2025 Chicago Fire FC season

Chicago Fire FC

2025 season
Owner	Joe Mansueto
Head coach	Gregg Berhalter
Stadium	Soldier Field (capacity: 61,500)
MLS	Conference: Overall:
Home colors

The 2025 Chicago Fire FC season is the club's 28th season in Major League Soccer. This is the club's first season under owner Joe Mansuetto without sporting director Georg Heitz, who stepped down following the previous season's conclusion. It was announced that he, alongside head coach Frank Klopas, would be replaced by former USMNT and Columbus Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter on October 8th, 2024, with Berhalter formally taking over on October 20.

Season Review

Preseason

The Fire's preseason formally began on October 20, 2024.

Staff Movement

The first front office move of the offseason occurred on October 8, 2024. On that day, former USMNT and Columbus Crew head coach was announced as the new Fire head coach and director of football. He replaces controversial outgoing general manager Georg Heitz and club legend Frank Klopas as head coach. Berhalter will be in charge of the Fire, the Fire's second team, and the club's academy. Frank Klopas was moved into the new Vice President of Football role. On November 8, the Fire announced that assistant coaches Paulo Nagamura and Carlos García were let go by the club, while former Fire player Michael Stephens was announced as the Fire's new head of player recruitment, with the announcement of Gregg Brouhgton as sporting director coming on November 12. On November 23, the Fire announced that technical director Sebastian Pelzer was moving to the Fire's sister club FC Lugano as Chief Sports Officer.

Roster Movements

On October 22, the Fire announced their first roster moves of the offseason- exercising options on goalkeeper Jeff Gal and defender Jonathan Dean while negotiating with defender Wyatt Omsberg and midfielder Javier Casas. The club also announced they were not offering new contracts to goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defender Rafael Czichos, and midfielders Fabian Herbers and Ariel Lassiter, while also declining the purchase option on Allan Arigoni who returned to the Fire's sister club FC Lugano. On November 27, the club also announced that forward Victor Bezerra and midfielder Laurence Wootton had their options declined, while goalkeeper Bryan Dowd had his exercised. Also announced was that the Fire had formally waived forward Missael Rodriguez. All four players had been loaned out by the Fire in 2024. The first signing of the offseason occured on December 11, with the announcement that Fire II midfielder and 2024 MLS Next Pro MVP David Poreba had signed a first team contract, becoming the first non-Homegrown to go from the Fire's second team to the first team.

Current squad

Players signed as of November 15, 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Player Notes
Goalkeepers
25	Jeff Gal		G	(1993-04-06) April 6, 1993	Degerfors IF
34	Chris Brady		G	(2004-03-03) March 3, 2004	Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
78	Bryan Dowd		G	(2002-05-08) May 8, 2002	Notre Dame
Defenders
2	Arnaud Souquet		D	(1992-02-12) February 12, 1992	Montpellier HSC
4	Carlos Terán		D	(2000-09-24) September 24, 2000	Envigado F.C.
14	Tobias Salquist		D	(1995-05-18) May 18, 1995	Silkeborg IF	International
15	Andrew Gutman		D	(1996-10-02) October 2, 1996	Colorado Rapids
22	Mauricio Pineda		D	(1997-10-17) October 17, 1997	North Carolina Tar Heels
24	Jonathan Dean		D	(1997-05-15) May 15, 1997	Birmingham Legion FC
36	Justin Reynolds		D	(2004-04-08) April 8, 2004	Chicago Fire FC II	Homegrown
77	Chase Gasper		D	(1996-01-25) January 25, 1996	Houston Dynamo
Midfielders
7	Maren Haile-Selassie		M	(1999-03-13) March 13, 1999	FC Lugano	International
17	Brian Gutiérrez		M	(2003-06-17) June 17, 2003	Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown U22 Initiative
23	Kellyn Acosta		M	(1995-07-24) July 24, 1995	LAFC
30	Gastón Giménez		M	(1991-07-27) July 27, 1991	Vélez Sarsfield
31	Federico Navarro		M	(2000-03-09) March 9, 2000	Talleres de Cordoba	U22 Initiative
35	Sergio Oregel		M	(2005-05-16) May 16, 2005	Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
	David Poreba		M	(2002-12-01) December 1, 2002	Chicago Fire FC II	Homegrown
Forwards
8	Chris Mueller		F	(1996-08-29) August 29, 1996	Hibernian F.C.
9	Hugo Cuypers		F	(1997-02-07) February 7, 1997	Gent	International Designated Player
12	Tom Barlow		F	(1995-07-08) July 8, 1995	New York Red Bulls
19	Georgios Koutsias		F	(2004-02-08) February 8, 2004	PAOK FC	International U22 Initiative

