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19 June 11:24 pm

Quote Sheet

Chicago Fire 2 – 1 Colorado Rapids

Toyota Park – June 19, 2013

Frank Klopas, Chicago Fire Head Coach

Overall thoughts on the win

“It’s a team effort. It’s always about the team and I think it was an important game for us in this homestand and we needed to get the three points and we found a way, again, to come back from behind. I’m just proud of the guys because I think we did create, even in the second half, good chances but also they had good looks. And that’s the game. Sometimes things have to go your way. We put the second goal [in], we created some more chances so we could get a little more comfortable lead, but in the end we suffered a little bit but the guys stuck together, they played well, and it was a great three points for us at home.”

On Mike Magee’s injury

“I think he’s a little bit sore we’ll see better tomorrow. I think he’s got ice on it, hopefully it’s not that bad but three games in seven days, we have to see how guys feel tomorrow and then make some decisions. We have players on the team that we can count on and that’s going to be the case throughout the season.”

On if Magee’s injury is a concern

“No, I think it’s not that bad but you never know. Tomorrow we will have a better idea. He’s got an ice pack right now. I felt that after that shot, he wasn’t one-hundred-percent and its good that we were able to take him out.”

On Austin Berry’s performance today

“I think it was a whole team effort. I think Austin is always a guy that is dangerous in the box and we knew that he’s very good in the air. He’s a competitor. The kid leaves everything on the field. He’s played some great matches. I think that every game he goes in and competes and leaves everything for the team on the field and that’s all you can ask for. Fantastic outing today again by him and by the whole.”

On if he was worried about Austin Berry after his early mistake to give up the goal

“No, not at all because I know him, how he is. I know him very well and I think that’s part of the game. Things happen and you have to move on. You can’t look back and as a team we always look forward and you saw his response. You see how the guy’s mentality is very strong and I think that that’s part of the game, it’s going to happen and you have to move on and we did and I think he responded well and the team responded well. But he’s got a pretty strong mentality and those things don’t faze him. Other guys maybe it’s different but with him I knew there was no issue.”

On the team conceding goals in the air recently

“I think we got to keep working on our box defending. This is something we have talked about. Baky [Soumare] is someone that’s not new into the group and we have been working on that and that’s crucial…our ability to mark in the box. But that’s not the kind of goal we gave up tonight. But I thought the back line was solid and Sean [Johnson]did a very good job coming out. Inside the box he was the man. He came out, he stopped a lot of plays in the air, but I think as a whole, that’s a crucial part of the game because where are the goals scored from? Inside the box. So our ability to get tight on the wide players so they don’t have easy service and then our ability in the box to defend is something that we work on constantly during the week but I didn’t feel there was an issue tonight. The guys did well. I think Sean [Johnson] was huge for us coming out with his sight and ability to pick up those balls. It was great.”

On how Dilly Duka is coming along

“We knew Dilly [Duka] and his ability. He’s only going to get better. He had another fantastic game tonight. He made the PK, he was very dangerous, and he’s a young player with a lot of ability. He just keeps getting better and stronger with every match.”

On what will be similar and different against Columbus this weekend

“We just got to assess where the team is. I think we have depth in the team and there’s opportunities when we play a lot of matches to count on the team as a whole. So we will see where the guys are tomorrow and we will adjust knowing that we have 3 games in 7 days but we will have a better picture of where guys are tomorrow. Like I said, we got to rely on the team and these are the times where you do that. I have confidence in the whole group.”

Austin Berry, Chicago Fire defender

On going down early in games

“A lot of it is our own fault, obviously tonight it was my fault. There aren’t a lot of teams breaking us down and beating us, so if we shore things up from our end that should eliminate the early goals.”

On his mistake that led to the first goal

“Basically, I passed the ball to him. I couldn’t have helped him out anymore. I was too lazy on the ball. I didn’t play quickly enough and he caught me.”

On scoring after a mistake which lead to a Colorado goal

“I think this is the third time since last year that I’ve made a mistake, then come back to score a goal.”

