2025 Chicago Fire FC season

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]

Chicago Fire FC
2025 season
OwnerJoe Mansueto
StadiumSoldier Field
(capacity: 61,500)
MLSConference:
Overall:
← 2024
2026 →

Current squad

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Players signed as of September 23, 2024[2]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Player Notes
Goalkeepers
18 Spencer Richey   G (1992-05-30) May 30, 1992 (age 32)   Seattle Sounders FC
25 Jeff Gal   G (1993-04-06) April 6, 1993 (age 31)   Degerfors IF
34 Chris Brady   G (2004-03-03) March 3, 2004 (age 20)   Chicago Fire Academy Homegrown
78 Bryan Dowd   G (2002-05-08) May 8, 2002 (age 22)   Notre Dame
Defenders
2 Arnaud Souquet   D (1992-02-12) February 12, 1992 (age 32)   Montpellier HSC
4 Carlos Terán   D (2000-09-24) September 24, 2000 (age 24)   Envigado F.C.
5 Rafael Czichos   D (1990-05-14) May 14, 1990 (age 34)   1. FC Köln
14 Tobias Salquist   D (1995-05-18) May 18, 1995 (age 29)   Silkeborg IF International
15 Andrew Gutman   D (1996-10-02) October 2, 1996 (age 27)   Colorado Rapids
16 Wyatt Omsberg   D (1995-09-21) September 21, 1995 (age 29)   Minnesota United FC
22 Mauricio Pineda   D (1997-10-17) October 17, 1997 (age 26)   North Carolina Tar Heels
24 Jonathan Dean   D (1997-05-15) May 15, 1997 (age 27)   Birmingham Legion FC
36 Justin Reynolds   D (2004-04-08) April 8, 2004 (age 20)   Chicago Fire FC II Homegrown
77 Chase Gasper   D (1996-01-25) January 25, 1996 (age 28)   Houston Dynamo
Midfielders
7 Maren Haile-Selassie   M (1999-03-13) March 13, 1999 (age 25)   FC Lugano International
11 Ariel Lassiter   M (1994-09-27) September 27, 1994 (age 30)   CF Montréal
17 Brian Gutiérrez   M (2003-06-17) June 17, 2003 (age 21)   Chicago Fire Academy Homegrown
U22 Initiative
21 Fabian Herbers   M (1993-08-17) August 17, 1993 (age 31)   Philadelphia Union
23 Kellyn Acosta   M (1995-07-24) July 24, 1995 (age 29)   LAFC
30 Gastón Giménez   M (1991-07-27) July 27, 1991 (age 33)   Vélez Sarsfield
31 Federico Navarro   M (2000-03-09) March 9, 2000 (age 24)   Talleres de Cordoba U22 Initiative
35 Sergio Oregel   M (2005-05-16) May 16, 2005 (age 19)   Chicago Fire Academy Homegrown
37 Javier Casas   M (2003-05-14) May 14, 2003 (age 21)   Chicago Fire Academy Homegrown
38 Laurence Wootton   M (2000-01-10) January 10, 2000 (age 24)   Ohio State International
Forwards
8 Chris Mueller   F (1996-08-29) August 29, 1996 (age 28)   Hibernian F.C.
9 Hugo Cuypers   F (1997-02-07) February 7, 1997 (age 27)   Gent International
Designated Player
12 Tom Barlow   F (1995-07-08) July 8, 1995 (age 29)   New York Red Bulls
19 Georgios Koutsias   F (2004-02-08) February 8, 2004 (age 20)   PAOK FC International
U22 Initiative
32 Missael Rodriguez   F (2003-02-09) February 9, 2003 (age 21)   Chicago Fire Academy Homegrown
33 Victor Bezerra   F (2000-02-05) February 5, 2000 (age 24)   Indiana Hoosiers Homegrown

Player movement

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Date Player Position Destination Club Notes Ref
December 31, 2024   Allan Arigoni D   FC Lugano Loan ended following the 2024 season [3]


Technical staff

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Position Staff
Technical Director   Sebastian Pelzer

Last updated: January 19, 2024
Source: Chicago Fire Technical Staff

Competitions

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Major League Soccer

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Eastern Conference table

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Template:2025 Major League Soccer Eastern Conference table

Overall table

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Template:2025 Major League Soccer season table

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld Pts W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD W L T GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: January 1
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

Match results

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Preseason
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Regular season
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1 v
2 v
3 v
4 v
5 v
6 v
7 v
8 v
9 v
10 v
11 v
12 v
13 v
14 v
15 v
16 v
17 v
18 v
19 v
20 v
21 v
22 v
23 v
24 v
25 v
26 v
27 v
28 v
29 v
30 v
31 v
32 v
33 v
34 v

U.S. Open Cup

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Leagues Cup

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2025 Leagues Cup group stage

GS v
GS v

Statistics

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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 League's Cup

Games played

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No. Pos. Nat. Name MLS Leagues Cup Total
Starts Apps Minutes Bench Starts Apps Minutes Bench Starts Apps Minutes Bench
2 DF   FRA Arnaud Souquet
4 DF   COL Carlos Terán
5 DF   GER Rafael Czichos
7 MF    SUI Maren Haile-Selassie
8 FW   USA Chris Mueller
9 FW   BEL Hugo Cuypers
11 MF   CRC Ariel Lassiter
12 FW   USA Tom Barlow
14 DF   DEN Tobias Salquist
15 DF   USA Andrew Gutman
16 DF   USA Wyatt Omsberg
17 MF   USA Brian Gutiérrez
18 GK   USA Spencer Richey
19 FW   GRE Georgios Koutsias
21 MF   GER Fabian Herbers
22 DF   USA Mauricio Pineda
23 MF   USA Kellyn Acosta
24 DF   USA Jonathan Dean
25 GK   USA Jeff Gal
30 MF   PAR Gastón Giménez
31 MF   ARG Federico Navarro
32 MF   USA Missael Rodriguez
33 FW   USA Victor Bezerra
34 GK   USA Chris Brady
35 MF   USA Sergio Oregel
36 DF   USA Justin Reynolds
37 MF   USA Javier Casas
38 MF   ENG Laurence Wootton
77 DF   USA Chase Gasper
78 GK   USA Bryan Dowd

Goalkeeping

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No. Nat. Name MLS Leagues Cup Total
Clean Sheets Saves GA Clean Sheets Saves GA Clean Sheets Saves GA
18   USA Spencer Richey
25   USA Jeff Gal
34   USA Chris Brady
78   USA Bryan Dowd

Goals

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Rk. Player MLS League's Cup Total
     

Assists

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Rk. Player MLS League's Cup Total
A A A

Disciplinary record

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Rk. Player MLS League's Cup Total
                 


Note: Stats are for regular and post season combined

Games played

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

Goalkeeping

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

Goals and assists

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Rank Player   A

Cards

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Rk. Player MLS Next Pro Open Cup Total
                 

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Director Georg Heitz to Depart the Club Following the 2024 MLS Season". August 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Chicago Fire Roster Page".
  3. ^ "Chicago Fire FC Acquires Defender Allan Arigoni on Loan from FC Lugano". January 15, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
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