2025 Chicago Fire FC season

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Chicago Fire FC

2025 season
Owner	Joe Mansueto
Head coach	Gregg Berhalter
Stadium	Soldier Field (capacity: 61,500)
MLS	Conference: Overall:
Home colors Away colors
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The 2025 Chicago Fire FC season is the club's 28th season in Major League Soccer. This is the club's first season under owner Joe Mansuetto without sporting director Georg Heitz, who stepped down following the previous season's conclusion.^[1] It was announced that he, alongside head coach Frank Klopas, would be replaced by former USMNT and Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter on October 8, 2024, with Berhalter formally taking over on October 20.^[2]

Players signed as of February 18, 2025^[3]

No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Date Joined	Previous Club	Player Notes
Goalkeepers
1	United States Chris Brady	(2004年03月03日) March 3, 2004 (age 21)	March 24, 2020	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
25	United States Jeff Gal	(1993年04月06日) April 6, 1993 (age 31)	January 11, 2023	Sweden Degerfors IF
Fullbacks
2	Portugal Leonardo Barroso	(2005年06月16日) June 16, 2005 (age 19)	January 14, 2025	Portugal Sporting CP B	International U-22
15	United States Andrew Gutman	(1996年10月02日) October 2, 1996 (age 28)	December 12, 2023	United States Colorado Rapids
24	United States Jonathan Dean	(1997年05月15日) May 15, 1997 (age 27)	January 12, 2023	United States Birmingham Legion FC
36	United States Justin Reynolds	(2004年04月08日) April 8, 2004 (age 20)	May 12, 2022	United States Chicago Fire FC II	Homegrown
77	United States Chase Gasper	(1996年01月25日)January 25, 1996 (aged 29)	January 30, 2024	United States Houston Dynamo	Unavailable due to Injury
Center Backs
3	England Jack Elliott	(1995年08月25日) August 25, 1995 (age 29)	December 16, 2024	United States Philadelphia Union	TAM
4	Colombia Carlos Terán	(2000年09月24日) September 24, 2000 (age 24)	August 21, 2020	Colombia Envigado F.C.
5	United States Sam Rogers	(1999年05月17日) May 17, 1999 (age 25)	January 13, 2025	Norway Lillestrøm SK
34	United States Omar Gonzalez	(1988年10月11日) October 11, 1988 (age 36)	February 7, 2025	United States FC Dallas
38	United States Christopher Cupps	(2006年05月26日) May 26, 2006 (age 18)	February 18, 2025	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
Center Backs/Midfielders
22	United States Mauricio Pineda	(1997年10月17日) October 17, 1997 (age 27)	January 17, 2020	United States North Carolina Tar Heels
Midfielders
6	Mali Rominigue Kouamé	(1996年12月17日)December 17, 1996 (aged 28)	January 24, 2025	Spain Cádiz CF	Loaned In International TAM
23	United States Kellyn Acosta	(1995年07月24日) July 24, 1995 (age 29)	February 13, 2024	United States LAFC	TAM Captain
35	United States Sergio Oregel	(2005年05月16日) May 16, 2005 (age 19)	October 23, 2021	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
37	United States Robert Turdean	(2010年01月14日)January 14, 2010 (aged 15)	January 22, 2025	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Off-Roster Homegrown
47	United States Sam Williams	(2005年03月18日) March 18, 2005 (age 20)	March 14, 2025	United States Chicago Fire FC II	Homegrown[N 1] [4] [5] [6]
Midfielders/Wingers
17	United States Brian Gutiérrez	(2003年06月17日) June 17, 2003 (age 21)	March 9, 2020	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown U22 Initiative
27	United States Dylan Borso	(2006年06月02日) June 2, 2006 (age 18)	December 20, 2024	United States Wake Forest	Homegrown
29	United States David Poreba	(2002年12月01日)December 1, 2002 (aged 22)	December 12, 2024	United States Chicago Fire FC II
Wingers
7	Switzerland Maren Haile-Selassie	(1999年03月13日) March 13, 1999 (age 26)	December 27, 2022	Switzerland FC Lugano	International
8	United States Chris Mueller	(1996年08月29日) August 29, 1996 (age 28)	May 5, 2022	Scotland Hibernian F.C.	TAM
11	Denmark Philip Zinckernagel	(1994年12月16日)December 16, 1994 (aged 30)	January 6, 2025	Belgium Club Brugge KV	International TAM
19	Ivory Coast Jonathan Bamba	(1996年03月26日) March 26, 1996 (age 28)	January 21, 2025	Spain RC Celta de Vigo	DP International
26	Guyana Omari Glasgow	(2003年11月22日)November 22, 2003 (aged 21)	December 17, 2024	United States Chicago Fire FC II	International
Forwards
9	Belgium Hugo Cuypers	(1997年02月07日)February 7, 1997 (aged 28)	February 6, 2024	Belgium Gent	International Designated Player
12	United States Tom Barlow	(1995年07月08日) July 8, 1995 (age 29)	December 18, 2023	United States New York Red Bulls
28	United States Dean Boltz	(2006年06月07日) June 7, 2006 (age 18)	December 20, 2024	United States University of Wisconsin	Generation Adidas

Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Loaned To
United States Bryan Dowd	GK	(2002年05月08日) May 8, 2002 (age 22)	United States FC Tulsa
Greece Georgios Koutsias	FW	(2004年02月08日)February 8, 2004 (aged 21)	Switzerland FC Lugano

Below are players that joined the Fire from Fire II on short-term loans during the season. Players are allowed to be called up to four games and cannot play in more than two games.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Games Joined For
42	Netherlands Diego Konincks	DF	(2000年11月30日) November 30, 2000 (age 24)	March 22 vs Vancouver[7]
45	El Salvador Harold Osorio	MF	(2003年08月20日) August 20, 2003 (age 21)	February 22 vs Columbus[4] March 1 vs DC[5] March 8 vs Dallas[6] March 15 vs Toronto[8]

Date	Player	Position	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2024	United States Jonathan Dean	FB	Option exercised	[9]
October 22, 2024	United States Jeff Gal	GK	Option Exercised	[9]
November 27, 2024	United States Bryan Dowd	GK	Returned from his loan to Huntsville City FC and had his option exercised	[10]

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
December 12, 2024	United States David Poreba	MF/W	United States Chicago Fire FC II	Signed a first team contract for 2025 with options through 2028	[11]
December 16, 2024	England Jack Elliott	CB	United States Philadelphia Union	Signed as a free agent for 2025 with an option for 2026	[12]
December 17, 2024	Guyana Omari Glasgow	W	United States Chicago Fire FC II	Signed a first team contract through 2026 with options for 2027 and 2028	[13]
December 20, 2024	United States Dylan Borso	MF/W	United States Wake Forest	Signed as a homegrown through 2027 with options for 2028 and 2029	[14]
December 20, 2024	United States Dean Boltz	FW	United States University of Wisconsin	Drafted third overall by the Fire, and having signed a Generation Adidas contract with MLS, was automatically added to the Fire's roster	[15]
January 6, 2025	Denmark Philip Zinckernagel	W	Belgium Club Brugge KV	Joined from Club Brugge as a TAM signing through 2028	[16]
January 13, 2025	United States Sam Rogers	CB	Norway Lillestrøm SK	Joined from Lillestrøm on a contract through 2026 with options for 2027 and 2028	[17]
January 14, 2025	Portugal Leonardo Barroso	FB	Portugal Sporting CP B	Joined as a U-22 initiative signing from Sporting through 2028 with an option for 2029	[18]
January 21, 2025	Ivory Coast Jonathan Bamba	W	Spain RC Celta de Vigo	Joined as a DP from Celta de Vigo through 2027 with an option for 2028	[19]
January 22, 2025	United States Robert Turdean	MF	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Signed as a Homegrown through 2028 with options for 2029 and 2030	[20]
February 7, 2025	United States Omar Gonzalez	CB	United States FC Dallas	Signed to a one year contract with an option for 2025	[21]
February 18, 2025	United States Christopher Cupps	CB	United States Chicago Fire Academy	Signed to a Homegrown deal through 2028 with options for	[22]
March 14, 2025	United States Sam Williams	MF	United States Chicago Fire FC II	Homegrown rights were acquired from the New York Red Bulls for 100ドルk in GAM plus a possible 75ドルk more after Williams signed a contract with Fire II during the offseason	[23]

