How we're feeling knowing it's going to be 58º next Saturday for our Home Opener 😄 pic.twitter.com/D9Cr2kQMrm— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) February 23, 2024 Everyone: #MLSisBack Us: pic.twitter.com/ylAKbLtZPd— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) February 23, 2024 First steps, fiery strides. 😤🔥#cf97 | #VamosFire pic.twitter.com/olGf1qs054— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) February 23, 2024 Prepping time for season opener this Saturday! 😤 pic.twitter.com/O1gXkTECeH— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) February 23, 2024 Heart, Hustle. Fire. 🔥#cf97 | @DrinkBODYARMOR pic.twitter.com/JjfGLgrpSS— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) February 22, 2024 Section 8: 2 days https://twitter.com/Section8Chicago/status/1760789421467603120?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1760789421467603120|twgr^f4b8f394a4e614938df39af5ddea1a430c94eafc|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://bleacherreport.com/chicago-fire MIR '97: Gaston Gimenez back to DP slot https://twitter.com/meninred97/status/1760836508108398619?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1760836508108398619|twgr^f4b8f394a4e614938df39af5ddea1a430c94eafc|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https://bleacherreport.com/chicago-fire MIR '97: How the Chicago Fire achieved roster compliance https://meninred97.com/how-the-chicago-fire-achieved-roster-compliance/ MIR '97: Meet 2024 MIR97 The Writing Team https://meninred97.com/meet-2024-mir97-the-writing-team/ The Lantern: 2024 Chicago Fire preview (free) https://www.patreon.com/TheLantern The Athletic: What I’m hearing on MLS DP arrivals and more ahead of opening weekend: Tom Bogert (subscription) https://theathletic.com/5293572/2024/02/22/orellano-cincinnati-timbers-jonathan-rodriguez/ Sportsmole: Preview: Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire - prediction, team news, lineups https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/footba...fire-prediction-team-news-lineups_537240.html Major League Soccer Soccer dawt com: MLS is back! How to watch https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-is-back-how-to-watch-every-match-this-weekend ---------------------------------------------- Non Fire News ---------------------------------------------- All Footy games on TV today: https://firsttouchonline.com/soccer-tv/ Stars & Stripes: 2024 W Gold Cup, Matchday 3: Match thread and discussion https://www.starsandstripesfc.com/2...ussion-canada-costa-rica-paraguay-el-salvador SBI Soccer: Americans Abroad midweek rewind-Tillman, Dest & more... https://sbisoccer.com/2024/02/americans-abroad-midweek-rewind-tillman-dest-and-more Pro Soccer Wire: Messi incredibly chips ball over injured RSL player to set up shot https://prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/lists/messi-inter-miami-chip-brody-mls-video-reactions/ Clutch Points: CR7 still super buff at age 39 https://clutchpoints.com/cristiano-ronaldo-news-shows-off-incredible-physique-age-39 World Soccer Talk: Pep Guardiola admits to wanting national team coaching job in near future https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/gu...m-job-in-near-future-20240222-WST-491041.html
and it's Flashback Friday!!! LET'S TRAVEL THROUGH THE PORTAL SHALL WE??!!! Mister Peabody and Sherman set the Way Back Machine to: 2020 Chicago Fire FC Soldier Field hype video. I thought this was appropriate because even though it was 4 short years ago, we've come a long way baby! For one, our men are back in RED and there's no stupid crown logo and we are actually rolling into pre-season with a few bullets in the chamber to threaten other teams with and the first GENUINE hope since 2017. I know...take that sh*t to the optimism thread. So...that may fade if the Fire get beat up by the likes of Cowlumbus and Cincy but for now things look better as they stand currently than this 2020 hype video
That Sportsmole sight...has the game listed as 25th Saturday which is not a thing. Just sayin'. I was confused.
Yes, MLS is back and, sadly, that include Gaston Gimenez as a DP for the Chicago Fire (especially after we signed Acosta).
US Soccer, I think we have a suitable replacement for Gregg Berhalter. Of course, just about any coach, except (perhaps) Paunovic, would be an improvement on Berhalter. Oh, and Yallop. Actually, the way the USMNT play, Paunovic would likely be the perfect coach. They play like a U-17 squad and Pauno's only success has been with a U-17 side.
Chicago Fire FC helps sponsor post first ever profit! Not likely, but at least Carvana is less of a joke of a sponsor. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/23/carvana-cvna-stock-surges-on-2023-profit-analyst-upgrades.html
I never really knew anything about the company but most of the feedback here was really negative so this is a bit refreshing.
If I was alive in 1962, my mother would have told me the same, but I was -3 at time. Odd that my father was what they used to call a "Nixonian Republican." Then, again, everything about my father was was odd. When Reagan was elected, she said sarcastically, "That's it, we're moving to Canada." We had a friend of hers living with us at the time and she responded in all seriously that she would go and start packing.
My dad told me that Harry Truman called Nixon "a no good, lying bastard" in '58 and that he agreed with Truman then. Yeah, I know, wrong thread.
In the mid-60s my brother served in the Marines, but by a stroke of luck wasn't sent to Vietnam. I guess truck drivers were scarce at El Toro MCAS. My lottery number was 24 and my mother was ready to send me to Canada, but the draft ended 18 months before. By then I had already read Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" and was trying to figure out which one of the strategies I was going to use to beat the draft. http://tenant.net/Community/steal/steal.html#3.07.3