On the unbeaten streak

“It feels good. Even early in the season we kept a good mindset. We were still focused on the goals at hand and now we’re starting to score some goals and get the victories. It feels good to be rewarded for all our hard work.”

On pattern of going down early, like last season

“It’s great that we can get good results to make up for our mistakes. We have to remember not to get down on ourselves, but like we keep saying, we can’t always rely on coming back; sometimes we aren’t going to be able to put goals in the net. Luckily tonight we were able to get that goal back in the first half, I think that was key to the victory.”

Patrick Nyarko, Chicago Fire midfielder

On giving up the early goal

“We need to have great concentration coming out of the gates. I can’t wrap my mind around it happening today because I thought we were playing really well – we were creating chances and getting possession in the midfield. The goal was just a bad mistake, but it happens. But it let you see how strong the kid is, he came back and scored a goal and we won the game. Giving up the early goals has got to stop. Personally, I think it was better today because we had control of the game.”

On the game plan in the second half

“I think in the first half we handled ourselves pretty well. It wasn’t the perfect game, but I think we were on top. This was one of our better games all year putting the first and second halves together. Last game we played better in the second half, but not so much in the first half. This game we didn’t let them play to their strengths. We dominated them, not entirely, just enough to win.”

Mike Magee, Chicago Fire forward

On the five goals in five games streak

“If I start talking about that it won’t be six in six, so no comment.”

On the PK

“The only thing you need to know about that goal is Dilly [Duka]. He did an incredible job to beat his guy. He was going one on one with Marvell Wynne, which is a pretty daunting task – he just went at him. The finish was pretty simple.”

On his leadership on the field

“The intention is to help the team win. Tonight wasn’t even my best game. I thought Jeff Larentowicz was fantastic, I thought Patrick Nyarko was fantastic and my only job tonight was to tap in a penalty kick so not much credit should go to me.”

Oscar Pareja, Colorado Rapids Head Coach

On what he saw tonight

“Our team had a very good start to the match. We created some chances and I think we controlled the game. The plan we designed with the boys at the beginning of the game went very well. Unfortunately we gave up one play in the first half, where Magee took the penalty kick and scored. Second half I thought it was tight; Chicago pushed and found an early goal in the second half off a set piece. We reacted and we had chances to equalize but at that point, I thought the game was back and forth. Chicago waited for us and they didn’t move their line up from the back. Also, we tried to have the initiate to create chances and they tried to play on the counter. Again, it could have gone both ways. Unfortunately for us, it went to them.”

On feeling like they could at least had a point tonight

“You always think that you can get more. At this point we have learned our lessons and we cannot keep saying we deserve more. We just need to make it happen on the field. We have to get the points and the points sometimes you get the points by doing the small things all the time. I thought today we mostly were good and we had initiative but we still made some mistakes and it cost us.”

On the second game in a row where the defense allowed two goals

“We’re concerned about it. It’s just something we were showing a lot of improvement and now in the last three we have let in goals. That’s our main concern now. I think it’s a bunch of little things. We can’t point out just one, because when you attack and you defend it’s a collective effort. We attack as a unit, we defend as a unit. When we correct the defensive mistakes we have to see the whole team.”

On Chicago’s second goal and if it was offside

“No, I didn’t see it. I didn’t have replay where I was. Unfortunately I couldn’t be on the line. I would have to see it again. It looks to me he was off, but I have to see it and judge well. At that point, I thought the assistant referee had him and I hope it’s not the case.”

On Martin Rivero’s injury

“He felt some tightness in his quad. He’s a bit confused now-he’s not sure if it’s a knock there or a pull in his muscle. We’ll be waiting for the doctors.”

On getting ready for Portland

“It’s a mental stage for us. We had a good stretch of games where we were getting points and winning, now we had some games where we got no points. So it’s a mental game now. We have to prepare our team mentally and we will jump over this hurdle that we have.”

