2014 Chicago Fire season

Chicago Fire

2014 season
Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Head coach	Frank Yallop
Stadium	Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000)
MLS	15th overall (9th in the Eastern Conference)
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Brimstone Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Quincy Amarikwa (8) All: Quincy Amarikwa (9)
Highest home attendance	18,776 vs Houston Dynamo (October 24)
Lowest home attendance	12,699 vs Philadelphia Union (April 5)
Average home league attendance	16,076 (regular season)
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The 2014 Chicago Fire season was the club's 19th year of existence, as well as their 17th season in Major League Soccer and their 17th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.

Chicago Fire began the regular season on March 9, 2014 with an away match against Chivas USA. The Men in Red concluded the regular season on October 24, 2014 with a home match against Houston Dynamo.

Chicago Fire finished the season with a 6-10-18 record and missed the playoffs for the fourth time in the past five seasons. With 18 drawn matches Fire set a new MLS record for most ties in a season, beating the previous record of 16 ties set in 2011 by Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls.^[1]

After 12 years with the team, the midfielder Logan Pause has retired at the end of the season. Pause has spent all of his professional career playing for Chicago Fire.^[2][3][4] On November 3, 2014 Logan Pause was named Vice President of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club.^[5]

Squad at the end of the season

As of October 24, 2014. Source: Chicago Fire official roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Aged)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
25	Sean Johnson		GK	(1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 25)	Atlanta Blackhawks
28	Kyle Reynish		GK	(1983-11-03)November 3, 1983 (aged 30)	New York Cosmos
Defenders
3	Hunter Jumper		LB	(1989-02-28)February 28, 1989 (aged 25)	University of Virginia Cavaliers
4	Bakary Soumaré		CB	(1985-11-09)November 9, 1985 (aged 28)	Philadelphia Union
5	Lovel Palmer		RB	(1984-08-30)August 30, 1984 (aged 30)	Real Salt Lake
6	Patrick Ianni		CB	(1985-06-15)June 15, 1985 (aged 29)	Seattle Sounders
13	Gonzalo Segares		LB	(1982-10-13)October 13, 1982 (aged 32)	Apollon Limassol
16	Greg Cochrane		LB	(1990-11-11)November 11, 1990 (aged 23)	Los Angeles Galaxy
18	Steven Kinney		RB	(1987-10-28)October 28, 1987 (aged 26)	Carolina Dynamo
Midfielders
7	Alex		M	(1988-12-15)December 15, 1988 (aged 25)	FC Wohlen
8	Grant Ward		M	(1994-12-05)December 5, 1994 (aged 19)	Tottenham Hotspur
11	Sanna Nyassi		M	(1989-01-31)January 31, 1989 (aged 25)	Montreal Impact
12	Logan Pause		M	(1981-08-22)August 22, 1981 (aged 33)	University of North Carolina Tar Heels
20	Jeff Larentowicz		M	(1983-08-05)August 5, 1983 (aged 31)	Colorado Rapids
21	Chris Ritter		M	(1990-10-29)October 29, 1990 (aged 23)	Northwestern University Wildcats
22	Matt Watson		M	(1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 (aged 29)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
30	Răzvan Cociș		M	(1983-02-19)February 19, 1983 (aged 31)	FC Hoverla Uzhhorod
54	Benji Joya		M	(1993-09-22)September 22, 1993 (aged 21)	Santos Laguna
Forwards
9	Mike Magee		F	(1984-09-02)September 2, 1984 (aged 30)	Los Angeles Galaxy
14	Patrick Nyarko		F	(1986-01-15)January 15, 1986 (aged 28)	Virginia Tech Hokies
15	Matthew Fondy		F	(1989-07-28)July 28, 1989 (aged 25)	Chivas USA
19	Harry Shipp		F	(1991-11-07)November 7, 1991 (aged 22)	University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish
24	Quincy Amarikwa		F	(1987-10-29)October 29, 1987 (aged 26)	Toronto FC
88	Robert Earnshaw		F	(1981-11-06)November 6, 1981 (aged 32)	Blackpool
99	Florent Sinama Pongolle		F	(1984-10-20)October 20, 1984 (aged 30)	FC Rostov