Date	Player	Position	Loaning Club	Notes	Ref
January 24, 2025	Mali Rominigue Kouamé	MF	Spain Cádiz CF	Loaned in through the end of the season with an option to buy	[24]

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2024	Switzerland Allan Arigoni	FB	Switzerland FC Lugano	Loan ended following the 2024 season and the Fire declined his purchase option	[25] [9]
October 22, 2024	United States Javier Casas	MF	Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2024	Germany Rafael Czichos	CB	Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2024	Germany Fabian Herbers	MF/W	Canada CF Montreal	Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2024	Costa Rica Ariel Lassiter	W	United States Portland Timbers	Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2024	United States Wyatt Omsberg	CB	United States New England Revolution	Out of contract	[9]
October 22, 2024	United States Spencer Richey	GK	Out of contract	[9]
November 13, 2024	United States Victor Bezerra	FW	Announced that he was leaving the club on social media after returning on loan from Detroit City FC; this was confirmed by the club on November 27	[26] [27] [9]
November 27, 2024	United States Missael Rodríguez	FW	Returned from his loan to Union Omaha and was ultimately waived	[28] [9]
November 27, 2024	England Laurence Wootton	MF	Returned from his loan to Indy Eleven and had his option declined	[29] [9]
December 24, 2024	Paraguay Gastón Giménez	MF	Paraguay Cerro Porteño	Gimenez and the Fire mutually agreed to terminate his contract	[30]
January 2, 2025	Denmark Tobias Salquist	CB	Denmark FC Nordsjælland	Transferred to Nordsjælland for an undisclosed amount	[31]
January 26, 2025	Argentina Federico Navarro	MF	Argentina Rosario Central	Transferred to Rosario Central for an undisclosed fee	[32]
February 13, 2025	France Arnaud Souquet	FB/CB	Contract was bought out	[33]

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
December 13, 2024	Greece Georgios Koutsias	W/FW	Switzerland FC Lugano	Loaned to Lugano for the duration of the 2025 MLS season with an option for a permanent transfer	[34]
March 3, 2025	United States Bryan Dowd	GK	United States FC Tulsa	Loaned for the 2025 USL Championship season	[35]

Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
R2, P3	United States Travis Smith Jr	D	Wake Forest	Did not join the Fire in preseason	[15]
R3, P3	South Africa Geni Kanyane	D	University of Dayton	Did not join the Fire in preseason	[15]

Additionally, the Fire brought several academy and Fire II players into preseason camp- goalkeeper Patrick Los, defenders Christopher Cupps, Diego Konincks, and Josue Pfrommer, midfielders Harold Osorio and Sam Williams, and forwards Claudio Cassano and Vitaly Hilyut.

Position	Staff
Head Coach and Director of Football	United States Gregg Berhalter
Assistant Coach	Portugal Filipe Celikkaya
Assistant Coach	United States Tom Heinemann
Assistant Coach	United States Hector Jiménez
Goalkeeping Coach	United States Zach Thornton
Assistant Goalkeeping Coach	United States Joe Bendik
Set Piece Coach	England Ryan Needs
Sporting Director	England Gregg Broughton
Head of Player Recruitment	United States Michael Stephens
Director of Performance	Canada Darcy Norman
Head of Strategy	United States Eddie Rock
General Manager	United States Zayne Thomajan
Director of Methodology Talent Manager	Switzerland Vincent Cavin

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
5	10	3	1	1	12	9	+3	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	1	0	10	7	+3

Last updated: March 22
Source: MLSsoccer.com standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Chicago Fire FC did not qualify for the 2025 Leagues Cup as they were not one of the top 9 teams in the Eastern Conference for the 2024 season.

