2010 Chicago Fire season

March 2026 March 2012 Chicago Fire SC wordmark secondary.svg Chicago Fire 2010 Major League Soccer Coach Carlos de los Cobos Owner Andrew Hauptman CHV 1-4 CHI (10/23) TFC 4-1 CHI (5/8) MLS 10th overall (4th in Eastern Conference) MLS Cup Playoffs Did not qualify U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 SuperLiga Group stage Sister Cities Cup 4th Marco Pappa (7) _FIRE_10h _FIRE_10h _FIRE_10h _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_on_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 000040 true 2009 2011 The 2010 Chicago Fire season was the club's 12th year of existence, their 13th season in Major League Soccer, and 13th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. Squad As of October 23, 2010http://www.chicago-fire.com/players 2010 Season Final roster 2 USA DF C. J. Brown 3 USA FW Calen Carr 4 USA DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe 6 USA MF Peter Lowry 8 SWE MF Freddie Ljungberg 9 BIH MF Baggio Husidić 10 MEX FW Nery Castillo on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk 11 USA MF John Thorrington 12 USA MF Logan Pause 13 SLV DF Deris Umanzor 14 GHA FW Patrick Nyarko 15 NED FW Collins John 16 GUA MF Marco Pappa 18 USA MF Mike Banner 19 USA MF Corben Bone 20 USA FW Brian McBride captain 22 COL DF Wilman Conde 23 POL DF Krzysztof Król on loan from Jagiellonia 25 USA GK Sean Johnson 27 USA MF Victor Pineda 28 USA DF Steven Kinney 29 USA DF Erik Ustruck 31 CRC DF Gonzalo Segares 32 USA DF Dasan Robinson 40 USA GK Andrew Dykstra 77 SER MF Bratislav Ristić — USA GK Ian Anderson — USA GK Alec Dufty on loan from AC St. Louis Transfers In 19 USA MF Corben Bone from Draft, 13th Overall 4 USA DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe from Draft, 26th Overall 28 USA DF Steven Kinney from Draft, 45th Overall 25 USA GK Sean Johnson from Draft, 51st Overall 15 NED FW Collins John from K.S.V. Roeselare SLV MF Julio Martínez On loan from Club León 13 SLV DF Deris Umanzor from C.D. Águila 8 SWE MF Freddie Ljungberg from Seattle Sounders FC 10 MEX FW Nery Castillo On loan from Shakhtar Donetsk 27 USA MF Victor Pineda from Academy 29 USA GK Erik Ustruck 77 SER MF Bratislav Ristić from Rad Beograd 31 CRC DF Gonzalo Segares from Apollon Limassol — USA GK Ian Anderson USA GK Alec Dufty On loan from AC St. Louis Out 10 MEX MF Cuauhtémoc Blanco Free Agent 31 CRC DF Gonzalo Segares To Apollon Limassol 6 USA DF Brandon Prideaux Retired 17 USA FW Chris Rolfe To AaB Fodbold 24 USA DF Daniel Woolard Released on waivers 00 USA GK Ian Anderson Released on waivers 34 USA DF Austin Washington Released on waivers 1 USA GK Jon Busch Released on waivers 21 USA MF Justin Mapp Trade to Philadelphia Unionhttp://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2010/07/union-acquire-midfielder-justin-mapp https://web.archive.org/web/20101030093322/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2010/07/union-acquire-midfielder-justin-mapp October 30, 2010 July 2010 5 USA DF Tim Ward to the San Jose Earthquakeshttp://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/08/fire-trade-ward August 2010 23 BUL FW Stefan Dimitrov Released on waivershttp://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/08/fire-release-stefan-dimitrov August 2010 SLV MF Julio Martinez To Club León Formation Starting XI vs. Chivas USA on Oct. 23: 200px 0.27 0.06 350 USA 0.24 0.09 350 Johnson 0.07 0.25 350 SER 0.05 0.28 350 Ristić 0.18 0.16 350 COL 0.14 0.19 350 Conde 0.36 0.16 350 USA 0.34 0.19 350 Brown 0.46 0.25 350 SLV 0.34 