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
December 13, 2013	Lovel Palmer	D	Real Salt Lake	Acquired in exchange for allocation money	[6]
December 18, 2013	Chris Rolfe	F	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club after initially having his contract option declined and later opting out of Stage Two of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft	[7][8]
January 6, 2014	Kyle Reynish	GK	New York Cosmos	Signed via free transfer	[9]
January 9, 2014	Harry Shipp	F	University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Signed as a Homegrown Player	[10]
January 13, 2014	Chris Ritter	M	Northwestern University Wildcats	Signed as a Homegrown Player	[11]
January 15, 2014	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	D	Seattle Sounders	Acquired together with the 13th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Jalil Anibaba, the 8th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional third round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft	[12]
January 15, 2014	Patrick Ianni	D	Seattle Sounders	Acquired together with the 13th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Jalil Anibaba, the 8th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional third round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft	[12]
January 24, 2014	Logan Pause	M	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club after having initially having his contract option declined and later opting out of Stage Two of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft	[8][13][14]
January 24, 2014	Giuseppe Gentile	F	University of North Carolina Charlotte 49ers	Acquired via the Waiver Draft	[15]
February 14, 2014	Orr Barouch	F	Bnei Yehuda	Returned from loan	[16][17]
February 25, 2014	Marco Franco	D	University of California-Irvine Anteaters	Signed after being selected 13th overall (First Round) in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	[18][19][20]
February 28, 2014	Greg Cochrane	D	Los Angeles Galaxy	Traded for a conditional 2016 MLS SuperDraft pick	[21]
March 5, 2014	Matt Watson	M	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Traded for a 2014 MLS International Roster Slot	[22]
July 5, 2014	Matthew Fondy	F	Chivas USA	Signed as a free agent	[23]
July 14, 2014	Răzvan Cociș	M	FC Hoverla Uzhhorod	Signed as a free agent	[24]
July 29, 2014	Sanna Nyassi	M	Montreal Impact	Acquired in exchange for Dilly Duka	[25]
August 15, 2014	Robert Earnshaw	F	Blackpool	Signed via free transfer	[26]
August 28, 2014	Collin Fernandez	M	Chicago Fire Academy	Signed as a Homegrown Player, will not be added to the first team roster until 2015	[27]
September 9, 2014	Florent Sinama Pongolle	F	FC Rostov	Signed as a free agent	[28]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
November 25, 2013	Arévalo Ríos	M	None	Contract option was not picked up	[29]
November 25, 2013	Paolo Tornaghi	GK	None	Waived	[29]
December 9, 2013	Corben Bone	M	Philadelphia Union	2014 contract option was declined; selected with the sixth pick in Stage One of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft by Philadelphia Union	[8][14][30]
December 9, 2013	Joel Lindpere	M	None	2014 contract option was declined	[8][14]
December 9, 2013	Daniel Paladini	M	Columbus Crew	2014 contract option was declined; rights traded to Columbus Crew in exchange for the fourth round (61st overall) pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	[8][14][31]
December 9, 2013	Maicon Santos	F	None	2014 contract option was declined	[8][14]
December 9, 2013	Michael Videira	M	None	2014 contract option was declined	[8][14]
December 9, 2013	Shaun Francis	D	San Jose Earthquakes	Out of contract; selected in Stage Two of the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft by San Jose Earthquakes	[14][32][33]
December 9, 2013	Wells Thompson	M	None	Out of contract	[8][14]
January 15, 2014	Jalil Anibaba	D	Seattle Sounders	Traded together with the 8th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and a conditional third round selection in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni and the 13th overall selection in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft	[12]
February 20, 2014	Kellen Gulley	F	None	Returned from loan and was re-signed by the club after initially having his contract option declined, subsequently was waived in the preseason	[8][34][35]
February 20, 2014	Brendan King	M	None	Waived by the club	[35]
February 24, 2014	Federico Puppo	F	LDU Quito	After being out on loan since July 2012, a mutual agreement was reached to terminate the contract	[36][37][38]
February 24, 2014	Austin Berry	D	Philadelphia Union	Traded in exchange for allocation money	[39]
March 6, 2014	Yazid Atouba	M	None	Re-signed with the club after being out of contract, subsequently was waived in the preseason	[32][34][40]
April 2, 2014	Chris Rolfe	F	D.C. United	Traded in exchange for allocation money	[41]
June 11, 2014	Orr Barouch	F	None	The club and the player have mutually agreed to part ways	[42]
June 30, 2014	Giuseppe Gentile	F	None	Waived, after being loaned to Charlotte Eagles earlier in the season	[43][44]
July 29, 2014	Dilly Duka	M	Montreal Impact	Traded in exchange for Sanna Nyassi	[25]
August 22, 2014	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	D	Chivas USA	Traded in exchange for allocation money	[45]
October 24, 2014	Logan Pause	M	None	Retired	[46]

