillo   37'
Conde   39'
Carr   85'
Castillo   38'		 Phelan   12'
Perovic   16'
Gibbs   25'
Perović   42'
Osei   52'
Barnes   90'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Michael Kennedy
August 21, 2010 Houston Dynamo 4–3 Chicago Fire Houston, Texas
Ching   31'
Ching   42'
Palmer   50'
Ching   59'
Ching   85'		 Carr   55'
Pappa   60'
Boswell   69' (o.g.)
Conde   70'
Brown   81'
Ljungberg   90'		 Stadium: Robertson Stadium
Attendance: 18,890
Referee: Kevin Stott
August 28, 2010 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire Seattle, Washington
Montero   24'
Montero   36'
Nkufo   44'
Montero   90'
Jaqua   90'		 Kinney   21'
Thorrington   28' (pen)
Ljungberg   83'		 Stadium: Qwest Field
Attendance: 36,386
Referee: Ramón Hernández

September edit

September 4, 2010 Chicago Fire 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy Bridgeview, Illinois
Segares   22'
Pause   63'
John   88'   88'		 Report Gonzalez   87'   89' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 21,068
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 8, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–0 Toronto FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30 pm CDT Nyarko   68' Report Cann   24'
de Guzman   35'
Usanov   69'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 12,891
Referee: Ramon Hernandez
September 11, 2010 Philadelphia Union 1–0 Chicago Fire Chester, Pennsylvania
6:00 pm EDT Le Toux   36'
Jacobson   60'		 Report Ljungberg   36'
Conde   45+'		 Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 18,563
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
September 18, 2010 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Chicago Fire Sandy, Utah
2:00 pm MDT Beckerman   33'
Saborío   47+' (pen.)		 Report Conde   30'   46+' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 14,440
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
September 25, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm CDT Thorrington   27'
Pappa   69'		 Report Nkufo   89' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 17,477
Referee: Jason Anno
September 29, 2010 San Jose Earthquakes 0–3 Chicago Fire Santa Clara, California
9:00 pm CDT Geovanni   50' Report Kinney   36'
Krol   50'
Ljungberg   72'
Nyarko   92'		 Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium
Attendance: 9,829
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

October edit

October 2, 2010 FC Dallas 3–0 Chicago Fire Frisco, Texas
Rodriguez   19'
Chavez   30'
Chavez   46'
Cunningham   67'		 Report Pause   28'
Conde   84'		 Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
Attendance: 10,615
Referee: Yader Reyes
October 8, 2010 Chicago Fire 2–0 Columbus Crew Bridgeview, Illinois
Lowry   30'
Kinney   41'
McBride   53'
Brown   58'
Lowry   88'		 Report Moffat   25'
Brunner   37'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 15,124
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
October 12, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–2 Kansas City Wizards Bridgeview, Illinois
Report Arnaud   46'
Arnaud   65'
Bunbury   80'
Zusi   91+'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 12,230
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
October 16, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–0 D.C. United Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm CDT Conde   37' Report Quaranta   5' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 19,056
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
October 23, 2010 Chivas USA 1–4 Chicago Fire Carson, California
8:00 pm CDT Flores   5'
Borja   44'
Maldonado   57'
Maldonado   59'
Zemanski   64'
Espinoza   71'
Ante Jazic   89'		 Report McBride   40'
Ljungberg   47'
Conde   47'
Carr   68'
Ljungberg   72'
Husidic   93+'		 Stadium: Home Depot Center
Attendance: 14,825
Referee: Paul Ward

International Friendly edit

May 30, 2010 Chicago Fire 0–1 A.C. Milan Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm EDT Seedorf  47' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 20,000

U.S. Open Cup edit

See also: 2010 U.S. Open Cup
June 29, 2010 Third round Chicago Fire 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(3–0 p)		 Charleston Battery Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm EDT Nyarko   48'
Conde   70'
Watson-Siriboe   73'
Pappa   88'		 Report Armstrong   16'
Zaher   90'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,526
Penalties
Neagle  
Zaher  
Fuller  		   McBride
  Król
  Conde

Sister Cities Cup edit

See also: Chicago Sister Cities International Cup

Semi-Final Match

May 19, 2010 Chicago Fire   0–1 Paris Saint-Germain   Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm ET Chantome   14' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 9,254
Referee: Chris Penzo

Third Place Match

May 22, 2010 Chicago Fire   0–3 Legia Warsaw   Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm ET Report Iwański   59'
Szałachowski   63'
Iwański   75'
Szałachowski   86'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 12,234
Referee: Chris Penzo

SuperLiga edit

July 14, 2010 Chicago Fire   1–5 C.A. Morelia   Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm ET Kinney   49' report Elias Hernandez   4'
Luis Gabriel Rey   34'
Miguel Sabah   40'
Rafael Marquez Lugo   50'
Jaime Arturo Lozano   70'		 Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 11,009
Referee: José Vitelio Rivera  
July 17, 2010 Chicago Fire   0–1 New England Revolution   Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm ET Report Perovic   77' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,117
Referee: Kevin Stott  
July 20, 2010 Chicago Fire   1–0 Pumas UNAM   Bridgeview, Illinois
7:00 pm ET Conde   34' report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 9,429
Referee: Jose Pineda  

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/players 2010 Season Final roster
  2. ^ http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2010/07/union-acquire-midfielder-justin-mapp Archived October 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine July 2010
  3. ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/08/fire-trade-ward August 2010
  4. ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/08/fire-release-stefan-dimitrov August 2010
  5. ^ "Fire Goes Green 2010". April 24, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
  6. ^ "MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled" (Press release). Major League Soccer. September 24, 2009. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
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