Deshorn Brown, Colorado Rapids Forward

On the match

“I think it was just a tough loss tonight. We go out there and get the first goal and we thought we had the game in hand. The team turned around and started to harm us. We had some chances that we should have put away. We didn’t make the chances and that turned around and hurt us.”

On his goal

“I saw the defender play back to his other defender. I just read the play and kept going, hoping he would make a mistake, and he did. Just got into an one-on-one with the goalkeeper and put it into the back of the net.”

On scoring 3 goals and four assists in his rookie season

“I think I’m doing pretty good and trying to get used to the league more and understand how to play a lot better so I will keep pushing myself. Hopefully as time goes on, we progress and get ready for Portland on Sunday.”

On what the team needs to do to prepare for Portland

“We need to get some rest, and focus on the mistakes we made in this game and correct them. Make sure we go to Portland, and switch on, do the right thing and get three points and go home happy.”

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MLS Regular Season

19 June 10:57 pm

Select shots from the Fire's win over the Rapids

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MLS Regular Season

18 June 12:44 pm

After a rousing comeback against Portland last time out in the league, the Fire start a busy period Wednesday night against a tricky Colorado Rapids team (LIVE 7pm CT on My50) who just their six-game unbeaten streak snapped at the weekend by San Jose Earthquakes. Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective:

Exposing the Rapids center backs: targeting Drew Moor and Marvell Wynne

Colorado's usual starting pair at the center of the defense is Shane O'Neill and Drew Moor but with the Irish-born youngster in Turkey with the US U-20 team, right back Marvell Wynne has slotted into the middle.

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Against San Jose last week, this pairing had a lot of trouble, especially when the Quakes attacking players separated and isolated the center backs.

The movement of Rolfe and Magee, both very mobile strikers, could open up the Colorado defense. If the Fire’s attacking pair can draw Moor/Wynne out, it can lead to space being created behind them, something San Jose did well last weekend.

Keeping an eye on Deshorn Brown - the rookie has 4 assists this season

Similar to my thoughts a few weeks ago about D.C. rookie Kyle Porter, Deshorn Brown has caught my eye for Colorado this season.

Playing on the left of a front three he’s dangerous and a good supplier of the ball for striker Edson Buddle. Much of Colorado's chances in the past few matches have come from Brown’s side.

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The Rapids will be without Atiba Harris after his red against San Jose last week which puts even more emphasis on Brown to step up in the Kittitian’s absence.

Right-sided players Jalil Anibaba and Patrick Nyarko will need to be very wary of the rookie on Wednesday night.

Fire squad rotation - my case in for it

The Men in Red have a tough stretch of 4 games in 11 days and it would be very demanding on the players to try and stick with the same starting XI for all four because of a risk of burnout.

A more likely approach would be one of steady and not drastic rotation meaning making a few changes each match and not starting a completely different team. This is of course assuming the team doesn't pick up any injuries or suspensions during this stretch.

READ: Nyarko says next eight day stretch is "crunch time"

Giving a few players a break Wednesday night with one eye on the tough away Eastern Conference match against Columbus on Saturday might be a worthwhile policy for head coach Frank Klopas.

Fire squad rotation - my case against

Something fans have criticized coach Klopas for is sticking to a regular starting XI and not making too many changes from game to game.

That being said, the team is currently unbeaten in four games and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The last 20 minutes against Portland last weekend was the team’s best spell all season and if they can continue that form the next few weeks could see us in the U.S. Open Cup semifinals and moving closer to the MLS Cup playoff positions in the East.

With the back line finally stable and the Mike Magee/Chris Rolfe partnership starting to really gel, there is a strong case for coach Klopas to stick with the same XI during this run of games.

Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.

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MLS Regular Season U.S. Open Cup

22 May 11:23 am

Should the Chicago Fire come away victorious over the Charlotte Eagles in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup next Wednesday, the team is guaranteed to host its fourth round match against either the Columbus Crew or Dayton Dutch Lions on Wednesday, June 12 at Toyota Park.