• Players selected in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft, but ultimately not signed by the club: midfielder Zach Bolden (selected 61st overall, fourth round, from University of Denver),^[47][48] midfielder Kadeem Dacres (selected 65th overall, fourth round, from University of Maryland, Baltimore County)^[47][48] and midfielder Bryan Ciesulka (selected 75th overall, fourth round, from Marquette University).^[17][47]
• Trialists released in the preseason: defender Rafael Alves,^[48][49] forward Vini Dantas,^[48][49] goalkeeper Kyle Renfro,^[48][49] defender Andrae Campbell,^[17][50] forward Daniel Jackson,^[17][50] midfielder Freddie Braun (winner of the Open Tryout),^[17][51] defender Tim Ward^[17][52] goalkeeper David Meves^[17][49] defender Parker Walsh^[49] and forward Grant Ward.^[50][53]

Loans

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned From	Notes	Ref
February 5, 2014	Benji Joya	M	Santos Laguna	One year loan with transfer option	[54]
March 22, 2014	Grant Ward	M	Tottenham Hotspur	Acquired on loan	[55]

Out

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Loaned To	Notes	Ref
July 9, 2013	Álvaro Fernández	M	Nacional	Was initially loaned for the 2013 season; current status not yet announced by the club	[56]
June 6, 2014	Alec Kann	GK	Charlotte Eagles	Loaned for the rest of the season with the option to recall	[57]
June 13, 2014	Victor Pineda	M	Indy Eleven	Loaned with the option to recall	[58]
July 3, 2014	Juan Luis Anangonó	F	LDU Quito	Six-month loan	[59]
September 12, 2014	Marco Franco	D	Indy Eleven	Loaned through end of 2014 NASL season with option to recall	[60]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach and Director of Soccer	Frank Yallop
First Assistant Coach	C. J. Brown
Assistant Coach	Clint Mathis
Goalkeeping Coach	Aron Hyde
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Tony Jouaux
Technical Director	Brian Bliss
Head of Scouting	Trevor James
Director of Soccer & Team Development	Paul Cadwell
Director of Team Operations	Ron Stern
Head Equipment Manager	Charles Raycroft
Assistant Equipment Manager	Allan Araujo
Head Athletic Trainer	Bo Leonard, MS, ATC, PES-NASM
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Steve Bagus, ATC, PES-NASM
Massage Therapist	Jake Bronowski, LMT
Team Medical Director	Dr. Gilberto Munoz

Standings

Conference tables

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	D.C. United (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	New England Revolution	55	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5
3	Columbus Crew	52	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10
4	New York Red Bulls	50	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5	2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Sporting Kansas City	49	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7
6	Philadelphia Union	42	34	10	12	12	51	51	0
7	Toronto FC	41	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10
8	Houston Dynamo	39	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19
9	Chicago Fire	36	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10
10	Montreal Impact	28	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20