Note: italics indicates a player who left during the season while * indicates a Fire II player that joined on a short-term loan or for the Open Cup

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS				Open Cup				Total
				Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench
1	GK	USA	Chris Brady	5	5	450	5	5	450
2	FB	POR	Leonardo Barroso	1	3	175	1	3	175
3	CB	ENG	Jack Elliott	5	5	450	5	5	450
4	CB	COL	Carlos Terán	1	2	93	1	2	93
5	CB	USA	Sam Rogers	4	4	360	1	4	4	360	1
6	MF	MLI	Rominigue Kouamé	1	3	1	3
7	W	SUI	Maren Haile-Selassie	2	48	2	48
8	W	USA	Chris Mueller
9	FW	BEL	Hugo Cuypers	5	5	372	5	5	372
11	W	DEN	Philip Zinckernagel	4	4	272	4	4	272
12	FW	USA	Tom Barlow	5	90	5	90
15	FB	USA	Andrew Gutman	5	5	405	5	5	405
17	MF/W	USA	Brian Gutiérrez	3	3	266	3	3	266
19	W	CIV	Jonathan Bamba	5	5	429	5	5	429
22	CB/MF	USA	Mauricio Pineda	2	5	267	2	5	267
23	MF	USA	Kellyn Acosta	3	3	210	3	3	210
24	FB	USA	Jonathan Dean	4	4	275	4	4	275
25	GK	USA	Jeff Gal	5	5
26	W	GUY	Omari Glasgow	1	4	156	1	4	156
27	MF/W	USA	Dylan Borso	1	1
28	FW	USA	Dean Boltz
29	MF/W	USA	David Poreba
34	CB	USA	Omar Gonzalez	1	5	4	1	5	4
35	MF	USA	Sergio Oregel	5	5	420	5	5	420
36	FB	USA	Justin Reynolds	1	45	3	1	45	3
37	MF	USA	Robert Turdean
38	CB	USA	Christopher Cupps	3	3
42	CB	NED	Diego Konincks	1	1
45	MF	SLV	Harold Osorio*	1	1	3	1	1	3
47	MF	USA	Sam Williams	1	3	133	1	1	3	133	1
77	FB	USA	Chase Gasper

No.	Nat.	Name	MLS			Leagues Cup			Total
			Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA
1	USA	Chris Brady	12	9	12	9
25	USA	Jeff Gal

Rk.	Player	MLS	Open Cup	Total
1	Belgium Hugo Cuypers	5	0	5
2	United States Brian Gutiérrez	2	0	2
	United States Andrew Gutman	2	0	2
4	Portugal Leonardo Barroso	1	0	1
	Mali Rominigue Kouamé	1	0	1
	Denmark Philip Zinckernagel	1	0	1

Rk.	Player	MLS	Open Cup	Total
		A	A	A
1	Ivory Coast Jonathan Bamba	3	0	3
2	Portugal Leonardo Barroso	2	0	2
3	Belgium Hugo Cuypers	1	0	1
	United States Andrew Gutman	1	0	1
	Switzerland Maren Haile-Selassie	1	0	1
	Denmark Philip Zinckernagel	1	0	1

Rk.	Player	MLS			Open Cup			Total			Matches Suspended
		Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card
1	United States Brian Gutiérrez	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	March 1 vs DC United[36]
2	United States Tom Barlow	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	England Jack Elliott	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	United States Andrew Gutman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	United States Mauricio Pineda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	United States Sergio Oregel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	United States Sam Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Denmark Philip Zinckernagel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

Matchday	Player	Position	Report
1	United States Brian Gutiérrez	MF	[37]
2	United States Chris Brady	GK	[38]
	Belgium Hugo Cuypers (1)	Bench
3	Belgium Hugo Cuypers (2)	FW	[39]
4	United States Andrew Gutman	DF	[40]

Note: Stats are for regular and post season combined

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total
				Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total
				Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA

Rank	Player		A

Rk.	Player	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total
		Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Second yellow card	Red card

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