0.28 350 Umanzor 0.07 0.48 350 GHA 0.05 0.51 350 Nyarko 0.18 0.39 350 USA 0.14 0.42 350 Pause 0.37 0.39 350 USA 0.37 0.42 350 Lowery 0.46 0.48 350 GUA 0.44 0.51 350 Pappa 0.18 0.59 350 SWE 0.18 0.62 350 Ljungberg 0.35 0.59 350 USA 0.34 0.62 350 McBride Club Chairman USA Andrew Hauptman y Toyota Park 20,000 N/A Chicago Fire December 2010 Management y Technical Director USA Frank Klopas Manager MEX Carlos de los Cobos y Assistant manager MEX Alvaro Briones November 23, 2010 Chicago Fire December 2010 Kits _FIRE_10h _FIRE_10h _FIRE_10h _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 Home _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_black FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 FFFFFF Away _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _FIRE_10a _adidasonwhite _3_stripes_white FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000040 009000 Away Special Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info Home Red / White lettering Red Red Away White / Navy lettering White White Away Special Fire Goes Green 2010 http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/04/fire-goes-green April 24, 2010 May 29, 2011 White / Green lettering White Green MLS, April 24 against Houston Review March Chicago began their twelfth Major League Soccer regular season on the road the first two weeks with a match against the New York Red Bulls on March 27, 2010 and the Colorado Rapids on April 3, 2010 followed by their first home match against San Jose Earthquakes on April 10, 2010.http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090924&content_id=7131514 MLS clubs' 2010 Home Openers unveiled November 23, 2009 September 24, 2009 Major League Soccer dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100130185142/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090924&content_id=7131514 January 30, 2010 May The Chicago Fire participated in the first ever Chicago Sister Cities International Cup. A friendly tournament hosted by the Fire. July Fire terminate loan agreement with Leon F.C. for the rights of Julio Martinez August The Fire trade for Freddie Ljungberg (from Seattle) and also sign Nery Castillo from Shakhtar Donetsk. The Fire trade away Justin Mapp and Tim Ward for allocation money and to clear roster spots. Competitions MLS – 10th Overall MLS Cup – Did not qualify U.S. Open Cup – 3rd round SuperLiga – Group Stage League table Conference CHI Overall CHI Results summary 4 4 7 15 13 5 8 2 22 25 October 23, 2010 MLS 2010 regular reason standings May 2015 table b Round Stadium A /A /H /A /H /H /A /A /H /H /H /A /A /H /A/H /H /A /A /H /H /A /A /H /A /A /H /H /H /A Result L /T /L /W /W /T /L /T /T /W /T /W /L /L /W/T /W /L /L /T /T /L /L /L /W /L /W /L /T /W Position 10/13/15/11/7/7/12/11/11/9/10/9/9/9/9/9/7/9/10/10/10/11/11/11/11/12/11/10/10/10 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Tie red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd October 23, 2010 MLS Results and League table November 2010 Match results #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Tie 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA MLS regular season 2010 Major League Soccer season March New York Red Bulls March 27, 2010 7:00 pm ET 1–0 Report Chicago Fire Lindpere 29 Red Bull Arena Harrison, New Jersey 24,572 Baldomero Toledo L April Colorado Rapids April 3, 2010 4:00 pm ET 2–2 Report Chicago Fire Cummings 12Wynne 22Clark 31Casey 41Earls 42Cummings 57 John 25Pappa 42McBride 50 pen Dick's Sporting Goods Park Commerce City, Colorado 11,641 Terry