Updated to matches played on October 25, 2014 09:57 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1)	64	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	2014 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	LA Galaxy	61	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32
3	Real Salt Lake	56	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15
4	FC Dallas	54	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10	2014 MLS Cup Knockout Round
5	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	50	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2
6	Portland Timbers	49	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9
7	Chivas USA	33	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32
8	Colorado Rapids	32	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19
9	San Jose Earthquakes	30	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 7:42 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(W1) = Western Conference champion

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Seattle Sounders FC (SS) (W1)	64	34	20	10	4	65	50	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 1 4
2	LA Galaxy	61	34	17	7	10	69	37	+32	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2
3	D.C. United (E1)	59	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 3
4	Real Salt Lake	56	34	15	8	11	54	39	+15	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 5
5	New England Revolution	55	34	17	13	4	51	46	+5
6	FC Dallas	54	34	16	12	6	55	45	+10
7	Columbus Crew	52	34	14	10	10	52	42	+10
8	New York Red Bulls	50	34	13	10	11	55	50	+5
9	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	50	34	12	8	14	42	40	+2	2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 6
10	Sporting Kansas City	49	34	14	13	7	48	41	+7
11	Portland Timbers	49	34	12	9	13	61	52	+9
12	Philadelphia Union	42	34	10	12	12	51	51	0
13	Toronto FC	41	34	11	15	8	44	54	−10
14	Houston Dynamo	39	34	11	17	6	39	58	−19
15	Chicago Fire	36	34	6	10	18	41	51	−10
16	Chivas USA	33	34	9	19	6	29	61	−32
17	Colorado Rapids	32	34	8	18	8	43	62	−19
18	San Jose Earthquakes	30	34	6	16	12	35	50	−15
19	Montreal Impact	28	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League 7

Updated to matches played on October 26, 2014 11:36 PM, EDT. Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

(E1) = Eastern Conference champion

(W1) = Western Conference champion

¹ The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League seeding Pot A (Canadian teams normally do not qualify for the Champions League through MLS, qualifying instead via the Canadian Championship, however see note 4.) The other U.S. representatives in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League are:

• Winner of the 2014 MLS Cup (Pot A) ²
• Regular Season Conference Winner that is not the Supporters' Shield Champion (Pot B) ³
• Winner of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B) ⁴

⁵ If the same team qualifies multiple times and/or if a Canadian team occupies one or more of the MLS qualifying places, then the American MLS team(s) with the best regular-season record not otherwise qualified are entered.

⁶ For this season only, the highest placed Canadian team will be awarded Canada's place in the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League, as a result of the rescheduling of the Canadian Championship in 2015.^[61]

⁷ Montreal Impact qualified for the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2014 Canadian Championship.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	36	6	10	18	41	51	−10	4	2	11	22	20	+2	2	8	7	19	31	−12

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

Results

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	T	T	T	T	T	T	L	W	W	L	T	T	L	T	T	W	T	L	T	T	W	L	T	W	L	T	T	L	T	T	L	L	W

Last updated: October 24, 2014.
Source: MLS Results and Chicago Fire Schedule
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06)

Preseason February 2, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–0	Florida Gulf Coast University	Ave Maria, Florida
10:00	Kinney  25' Jumper  26' Gentile  40+'	Report 80 min match (40+40)	25'	Stadium: Ave Maria University

Preseason February 8, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–0	D.C. United	Bradenton, Florida
18:00	Shipp  48' Ward  80'	Report	Arnaud  39' Doyle  86'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Preseason February 11, 2014	Chicago Fire	3–0	Orlando City	Bradenton, Florida
18:00	Shipp  14' Jackson  30' Braun  78' Gulley  90+'	Report	Turner  77'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Preseason February 12, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–0	D.C. United	Bradenton, Florida
9:00	Joya  75' Ward  85'	Report	Arnaud  35' Porter  72'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Desert Diamond Cup February 19, 2014	Colorado Rapids	1–2	Chicago Fire	Tucson, Arizona
16:30	Torres  68' José Mari  75'	Report	Ward  37' Amarikwa  40'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Desert Diamond Cup February 22, 2014	FC Tucson	0–2	Chicago Fire	Tucson, Arizona
14:00		Report	Alex  19' Soumaré  43'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Desert Diamond Cup February 26, 2014	New England Revolution	1–0	Chicago Fire	Tucson, Arizona
16:30	Rowe  90+1'	Report	Hurtado  34'	Stadium: North Stadium at Kino Sports Complex

