2018 Chicago Fire season

The 2018 Chicago Fire season was the club's 20th year of existence, as well as their 21st in Major League Soccer.

Current squad

As of August 10, 2018. Source: Chicago Fire official roster and Official MLS Roster

Player movement

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Unsigned trialists and draft picks

Pre-Season

Midfielder Omar Castro
Midfielder/Forward Joshua Gatt, last played for Colorado Rapids; left the team on February 26
Goalkeeper Sam Howard, last played for IFK Åmål in Sweden; left the team on February 19
Defender Maxi Moreira, last played for Huracán F.C. in Uruguay
Defender Josh Morton from California, picked 84th overall in the SuperDraft; was not part of the starting camp roster
Forward Albert Ruiz, last played for Florida Gulf Coast Eagles after not being selected in the SuperDraft; left camp sometime after the game against Kansas City

Academy midfielders Gilberto Angeles and Javier Casas also trained with the Fire while they were in Florida. Academy goalie Kyle Orciuch trained once they got back to Chicago after their travel to Bradenton as well.

Technical staff

Standings

Eastern Conference table

Overall table

Results summary

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

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC−06)

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC−06)

Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC−06)

International friendlies

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC−06)

Squad statistics

Games played

Goalkeeping statistics

Goalscoring and assisting record

Cards

Notes

Player left during the season

Awards

MLS Team of the Week

MLS Goal of the week

Tulsa loanee statistics

The Fire renewed their affiliation with Tulsa for another season on January 12, 2018. The affiliation allows for players to be called back at any point or loaned out at any point.

Loaned out

The following players were loaned out during the season:

Games played

Goalscoring and assisting record

Cards

Goalkeeping statistics

Notes

Player left during the season

National team call-ups

Armenia
Yura Movsisyan

UEFA Nations League Match vs Gibraltar, October 13 (Started, played 69 minutes)
UEFA Nations League Match vs Macedonia, October 16 (Started, played 74 minutes, scored one goal)

Hungary
Nemanja Nikolić

Friendly vs Luxembourg, November 9, 2017 (Started, played 75 minutes, scored one goal)
Friendly vs Costa Rica, November 14, 2017 (Started, played 81 minutes, scored one goal)
Friendly vs Kazakhstan, March 23 (Started, played 76 minutes)
Friendly vs Scotland, March 27 (Subbed on, played 7 minutes)

Liechtenstein
Nicolas Hasler

UEFA Nations League Match vs Armenia, September 6 (Started, played 90 minutes, assisted one goal)
UEFA Nations League Match vs Gibraltar, September 9 (Started, played 90 minutes)
UEFA Nations League Match vs Macedonia, October 13 (Started, played 90 minutes)
UEFA Nations League Match vs Gibraltar, October 16 (Started, played 90 minutes)

United States
Matt Polster