Ratings for Every Player Ever

I don't know what prompted my to do this (perhaps nostalgia or boredom), but here goes.​

Ratings only apply to player's time while with the Fire, not while other clubs or national teams.​

Players who were just signed this year get a question mark.​

Players who only played one game receive an Inc.​

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A-H​

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A​

§4 Junior Agogo (had potential)​

§? Alex (we’ll see, he’s only played a couple of games)​

§6 Jalil Anibaba (so far, so good)​

§10 Chris Armas (Mr. Chicago Fire)​

B​

§2 John Ball (should have stayed indoors)​

§3 Mike Banner (strangely large head, could play several positions, just not very well)​

§4 Orr Barouch (should see more playing time)​

§4 Chad Barrett (Aaah! I still have nightmares about Chad Barrett)​

§2 Brian Bates (not enough playing time to rate, but did not deserve more)​

§8.5 DaMarcus Beasley (awesome with the Fire, should he come back?)​

§2 Jamar Beasley (light up another, Jamar!)​

§2 Pascal Bedrossian (worst Fire signing ever?)​

§? Austin Berry (so far, so very good)​

§9 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (our first, and best DP. A real star)​

§9 Carlos Bocanegra (awesome with the Fire, should he come back?)​

§Inc. Jonathan Bolaños (only got in a couple of games, if that)​

§3 Corben Bone (disappointing, but seems to have skills)​

§3 Tenywa Bonseu (only played two games, went to mediocre heights)​

§Inc. Alexandre Boucicaut (one of only two or three players I don’t remember at all)​

§9.5 C. J. Brown (Mr. Chicago Fire II)​

§3 Scott Buete (generic American player)​

§6.5 Jon Busch (restored the Fire’s faith in goal keeping)​

C​

§5 Samuel Caballero (played well…and then was gone)​

§5.5 Jorge Campos (all hype and colorful jerseys while with the Fire, but the first “Star”)​

§2 Craig Capano (is he STILL only 17, he seemed to be 17 for years)​

§4 Calen Carr (good trade bait for Oduro)​

§2 Chris Carrieri (horrible player, quickly returned indoors)​

§3 Nery Castillo (well, there were fireworks when he arrived, too bad none when he played)​

§5 Diego Cháves (had a chance to really shine with the Fire, would be happy to see him return)​

§Inc. Matt Chulis (Help me out, guys, who?-played only one game)​

§Inc. Denny Clanton (moving on)​

§7 Wilman Conde (most inconsistent player on the Fire, very good, could have been great)​

§5 Jon Conway (okay fill in goalie)​

§Inc. Scott Coufal † (only played one game)​

§3 D. J. Countess (not a good keeper)​

§3 Yamith Cuesta (had potential, but disappeared)​

§3 Jeff Curtin (riding his brother’s curls)​

§6 Jim Curtin (the Human Q-Tip actually was a pretty good player)​

D​

§4 Sergi Daniv (we tried with Ukranians, didn’t we?)​

§2 Stefan Dimitrov (not our best Bulgarian)​

§3 Paul Dougherty (he was a wee little Brit)​

§4 Andrew Dykstra (had a few moments as a keeper, but not many)​

E​

§3 Justin Evans (not even the Fire’s best player named Justin, and that is not saying much)​

F​

§3 Rodrigo Faria (we traded our coach, Bob Bradley, for this guy?)​

§Inc. Gabriel Ferrari (never caught on)​

§6 Tomasz Frankowski (most criminally underused player in Fire history)​

§3 Floyd Franks (did ever make an impact, even in a single game?)​

§? Arne Friedrich (so far, so good. I hope he anchors the defense until he retires, our new Kubik?)​

§2 Ryan Futagaki (a fun name to say, still see a few Futagaki jerseys at Toyota Park)​

G​

§6 Dan Gargan (came in and claimed his position. Serviceable right back)​

§3 Sam George (I vaguely remember him playing well a couple of times)​

§5.5 Cory Gibbs (injuries have really held him back, hope he gets healthy or retires)​

§6 Kelly Gray (versatile and great hair)​

§7 Sebastián Grazzini (‘sniff’ oh, what could be)​

§2 Leonard Griffin (nothing to see here)​

§6.5 Iván Guerrero (very good and versatile MF/D)​

§7 Diego Gutiérrez (love him or hate him, he played hard for the Fire, both times he was here)​

H​

§2 David Hayes (better than the boxer, I guess)​

§5 (overall) Andy Herron (good the first time he was with us, not so the second time)​