Vaughn T Chicago Fire April 10, 2010 8:30 pm ET 1–2 Report San Jose Earthquakes Pappa 52 Luiz 28 Alvarez 49 Opara 81 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 20,276 Mark Geiger L D.C. United April 17, 2010 8:30 pm ET 0–2 Report Chicago Fire James 73Morsink 85 Pappa 80McBride 90 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 18,407 Ricardo Salazar W Chicago Fire April 24, 2010 8:30 pm ET 2–0 (report) Houston Dynamo Husidic 48+Lowry 55 67John 81Krol 0 84Banner 88 Chabala 58Serioux 65Cruz 2 79 82Landin 84 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 11,312 Ricardo Salazar W May Chicago Fire May 1, 2010 8:30 pm ET 1–1 Report C.D. Chivas USA Husidic 52 Dealgado 67Santos 76 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 13,224 Jason Anno T Toronto FC May 8, 2010 4:00 pm ET 4–1 https://archive.today/20130102195509/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=289725&league=USA.1&cc=5901 Report Chicago Fire LaBrocca 24De Guzman 39White 46Barrett 66Barrett 69Cann 72 Pause 50 BMO Field Toronto, Ontario, CAN 20,060 Terry Vaughn L Kansas City Wizards May 15, 2010 8:30 pm ET 2–2 Report Chicago Fire Jewsbury 33Espinoza 43Kamara 50Conrad 62Escobar 63Kamara 88 Martínez 13Martínez 43McBride 47Krol 63 CommunityAmerica Ballpark Kansas City, Kansas 8,155 Michael Kennedy T Chicago Fire May 27, 2010 8:00 pm ET 1–1 Report FC Dallas McBride 40Conde 62 Ferreira 6 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 12,522 Baldomero Toledo T June Chicago Fire June 5, 2010 7:30 CT 2–1 Report Philadelphia Union Husidic 14Brown 45McBride 70Pappa 74 Miglioranzi 22Mwanga 90+ Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 14,658 Abiodun Okulaja W Chicago Fire June 9, 2010 2–2 Report Colorado Rapids Pappa 23 46 Cummings 21 Casey 91 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 13,607 Paul Ward T New England Revolution June 27, 2010 7:00 pm EDT 0–1 (report) Chicago Fire Pappa 30Conde 47 Gillette Stadium Foxborough, Massachusetts 12,306 Jair Marrufo W July Columbus Crew July 3, 2010 2–1 Chicago Fire Moffat 43 Garey 45 Hejduk 44 (o.g.) Robinson 45 Crew Stadium Columbus, Ohio 14,017 Alex Prus L Chicago Fire July 8, 2010 0–1 Real Salt Lake Conde 50 Findley 40 Johnson 67 Espíndola 88 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 17,847 Terry Vaughn L August Los Angeles Galaxy August 1, 2010 2–3 Chicago Fire Bowen 23 Donovan 37 Kirovski 45 Birchall 53 Kovalenko 65 Dunivant 68 Donovan 81 Pappa 4 John 5 Banner 19 Nyarko 36Johnson 90 Home Depot Center Carson, California 20,348 Silviu Petrescu W Chicago Fire August 8, 2010 0–0 New York Red Bulls Husidić 30 Ream 31 Mendes 78 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 21,868 Baldomero Toledo T Chicago Fire August 18, 2010 2–1 New England Revolution Husidic 32 Castillo 37 Conde 39 Carr 85 Castillo 38 Phelan 12 Perovic 16 Gibbs 25 Perović 42 Osei 52 Barnes 90 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 14,056 Michael Kennedy W Houston Dynamo August 21, 2010 4–3 Chicago Fire Ching 31 Ching 42 Palmer 50 Ching 59 Ching 85 Carr 55 Pappa 60 Boswell 69 (o.g.) Conde 70 Brown 81 Ljungberg 90 Robertson Stadium Houston, Texas 18,890 Kevin Stott L Seattle Sounders FC August 28, 2010 2–1 Chicago Fire Montero 24 Montero 36 Nkufo 44 Montero 90 Jaqua 90 Kinney 21 Thorrington 28 pen Ljungberg 83 Qwest Field Seattle, Washington 36,386 Ramón Hernández L September Chicago Fire September 4, 2010 1–1 Report Los Angeles Galaxy Segares 0 22Pause 63John 88 88 Gonzalez 87 89 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 