Desert Diamond Cup March 1, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–0	Chivas Rayadas	Tucson, Arizona
19:30	Anangonó  15' Larentowicz  80' Magee  88' Amarikwa  90'	Report	E. Flores  18'	Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

Match 1 March 9, 2014	Chivas USA	3–2	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
16:00	Burling  40',  88' Torres  56' (pen.) McNamara  59' Bocanegra  77'	Report	Segares  55' Duka  61' Joya  64',  78' Amarikwa  70'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 8,320 Referee: William Anderson

Match 2 March 16, 2014	Portland Timbers	1–1	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
14:00	Fernández  79' Paparatto  90+1'	Report	Larentowicz  19' (pen.) Soumaré  25' Palmer  43' Amarikwa  61' Nyarko  73', 86'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 20,814 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Match 3 March 23, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00	Larentowicz  6' Magee  13'	Report	McCarty  21',  74' Olave  30' Eckersley  79' Sekagya  85' Cahill  90+1'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,228 Referee: Drew Fischer

Match 4 March 29, 2014	D.C. United	2–2	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
15:00	DeLeon  22' Espíndola  35' Parke  56' Kitchen  73'	Report	Hurtado  27' Cochrane  58' Amarikwa  82'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 9,445 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Match 5 April 5, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–2	Philadelphia Union	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00	Magee  16' Duka  64' Anangonó  86' Soumaré  88'	Report	Edu  32',  86' Fernandes  39' Bone  86'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,699 Referee: Chris Penso

Match 6 April 12, 2014	Montreal Impact	1–1	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
15:00	McInerney  43' Camara  90+2'	Report	Nyarko  44' Amarikwa  54' Magee  66'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,313 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Match 7 April 19, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Amarikwa  16',  34', 73'	Report	Nguyen  31' (pen.) Barnes  45+2' Dorman  64' Soares  87' Alston  90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,743 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Match 8 May 3, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–3	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Magee  22',  63' Anangonó  30'	Report	Schuler  30' Beckerman  44' Plata  72', 93+' Saborío  90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Juan Guzman

Match 9 May 10, 2014	New York Red Bulls	4–5	Chicago Fire	Harrison, New Jersey
18:00	Cahill  6',  90+3' Wright-Phillips  39', 67', 78' (pen.)	Report	Shipp  4', 53', 58' Amarikwa  49' Nyarko  64'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 23,776 Referee: Kevin Stott

Match 10 May 18, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–1	Sporting Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00	Magee  6' (pen.), 15' (pen.),  90+1' Hurtado  90+6'	Report	Palmer-Brown  49', 64' Dwyer  68' Feilhaber  82' Ellis  90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,746 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Match 11 May 24, 2014	Columbus Crew	2–0	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
18:30	Finlay  10' Arrieta  25' Higuaín  54'	Report	Amarikwa  57' Ianni  81'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 15,290 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Match 12 June 1, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	LA Galaxy	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Hurtado  7' Larentowicz  68' (pen.)	Report	Donovan  74',  76'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,487 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Match 13 June 4, 2014	Colorado Rapids	0–0	Chicago Fire	Commerce City, Colorado
20:00	Watts  85'	Report	Joya  20' Watson  78'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 13,402 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Match 14 June 7, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Ritter  8' Hurtado  24', 37' Shipp  41', 82' Amarikwa  90+2'	Report	Martins  8',  31', 38' (pen.),  42' Neagle  78' Pineda  90+2' Frei  90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,416 Referee: Chris Penso

