Tim Hotze

Look I know there's a lot that's terrible but this timeline has some real redeeming features after all.

Robert Lewandowski's goalless streak has reached 570 minutes ‒ as far as I can tell, that's a career-high for him since leaving Poland. Fire get 3 points in ATL for the first time, though. Here's what we learned about the Fire last night www.meninred97.com/what-we-lear... #cf97 #VamosFire

@mattdoyle.bsky.social pass of the week?

I can't stop watching this back. This is comedy. This is poetry. This is art.

Onetime #cf97 Ariel Lassiter levels it for Portland, now 1-1 vs Charlotte in the 11th minute. Keeping them off of 3 points keeps daylight between the Fire and Charlotte in the battle for home advantage in the post season.

Back by popular demand, my mom's #cf97 analysis after the 3-2 Fire W in Atlanta.

And Embolo makes this a game again - 3-2 in Atlanta in the 68th minute. What a header

ANZOR!!!! #23 SCORES FOR CHICAGO! 2-1 #cf97 in the 52'

Well, was half right.

Gregg needs to make halftime changes if Fire want 3 points from this one. Defense has barely been better than traffic cones and Djé's propensity for letting a yellow snowball make him a liability. I'd swap out Allen and D'Avilla for Gutman and Anzor. #cf97

O CAPTAIN THE CAPTAIN! ANTON SALÉTROS LEVELS IT FOR THE FIRE! 1-1 in the 30th minute and a new game for #cf97

Nightmare of a start for the Fire. Down 1-0 before 4 minutes were played as Mbo and Allen can't make key plays in defense

How #cf97 line up against Atlanta. Did Gregg rotate against the #14 team in the East? No, he did not. Zinck listed in the midfield; I wouldn't be surprised if Haile-Selassie was actually swapping with him pretty often.

The Chicago Fire have clinched, but face a tough battle for positioning. Here's what's at stake tonight when the Fire take on Atlanta United in Georgia. #cf97 #VamosFire www.meninred97.com/feeling-the-...

Hey, at least none of them own a women’s sports team, right? Right???

Thanks to OpenAI, we now know that Messi holds his phone like an absolute crazy person

In media availability Fire head coach Gregg Berhalter says that André Franco could be available "within 10 days." He then cautioned that he's "been wrong with this before" estimating player returns. #cf97 #VamosFire

Since losing Hugo Cuypers, the Fire's DP production has dropped How much? And how has Lewandowski's arrival changed production from the rest of #cf97? I ran the numbers - check it out with our (free) subscriber exclusive story : www.meninred97.com/swapping-fir...

🚨🚨🚨CUPSET ALERT!!!🚨🚨🚨 (Sorry, forgot for legal reasons, needed the sirens)

Canadian Premier League Cupset, everyone!!!!! Hamilton Forge beat CF Montréal to win the Canadian Championship!

Former #cf97 in the XI for Montréal competing for a trophy.

The Fire made it in the playoffs but not under their own power. Here's what we learned in the team's 1-0 loss to the Revs yesterday www.meninred97.com/what-we-lear... #cf97 #VamosFire

Despite the Fire's 1-0 loss in New England, DC United's 4-1 loss to Orlando seals a playoff spot for the Chicago Fire. #cf97 #VamosFire

With Fire's 1-0 loss, that's 5 league starts for Robert Lewandowski with 0 goals The last time that happened was 2010-2011, his first year at Borussia Dortmund. #cf97 #VamosFire

Former Fire Matt Polster gets the Recs on the board. 1-0 Revs in the 26' against the run of play. #cf97

Andrew Gutman back in the XI for the Chicago Fire against the New England Revolution, and Andreas Hanche-Olsen gets his first MLS start. Leo Barroso starts on the right with Dean on the bench. Lewy up top, with Maren and Zinck alongside Bamba behind him. #cf97 #VamosFire

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In which @timhotze.com details #CF97's own backline issues for tonight's game as both Chicago and the #NERevs push for Top 4 in the East...and would a win tonight for either team all but guarantee a home playoff series? #NEvCHI

"I hate Illinois NIMBYs!" is a helluva line

If Montreal win the Canadian Championship *and* the Wooden Spoon they should have a parade where they treat both as equally important

11 out of 10 analysts agree: Your chances of winning go up if you play have at least as many players as your opponent. Also thoughts on why Gutman isn't playing and the Fire's center-back pool. www.meninred97.com/what-we-lear... #cf97 #VAmosFire

Fire captain Jack Elliott is due to miss the Fire's next to games after being sent off against the Union. Here's the full story: www.meninred97.com/jack-elliott...

Tonight's Fire attendance is 21,265 - lowest since Lewandowski arrived and the Fire's lowest since May 2nd against FC Cincinnati (which, TBF, was a Saturday) #cf97 #VamosFire

And the Union score again, making it 3-1 in the 67th minute as Damiani bags a brace Does not look like the Fire will clinch tonight. #cf97 #VamosFire

Bruno Damiani puts the Union ahead in the 55th minute. #cf97 #VamosFire

Illoski levels it for the Union in the 50th minute. Level game, Fire down a man. #cf97 #VamosFire

And now Jack Elliott is sent off in 1st half stoppage with a 2nd yellow. Nightmare for the Fire with two ejections in a row. #cf97 #VamosFire

GOLAZO! Maren Haile-Selassie makes it 1-0 Fire in the 44th minute!!!! #cf97 #VamosFire

Jack Elliott picks up a yellow in the 42nd minute and as a result, will miss the next game to card accumulation. #cf97 #VamosFire

Nice.

How the Chicago Fire line up againt the Philadelphia Union. 4-4-2, with Gómez starting next to Lewandowski. Johan Gómez replaces Zinck on the right, Noah Allen is back at left back and Jonathan Dean gets his 100th MLS apperance #cf97 #VamosFire

MLS didn't have an official league-wide "injury report" until a few years ago, and since they've started it, we've just had wildly different takes on every aspect of them. Everything from accuracy to level of detail

Endeavor Health ‒ a major Chicago Fire sponsor, including naming-rights sponsor for the Fire's training center ‒ announces plans to merge with Rush's health system. Endeavor name going away; post-merger both will operate under Rush umbrella. #cf97 www.wbez.org/health-medic...

The Fire can clinch a playoff spot today ‒ all they have to do is beat the hottest team in the league. Here's a match preview as the Fire are set to take on the Philadelphia Union later today at Soldier Field www.meninred97.com/win-and-your...

🎯 If you want real sporting competition, you need a cap, otherwise it's just a battle of who's richer.

A fine for Dje D’Avilla alongside his sending off in the Chicago Fire’s weekend win over NYCFC