21,068 Mark Geiger T Chicago Fire September 8, 2010 7:30 pm CDT 0–0 Report Toronto FC Nyarko 68 Cann 24de Guzman 35Usanov 69 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 12,891 Ramon Hernandez T Philadelphia Union September 11, 2010 6:00 pm EDT 1–0 Report Chicago Fire Le Toux 36Jacobson 60 Ljungberg 36Conde 45+ PPL Park Chester, Pennsylvania 18,563 Edvin Jurisevic L Real Salt Lake September 18, 2010 2:00 pm MDT 1–0 Report Chicago Fire Beckerman 33Saborío 47+ pen. Conde 2 30 46+ Rio Tinto Stadium Sandy, Utah 14,440 Jorge Gonzalez L Chicago Fire September 25, 2010 7:00 pm CDT 0–1 Report Seattle Sounders FC Thorrington 27Pappa 69 Nkufo 89 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 17,477 Jason Anno L San Jose Earthquakes September 29, 2010 9:00 pm CDT 0–3 Report Chicago Fire Geovanni 50 Kinney 36Krol 50Ljungberg 72Nyarko 92 Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, California 9,829 Abiodun Okulaja W October FC Dallas October 2, 2010 3–0 Report Chicago Fire Rodriguez 19Chavez 30Chavez 46Cunningham 67 Pause 28Conde 84 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas 10,615 Yader Reyes L Chicago Fire October 8, 2010 2–0 Report Columbus Crew Lowry 30Kinney 41McBride 53Brown 58Lowry 88 Moffat 25Brunner 37 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 15,124 Edvin Jurisevic W Chicago Fire October 12, 2010 0–2 Report Kansas City Wizards Arnaud 46Arnaud 65Bunbury 80 Zusi 91+ Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 12,230 Ricardo Salazar L Chicago Fire October 16, 2010 7:00 pm CDT 0–0 Report D.C. United Conde 37 Quaranta 5 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 19,056 Abiodun Okulaja T Chivas USA October 23, 2010 8:00 pm CDT 1–4 Report Chicago Fire Flores 5 Borja 44 Maldonado 57Maldonado 59Zemanski 64Espinoza 71Ante Jazic 89 McBride 40 Ljungberg 47Conde 47Carr 68Ljungberg 72Husidic 93+ Home Depot Center Carson, California 14,825 Paul Ward W International Friendly May 30, 2010 7:00 pm EDT Chicago Fire 0–1 A.C. Milan Seedorf47 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 20,000 L U.S. Open Cup 2010 U.S. Open Cup June 29, 2010 7:00 pm EDT Third round Chicago Fire 0–0 yes Report Charleston Battery Nyarko 48Conde 70Watson-Siriboe 73Pappa 88 Armstrong 16Zaher 90 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 2,526 L Neagle Zaher Fuller 3–0 McBride Król Conde Sister Cities Cup Chicago Sister Cities International Cup Semi-Final Match Chicago Fire USA May 19, 2010 7:00 pm ET 0–1 Paris Saint-Germain FRA Chantome 14 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 9,254 Chris Penzo L Third Place Match Chicago Fire USA May 22, 2010 7:00 pm ET 0–3 Report Legia Warsaw POL Iwański 59Szałachowski 63Iwański 75Szałachowski 86 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 12,234 Chris Penzo L SuperLiga Chicago Fire USA July 14, 2010 7:00 pm ET 1–5 [April 2025 report] C.A. Morelia MEX Kinney 49 Elias Hernandez 4Luis Gabriel Rey 34Miguel Sabah 40Rafael Marquez Lugo 50Jaime Arturo Lozano 70 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 11,009 José Vitelio Rivera El Salvador L Chicago Fire USA July 17, 2010 7:00 pm ET 0–1 Report New England Revolution USA Perovic 77 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 16,117 Kevin Stott USA L Chicago Fire USA July 20, 2010 7:00 pm ET 1–0 [April 2025 report] Pumas UNAM MEX Conde 34 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 9,429 Jose Pineda HON W References Category:Chicago Fire FC seasons Chicago Fire Chicago Fire Category:2010 in sports in Illinois