Match 15 July 2, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Quincy Amarikwa  45+2' Harry Shipp  56' Lovel Palmer  86'	Report	Luke Moore  29' Jackson  42' Steven Caldwell  53'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,153 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Match 16 July 6, 2014	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
14:00	Dom Dwyer  33',  34' Benny Feilhaber  86'	Report	Mike Magee  40' Chris Ritter  45' Dilly Duka  54'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 20,858 Referee: Alan Kelly

Match 17 July 12, 2014	New England Revolution	0–1	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30	Daigo Kobayashi  23' José Gonçalves  63'	Report	Quincy Amarikwa  3' Patrick Ianni  84' Grant Ward  90+2'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,406 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Match 18 July 19, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	Philadelphia Union	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Alex  26' Jeff Larentowicz  60'	Report	Amobi Okugo  22' Sébastien Le Toux  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,460 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Match 19 July 23, 2014	San Jose Earthquakes	5–1	Chicago Fire	Santa Clara, California
22:00	Jordan Stewart  32' Shea Salinas  45' Atiba Harris  52' Chris Wondolowski  62' Yannick Djaló  79' Cordell Cato  84'	Report	Gonzalo Segares  67' Grant Ward  75' Matthew Fondy  81'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Dave Gantar

Match 20 July 30, 2014	Chicago Fire	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Chris Ritter  28' Lovel Palmer  69'	Report	Jordan Harvey  36' Johnny Leverón  63'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,532 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Match 21 August 2, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Mike Magee  37' (pen.) Gonzalo Segares  75'	Report	Federico Higuaín  46' Giancarlo González  50' Waylon Francis  69'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,332 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Match 22 August 10, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–0	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	Mike Magee  38' (pen.)	Report	Ibrahim Sekagya  66'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,109 Referee: Ted Unkel

Match 23 August 16, 2014	Montreal Impact	1–0	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
17:30	Gorka Larrea  70' Marco Di Vaio  84'	Report	Patrick Ianni  24'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 17,132 Referee: Kevin Stott

Match 24 August 23, 2014	Toronto FC	2–2	Chicago Fire	Toronto, Ontario
18:00	Bakary Soumaré  3' (o.g.) Collen Warner  57' Gilberto  79'	Report	Lovel Palmer  20' Alex  39' Bakary Soumaré  46' Robert Earnshaw  70' Quincy Amarikwa  90' Gonzalo Segares  90+1'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,591 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Match 25 August 30, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–0	FC Dallas	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Grant Ward  10' Bakary Soumaré  52' Robert Earnshaw  83' Matt Watson  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,824 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Match 26 September 7, 2014	New England Revolution	2–1	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:00	Diego Fagúndez  41' Charlie Davies  60' Darrius Barnes  74' Scott Caldwell  78' Jermaine Jones  78'	Report	Sanna Nyassi  28' Lovel Palmer  36' Răzvan Cociș  39' Matt Watson  58'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 12,204 Referee: Chris Penso

Match 27 September 13, 2014	Chicago Fire	1–1	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Lovel Palmer  11' Sanna Nyassi  41'	Report	Nick Hagglund  47' Justin Morrow  62' Dwayne De Rosario  89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,691 Referee: David Gantar

Match 28 September 20, 2014	Chicago Fire	3–3	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Quincy Amarikwa  16' Jeff Larentowicz  32' (pen.) Răzvan Cociș  45' Matt Watson  78' Lovel Palmer  90+1'	Report	Perry Kitchen  31' Luis Silva  39' (pen.), 54' Nick DeLeon  65' Bobby Boswell  68'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,279 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Match 29 September 28, 2014	Houston Dynamo	2–0	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
14:00	Ricardo Clark  10' Omar Cummings  15' David Horst  21' Óscar Boniek García  67'	Report	Gonzalo Segares  47' Jeff Larentowicz  65'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,262 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Match 30 October 2, 2014	Philadelphia Union	1–1	Chicago Fire	Chester, Pennsylvania
19:00	Amobi Okugo  88'	Report	Lovel Palmer  5' Patrick Nyarko  86' Jeff Larentowicz  90+1' Robert Earnshaw  90+2'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 14,838 Referee: Chris Penso