I'll have a full play-by-play of the draw later today on Chicago-Fire but until then, see below all fourth round U.S. Open Cup matchups:

#1 – New England Revolution/Rochester Rhinos hosts Reading United AC/New York Red Bulls winner

#2 – D.C. United/Richmond Kickers winner hosts Ocean City Nor’easters/Philadelphia Union winner

#3 – Chicago Fire hosts Dayton Dutch Lions/Columbus Crew winner
                -or- Columbus Crew host Charlotte Eagles
                -or- Dayton Dutch Lions host Charlotte Eagles

#4 – Sporting KC host Colorado Rapids/Orlando City winner
                -or- Colorado Rapids/Orlando City hosts Des Moines Menace

#5 – FC Dallas hosts FC Tucson/Houston Dynamo winner
                -or- Houston Dynamo hosts Ft. Lauderdale Strikers
                -or- Ft. Lauderdale Strikers vs. FC Tucson (Host TBD)

#6 – LA Galaxy/Carolina Railhawks winner hosts Chivas USA/LA Blues winner

#7 – Atlanta Silverbacks/Real Salt Lake winner hosts San Jose Earthquakes/Charleston Battery winner

#8 – Seattle Sounders will host Wilmington Hammerheads/Portland Timbers winner
                -or- Portland Timbers will host Tampa Bay Rowdies
                -or- Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (Host TBD)

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U.S. Open Cup

15 May 4:50 pm

In case you missed it, I had the opportunity to serve as a witness for today's Third Round U.S. Open Cup draw at Soccer House in Chicago.

I detailed the interesting tidbits of how the draw is done but in case you don't want to nerd out, just check out the potential third round matchups below...

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#1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-Pro) vs. Philadelphia Union -or- Philadelphia Union vs. Ocean City Nor'easters

#2 Richmond Kickers (USL-Pro) vs. D.C. United -or- D.C. United vs. Icon FC (USASA)

#3 Rochester Rhinos (USL-Pro) vs. New England Revolution -or- New England Revolution vs. GPS Portland Phoenix (USL PDL)

#4 Charlotte Eagles (USL-Pro) vs. Chicago Fire -or- Chicago Fire vs. Seattle Sounders U-23 (USL PDL)

#5 Orlando City Lions (USL-Pro) vs. Colorado Rapids -or- Colorado Rapids vs. Ocala Stampede (USL PDL)

#6 Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL) / Laredo Heat (USL PDL) vs. FC Dallas

#7 Charleston Battery (USL-Pro) / Portland Timbers U-23 vs. San Jose Earthquakes

#8 Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United FC (NASL) - Des Moines Menace (USL PDL) / Madison 56ers (NPSL)

#9 Real Salt Lake vs. Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) / Georgia Revolution (USASA)

#10 LA Blues (USL-Pro) / Ventura County Fusion (USL PDL) vs. Chivas USA

#11 Carolina Rail Hawks (NASL) / Carolina Dynamo (USL PDL) vs. LA Galaxy

#12 Columbus Crew vs. Dayton Dutch Lions (USL-Pro) / Dearborn SC (USASA) winner

#13 New York Red Bulls vs. Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-Pro) / Reading United (USL PDL) winner

#14 San Antonio Scorpions (NASL) / FC Tucson (USL PDL vs. Houston Dynamo

#15 Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) vs. Seattle Sounders FC -or- Seattle Sounders vs. VSI Tampa Bay (USL-Pro)

#16 Portland Timbers vs. Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-Pro) / Austin Aztex (USL PDL)

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02 March 10:38 am

The 2013 MLS campaign kicks off today and the All-In Podcast crew has made their picks for the weekend matches... We'll tally these throughout the season and be sure to point out who does the worst every week on the Podcast...

