Entering his 10th season with the Chicago Fire, midfielder Logan Pause is someone we’ve seen grow before our eyes with the club.

Having returned from the side’s 11-day stay in Ventura, Calif., Saturday night, the Chicago Fire take a three-day break ahead of its departure Wednesday for phase three of preseason, February 22-March 4 in Charleston, S.C.

If Lucky Mkosana seems a little more exhausted than most rookies at the Chicago Fire’s training camp, forgive him. After practice, he has homework to do.

The Chicago Fire had chances, but fell victim to first half strikes from Steven Lenhart and Brad Ring as the San Jose Earthquakes earned a 2-0 victory over the Fire as the Men in Red closed its preseason camp in Southern California Saturday morning in Oxnard, Calif.

CHICAGO (Feb. 17, 2012) – U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team head coach Tab Ramos has named a 26-player roster for a domestic training camp from Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla.  

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Heading into the team’s third phase of 2012 preseason camp, due to international absences, the Chicago Fire will be without the likes of Sean Johnson, Marco Pappa and Orr Barouch for most of the team’s stay in Charleston, S.C. from February 22-March 3.