Match 31 October 5, 2014	Chicago Fire	0–0	Montreal Impact	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00	Gonzalo Segares  88'	Report	Hassoun Camara  65'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,915 Referee: Mark Geiger

Match 32 October 10, 2014	Sporting Kansas City	2–0	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
19:30	Matt Besler  71' Graham Zusi  80' Dom Dwyer  90+2'	Report	Matt Watson  4' Bakary Soumaré  60'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 18,938 Referee: Kevin Stott

Match 33 October 18, 2014	D.C. United	2–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
18:00	Chris Pontius  31' Eddie Johnson  53'	Report	Harry Shipp  67' Chris Ritter  90+2'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20,162 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Match 34 October 24, 2014	Chicago Fire	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	Alex  33' Jeff Larentowicz  66' (pen.) Logan Pause  70' Florent Sinama Pongolle  90+1'	Report	Omar Cummings  18' Brad Davis  82' Tyler Deric  82' A. J. Cochran  85'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,776 Referee: Allen Chapman

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

Fourth Round June 18	Chicago Fire	2–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Bridgeview, Illinois
21:23[62]	Ward  22' Magee  40'	Report	Marshall  42'	Stadium: Toyota Park Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Fifth Round June 25	Chicago Fire	4–2 (aet)	Columbus Crew	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Ianni  34' Pause  54' Anangonó  83', 108' Amarikwa  92' Ward  118'	Report	Arrieta  55' Añor  70' Parkhurst  97'	Stadium: Toyota Park Referee: Robert Sibiga

Quarterfinals July 9	Atlanta Silverbacks	1–3	Chicago Fire	Atlanta, Georgia
18:30	Jesus Gonzalez  31' Ferrety Sousa  43' Deon McCaulay  54' Ramiro Canovas  61'	Report	Mike Magee  31' Matt Watson  34' Quincy Amarikwa  50' Jeff Larentowicz  82' (pen.) Alex  85' Bakary Soumaré  86' Jhon Kennedy Hurtado  90'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Semifinals August 13	Seattle Sounders FC	6–0	Chicago Fire	Tukwila, Washington
21:30	Chad Barrett  6' Andy Rose  33', 58' Lamar Neagle  73' Obafemi Martins  79' Kenny Cooper  83', 84'	Report	Răzvan Cociș  17' Lovel Palmer  55' Bakary Soumaré  70' Gonzalo Segares  82'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,361 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Friendlies