	Jeff Crandall Co-Host	Eunice Kim Co-Host	Nick Sintich Producer
Philadelphia vs. Sporting KC (3/2 4pm CT; MLS Live)	SKC	SKC	SKC
Vancouver vs. Toronto FC (3/2 5:30pm CT; MLS Live)	VAN	VAN	VAN
Houston vs. D.C. United (3/2 7:00pm CT; NBCSN)	Draw	HOU	Draw
FC Dallas vs. Colorado (3/2 7:30pm CT; MLS Live)	FCD	Draw	Draw
Seattle vs. Montreal (3/2 9:30pm CT; MLS Live)	SEA	Draw	SEA
Chivas USA vs. Columbus (3/2 9:30pm CT; MLS Live)	CLB	CHV	CLB
LA Galaxy vs. Chicago (3/3 4pm CT; UniMas)	Draw	CHI	CHI
Portland vs. New York (3/3 6:30pm CT; ESPN2)	Draw	POR	Draw
San Jose vs. Real Salt Lake (3/3 9:00pm CT; MLS Live)	RSL	SJ	SJ
2013 Records	0-0-0	0-0-0	0-0-0

01 March 4:30 pm

It’s always interesting when things come full circle in MLS… Follow me if you will…

Take a ride back to last September when the Fire acquired midfielder Wells Thompson from Colorado in exchange for a conditional MLS SuperDraft selection.

The condition stated that if Thompson appeared in four of the team’s remaining regular season matches, the Fire would surrender their second round selection at the 2013 SuperDraft to the Rapids. He did and the Fire bid farewell to the pick.

Not so fast…

Wells Thompson: Trade Revolutionary?

Then consider the news out of the Denver Post today where Rapids President Tim Hinchey said Larentowicz was nearly traded to the Columbus Crew instead of the Fire.

Flash forward to the night before the MLS SuperDraft in Indianapolis when the teams did another deal, this time with the Fire acquiring central midfielder Jeff Larentowicz as well as the same second round pick they’d surrendered to the Rapids (30^th overall) in exchange for their first round selection (11^th overall), an international roster spot and allocation money.

Apparently the Rapids had turned down “better offers” from other teams in order to grant Larentowicz his wish of coming to Chicago rather than Columbus.

One of the main pieces at play in that potential deal was the MLS rights to midfielder Robbie Rogers, which the Fire also ended up acquiring in the trade that brought Dilly Duka to Chicago.

Not the Fire or Rapids could have predicted Rogers would retire but beyond that, you almost wonder if the other part of the potential Crew/Rapids deal could have been Duka?

But I’m getting off topic here…

Things officially came full circle today when Yazid Atouba, the player selected with the 30^th pick that went back and forth between the Rapids and Fire, officially signed with the Men in Red. Slightly unheralded at the SuperDraft, Atouba gained confidence in every preseason match and dazzled Fire fans towards the end.

Certainly a pleasant surprise at #30 overall...

Take it all in and let me leave you with a few parting shots…

* Let me point out that this type of juicy “after-the-fact” trade possibility is something we just don’t hear about enough in MLS.

* It says something about the culture created internally when an MLS veteran like Jeff Larentowicz chooses to come to your club.

* Kudos to the Rapids for doing well by the player.

* Who knows who the Fire would have selected with the 11th overall pick but my safe money is on the fact that Yazid Atouba wouldn’t have been it.

* No offense whatsoever meant to Wells Thompson, but who’d have thought this all would have come from his slightly under the radar trade last fall?

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08 February 9:15 am

Earlier this week, the club released the news that Chris Rolfe would return to wearing the number 17 while Steven Kinney would fill the number 18 shirt in 2013 for the Fire. Today, we announce a few more number changes, this time with three offseason acquisitions…

A new midfield partnership for Joel Lindpere and Jeff Larentowicz in Chicago has at least in part brought along with it new numbers than those the pair have previously ever worn.

Having worn 20 during his three seasons at Red Bull, Lindpere will now suit up in the number 26 this year for the Fire. He says switching number has actually been part of the routine whenever he’s joined a new club.