§5 Baggio Husidić (great potential, skilled, but could just quite read the game)​

 

I-R​

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I​

§Inc. Sumed Ibrahim (huh?)​

§3 Zak Ibsen (he thought he was going to be a star, one of my favorite playwright)​

J​

§4.5 Nate Jaqua (Nate the Tall, Nate the Not Very Good)​

§3 Collins John (Never really got over his injury and then was gone)​

§2 Will John ( I always get Will John, Ryan Johnson and Will Johnson confused)​

§2 Ryan Johnson (see above)​

§6.5 Sean Johnson (We will see if he have our next Zach Thornton or not)​

§3 Will Johnson (he was the good one, just not for the Fire)​

§? Hunter Jumper (got to like a guy with two action verbs for a name, looks good so far)​

K​

§2 Josh Keller (nothing to see here)​

§3 Stephen King (I never thought much of his playing or his novels, either)​

§4 Steven Kinney (injuries have taken their toll)​

§6.5 Frank Klopas (well, he did win the US Open Cup in 1998, Chicago legend)​

§2 Aleksey Korol (another Ukrainian experience, he only played one official game)​

§7.5 Roman Kosecki (Oh, the Polish triangle, Eastern Curtain, call it what you will, it was GREAT)​

§5 Ritchie Kotschau (played a lot early, and played well)​

§6 Dema Kovalenko (our Ukrainian who worked out, man he was hated around the league)​

§5 Krzysztof Król (should have stuck it out in Chicago, but Segares returned, so…)​

§9 Luboš Kubík (Lubos, come back as an assistant coach and teach the defense how to play)​

§2 Tony Kuhn (moving on)​

L​

§4 Manny Lagos (Man, I could not stand him, but I never know why I did not like him)​

§2 Andrew Lewis (handsome, as I recall)​

§7 Freddie Ljungberg (a sloppy second DP from Seattle, but he would still be a star today)​

§3 Peter Lowry (he was great in “M”, oh that was Peter Lorrie)​

M​

§2 Amos Magee (not famous Amos, by any stretch of the imagination)​

§2 David Mahoney (can’t say I remember him)​

§6.5 Justin Mapp (First 11 one year, hated other years, skilled but “lazy” in some eyes)​

§2 Marko Marić (worst money every spent, too bad, he was supposed to be great)​

§2 Líder Mármol (scraping the bottom here)​

§8 Jesse Marsch (Great professional, bled Fire red, should be coaching with the Fire)​

§2 Julio Martínez (had one good games, but nothing else)​

§6 Brian McBride (he is an American legend, and worked really hard for the Fire, but too few goals)​

§3 Bruno Menezes (have we ever had a decent Brazilian?)​

§5.5 Josip Mikulić (uneven, expensive, injury-prone, but skilled. Much happier with Friedrich)​

§2 Jerson Monteiro (never knew his name was Jerson)​

§Inc. Jared Montz (only played one game)​

§2 Jason Moore (very few memories)​

N​

§2 Cristian Nazarit (another colossal waste of money)​

§10+ Piotr Nowak (by FAR the best Fire player ever. I would welcome him as coach any day)​

§2 Mike Nugent (barely saw the field)​

§6.5 Patrick Nyarko (inconsistent, but our best assist man over the past few years)​

O​

§7.5 Dominic Oduro (some people hate him for missing goals, but he restored faith as a goal scorer)​

§6 Francis Okaroh (fragile, how old was he? Taught CJ, so that gets him points)​

§2 Willian Oliveira (see Menezes)​

P​

§4 Daniel Paladini (he plays quite a bit, I don’t know why)​

§7 Marco Pappa (skilled, annoying, can score goals, but can waste chance after chance)​

§6.5 Pável Pardo (very experienced, helped steady the midfield in 2011, slowed in 2012)​

§Inc. Davis Paul (only played one game)​

§5.5 Logan Pause (the most divisive player in Fire history? No offensive skills)​

§3 Orlando Perez (had one good goal, but nothing else memorable)​

§4 Matt Pickens (was he the one with the big beard?)​

§3 Brian Plotkin (another of the Fire’s skilled-challenged American midfielders)​

§6.5 Jerzy Podbrożny (he gets props for being one of the first team. God, those teams were good!)​

§5 Brandon Prideaux (never had a problem with him, servable defender)​

§Inc. Chad Prince (no idea who this is. Anyone have a clue?)​

§4.5 Gastón Puerari (he and Chaves could have made a good tandem, gone too soon)​