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

July 26, 2014	Chicago Fire	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00		Report Highlights	Harry Kane  5' Aaron Lennon  83'	Stadium: Toyota Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Regular season		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alec Kann (on loan to Charlotte Eagles)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Hunter Jumper	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Bakary Soumaré	21	0	16+1	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
5	DF		Lovel Palmer	21	0	18+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
6	DF		Patrick Ianni	10	1	7+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
7	MF		Alex	19	1	13+3	0	0+0	0	1+2	1
8	MF		Grant Ward (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	16	1	7+5	0	0+0	0	4+0	1
9	FW		Mike Magee	19	8	16+0	7	0+0	0	3+0	1
11	MF		Sanna Nyassi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Logan Pause	11	0	1+6	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
13	DF		Gonzalo Segares	13	0	11+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW		Patrick Nyarko	9	1	7+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Matthew Fondy	6	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
16	DF		Greg Cochrane	14	0	11+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
18	DF		Steven Kinney	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Harry Shipp	25	6	18+3	6	0+0	0	4+0	0
20	MF		Jeff Larentowicz	25	5	21+0	4	0+0	0	4+0	1
21	MF		Chris Ritter	9	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Matt Watson	20	0	11+5	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
23	DF		Marco Franco (on loan to Orange County Blues)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Quincy Amarikwa	24	8	18+2	6	0+0	0	4+0	2
25	GK		Sean Johnson	26	-44	22+0	-34	0+0	0	4+0	-10
27	MF		Victor Pineda (on loan to Indy Eleven)	4	0	0+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	GK		Kyle Reynish	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Razvan Cocis	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
33	FW		Juan Luis Anangonó (on loan to LDU Quito)	16	4	4+11	2	0+0	0	0+1	2
54	MF		Benji Joya (on loan from Santos Laguna)	12	1	9+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Chicago Fire)
11	MF		Dilly Duka (traded)	6	0	3+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW		Orr Barouch (contract terminated)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW		Chris Rolfe (traded)	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF		Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (traded)	20	1	18+0	1	0+0	0	1+1	0
92	FW		Giuseppe Gentile (waived)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Leading scorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Assists
1	Quincy Amarikwa	8	5
2	Harry Shipp	7	6
3	Mike Magee	7	4
4	Jeff Larentowicz	6	3
5	Robert Earnshaw	3	0
6	Juan Luis Anangono	2	0
7	Patrick Nyarko	1	3
8	Grant Ward	1	2
9	Sanna Nyassi	1	1
	Lovel Palmer	1	1
	Matt Watson	1	1
12	Jhon Kennedy Hurtado	1	0
	Benji Joya	1	0
	Florent Sinama Pongolle	1	0
15	Greg Cochrane	0	2
16	Alex	0	1

Updated to match played on October 24, 2014.
Source: MLSsoccer.com statistics - 2014 Chicago Fire

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Report
10	Harry Shipp	POTW

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Report
2	Bakary Soumaré	D	Report
10	Harry Shipp	M	Report
13	Bakary Soumaré	D	Report
14	Harry Shipp	M	Report
17	Sean Johnson	GK	Report
18	Sean Johnson	GK	Report
	Lovel Palmer	D
22	Jeff Larentowicz	D	Report
25	Bakary Soumaré	D	Report
30	Lovel Palmer	D	Report
33	Sean Johnson	GK	Report

Team annual awards

Forward Quincy Amarikwa won the Golden Boot award for scoring the team-leading eight goals this season. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Johnson was also named the team's Most Valuable Player. The winners were selected by the local media members.^[63]

First-year defender Lovel Palmer was voted Section 8 Chicago Supporters Player of the Year.^[64]

Patrick Nyarko's strike in the match against New York Red Bulls on May 10 was voted the team's 2014 Goal of the Year.^[65]

Kits

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home[66][67]	Red / Navy	Red	Red
Home Alt.	Red / Navy	Navy	Red	MLS, March 23 against New York
Away	Navy	Navy	Navy

Primary kit

The club unveiled its new 2014 primary kit on March 4, 2014. According to the release, the jersey design was inspired by the City of Chicago fire trucks which feature a dark top, a band and red throughout the bottom half. The light blue represents the primary color of the Chicago flag.^[66]

Third kit

On October 8, 2013 the club unveiled the third kit to be worn in the 2014 season. The municipal-themed design named "Heart on Your Sleeve" incorporated the city flag as well as the iconic Chicago skyline. The winning design was selected via a fan vote online.^[68]

Miscellany

Draft pick trades

Picks acquired:

• 2014 MLS SuperDraft 13th overall pick, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni from Seattle Sounders in exchange for Jalil Anibaba^[12]
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for Kwame Watson-Siriboe
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick from Columbus Crew in exchange for Daniel Paladini

Picks traded:

• 2014 MLS SuperDraft second round pick and allocation money to Philadelphia Union in exchange for defender Bakary Soumaré
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft third round pick to Toronto FC in exchange for Quincy Amarikwa
• 2014 MLS SuperDraft 8th overall pick, a 2015 MLS SuperDraft conditional third round pick and Jalil Anibaba to Seattle Sounders in exchange for Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni^[12]
• 2016 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for Greg Cochrane^[21]

References

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