“I’ve been a different number at every club I’ve been to. It’s always sort of like a new beginning for me,” he joked.

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In reality, he also selected 26 out of respect for Fire players that have been with the club longer than him.

“I chose it because I knew some of the other guys that had been here for a while were choosing new numbers. I wanted to just pick a number no one else would -- it was one no one had worn in a while at the Fire and now it’s mine.”

NOTE: Previous #26s in Fire History: Mike Sorber (2000), Amos Magee (2001), Billy Walsh (2002), Denny Clanton (2004), Andy Herron (2006, 2008).

Having worn numbers 31 and 13 while with New England and number 4 while with the Colorado Rapids, Larenowicz is changing it up again by choosing the number 20.

Much like Lindpere, it was about starting a new in Chicago…

“I think it’s a good looking number,” said Larentowicz. “I’ve never worn it before and moving to Chicago I was looking for a fresh start and I didn’t want to feel or look like I did in the past.”

NOTE: Previous #20s in Fire History: Francis Okaroh (1998-99), Jamar Beasley (2001), Sergi Daniv (2002), Orlando Perez (2003-04), Tony Sanneh (2005-06), Mike Banner (2008), Brian McBride (2008-10), Tony Walls (2012)

The more things change, the more they stay the same as Brazilian forward Maicon Santos will stick with the number 29 that he’s worn with previous MLS clubs Chivas USA, Toronto FC and D.C. United.

NOTE: Previous #29s in Fire History: Thiago (2005), Peter Lowry (2008-2009).

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14 January 7:13 pm

On Monday I wrote a piece with Wells Thompson reflecting on his experience of getting heckled by Fire fans at the 2007 MLS SuperDraft. Perhaps more importantly, we also talked about the experience and what it meant for him to get drafted.

Wells is a talker and gave some good answers to a few other questions I couldn’t fit in the story. Those are below…

What advice would you give to the players that will be selected in Thursday’s SuperDraft?

"What’s so encouraging is when you look in the league and look at a lot of guys that have succeeded and done well – Jeff Larentowicz comes to mind because I played with him for so long in New England and Colorado. Chris Wondolowski is another name. They both came through the Supplemental Draft and have had fantastic careers. There are a lot of big names that have succeeded and done well in the league after being picked at that stage.

"When I look at my situation, I was very fortunate to be selected by New England. At the time they needed an outside midfielder and the coaches were keen on the type of player and person I was. To a certain extent, it doesn’t matter where you get selected in the draft. When you go into training camp, everyone’s pretty much starting in the same place. Everyone has a clean slate and it’s up to you to prove your worth.

"The wisdom I could give kids is no matter where you’re drafted, go in and work hard because there are so many success stories of guys that were taken very low or not taken at all that have gone on to do big things in MLS."

To go from a college player with few if any accolades to the fifth overall selection in the SuperDraft, you must have raised your stock at the MLS Combine. What are your thoughts on that event?

“Yeah I did okay but the combine is such a different thing. Guys are getting together for just a weekend without practice. It’s not the fairest assessment of a player’s talents in my opinion. Your college career is probably the best judgment still on how a player would do in the league.

"What you can take a lot from those combines is seeing guys that don’t shy away from the big stage and wanting to continue to prove to coaches and other players that they do belong in the league. For me it was a confidence thing -- I went down to the combine and realized I was as good, if not better than a lot of these players and I think that confidence showed throughout that weekend."

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18 December 12:11 pm

With today's league-wide announcement of MLS First Kick and Home Opening matches, we wanted to take a photgraphic look back at some of the team's previous matches to open their season...

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Tactical Preview: Colorado Rapids

U.S. Open Cup Round 4 Match-Ups

Full Third Round U.S. Open Cup Matchups

Predictions: All-In Podcast Crew Gives Week One Picks

Coming Full Circle: Wells Thompson, Jeff Larentowicz, Yazid Atouba

Musical Chairs of Numbers...Part 2 with Lindpere, Larentowicz and Maicon

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