§? Federico Puppo (our current “DP”, teeny little guy, would like to see what he can do)​

R​

§7 Damani Ralph (great forward, had to go off the Russia and get himself injured)​

§9.5 Ante Razov (best Fire forward ever, top scorer by a long shot)​

§4 Ľubomír Reiter (played hard, but did not play enough)​

§2 Michael Richardson (I hate “Seinfeld” can’t comment on this guy, though)​

§3.5 Henry Ring (tall, that’s about it)​

§5 Bratislav Ristić (skilled, played hard, too bad he was cut)​

§? Rafael Robayo (still waiting to see why the Fire signed him)​

§5 Dasan Robinson (good defender, slowed by injuries)​

§7 Chris Rolfe (so, so glad to have him back, a real professional soccer player, but injury- prone)​

§2 Jordan Russolillo (nothing to see here)​

 

S​

§3 Jorge Salcedo (only played a few games the first season)​

§4 Tony Sanneh (a very polarizing player. Excellent player, but not w/ the Fire)​

§6.5 Gonzalo Segares (great in his first stint, good now)​

§3 Dipsy Selolwane (great name, a real journeyman player)​

§2.5 Billy Sleeth (made an occasional impact, but not much)​

§3 Chris Snitko (hard to be Zach’s shadow, you don’t to get to play and Zach blocks out the Sun)​

§5 Tom Soehn (hard worker, not a good player, decent coach)​

§5 Mike Sorber (good professional, played well at times)​

§6 Bakary Soumaré (fight with Hamlett notwithstanding, a good, young defender)​

§Inc. Curtis Spiteri (no idea, what happened to him)​

§Inc. Dan Stebbins (see Spiteri, but I remember Stebbins’ name)​

§3 Jack Stewart (played well in a few games)​

§8 Hristo Stoichkov (one of the greatest. A true star, if only the Fire could have had him from 1998!)​

§5 Greg Sutton (the Fire’s best Canadian goal keeper)​

T​

§2 Osei Telesford (of all of the Osei’s on the Fire, he was the best)​

§5 Thiago (our “best” Brazilian player, but that’s not saying much)​

§9 Zach Thornton (Fire legend, Ring of Fire soon?)​

§6 John Thorrington (played with heart and energy, not injury-prone, injury-cursed)​

§3 Ryan Tinsley (had a couple of games, that was it)​

§? Paolo Tornaghi (been great when we have seen him)​

§2 Johnny Torres (only played a couple of games)​

U​

§2 Deris Umanzor (Ugh, could not have been gone soon enough)​

V​

§5 David Vaudreuil (good, though aging, fill-in player)​

§3 Michael Videira (he IS still on the team)​

W​

§3 Billy Walsh (played well when he had the chance)​

§4 Paulo Wanchope (had pedigree and had a couple of good games. His body was just worn out)​

§5.5 Tim Ward (professional soccer player, decent, but not great)​

§2 Austin Washington (never really had much of a chance)​

§4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (KWS had skill, but did not develop enough)​

§4 Evan Whitfield (get tapes and watch Hristo deal with Evan)​

§6.5 Andy Williams (the Fire’s second playmaker, should have had a long career with the Fire)​

§7 Josh Wolff (precocious, injury-prone)​

§4 John Wolyniec (went on to bigger things after leaving the Fire)​

§3.5 Daniel Woolard (another faceless American former college player)​

§7 Eric Wynalda (fantastic in his one season, too bad he did not stay)​

Z​

§Inc. Jeff Zaun (only played one game)​

 

Well, since 1998.

Oh, the list, just a couple of hours. It took a bit of digging to remind myself of a few players (like Jeff Zaun)

 

Chilling in Wisconsin or Minnesota, I suppose.

As for the All Time Fire List, I don't believe he ever played in a first team game for the Fire. According to MLSnet archive, he played one game for Tampa Bay, but never for the Fire.

http://web.archive.org/web/20090221...et.com/history/register.jsp?content=players_g
Don Gramenz

Regular Season Stats
YEAR TEAM GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS C EJ
2001 Tampa Bay 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career

 

Would the Fire ever lose a game with line-up? A "true" 3-5-2.
There is more than enough defense with Bocanegra, Kubik, Brown and Armas plus Beasley was very good tracking back.

Can't argue at all with the starting 11.

I am not sure Ljungberg was around long enough to count. Perhaps Andy Williams, since he was here for a longer period of time. But, based upon pure skill, it is Ljungberg, hand's down.