Player movement

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2025

Returning, options, and new contracts

Date	Player	Position	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2024	Jonathan Dean	D	Option exercised
October 22, 2024	Jeff Gal	G	Option Exercised
November 27, 2025	Bryan Dowd	G	Returned from his loan to Huntsville City FC and had his option exercised

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
December 12, 2025	David Poreba	M	Chicago Fire FC II	Signed a first team contract for 2025 with options through 2028

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
October 22, 2024	Allan Arigoni	D	FC Lugano	Loan ended following the 2024 season and the Fire declined his purchase option
October 22, 2024	Javier Casas	M		Out of contract, though the Fire are negotiating
October 22, 2024	Rafael Czichos	D		Out of contract
October 22, 2024	Fabian Herbers	M		Out of contract
October 22, 2024	Ariel Lassiter	M		Out of contract
October 22, 2024	Wyatt Omsberg	D		Out of contract, though the Fire are negotiating
October 22, 2024	Spencer Richey	G		Out of contract
November 13, 2024	Victor Bezerra	F		Announced that he was leaving the club on social media after returning on loan from Detroit City FC; this was confirmed by the club on November 27
November 27, 2025	Missael Rodriguez	F		Returned from his loan to Union Omaha and was ultimately waived
November 27, 2025	Laurence Wootton	M		Returned from his loan to Indy Eleven and had his option declined

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach and Director of Football	Gregg Berhalter
Sporting Director	Gregg Brouhgton
Head of Player Recruitment	Michael Stephens

Last updated: November 8, 2024
Source: Chicago Fire Technical Staff

Competitions

Major League Soccer

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: January 1
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

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Leagues Cup

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup

2025 Leagues Cup group stage

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Statistics

Note: italics indicates a player who left during the season while * indicates a Fire II player that joined on a short-term loan or for the League's Cup

Games played

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS				Leagues Cup				Total
				Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Bench
2	DF	FRA	Arnaud Souquet
4	DF	COL	Carlos Terán
7	MF	SUI	Maren Haile-Selassie
8	FW	USA	Chris Mueller
9	FW	BEL	Hugo Cuypers
12	FW	USA	Tom Barlow
14	DF	DEN	Tobias Salquist
15	DF	USA	Andrew Gutman
17	MF	USA	Brian Gutiérrez
19	FW	GRE	Georgios Koutsias
22	DF	USA	Mauricio Pineda
23	MF	USA	Kellyn Acosta
24	DF	USA	Jonathan Dean
25	GK	USA	Jeff Gal
30	MF	PAR	Gastón Giménez
31	MF	ARG	Federico Navarro
34	GK	USA	Chris Brady
35	MF	USA	Sergio Oregel
36	DF	USA	Justin Reynolds
77	DF	USA	Chase Gasper
78	GK	USA	Bryan Dowd
	MF	USA	David Poreba

Goalkeeping

No.	Nat.	Name	MLS			Leagues Cup			Total
			Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA
25	USA	Jeff Gal
34	USA	Chris Brady
78	USA	Bryan Dowd

Goals

Rk.	Player	MLS	League's Cup	Total

Assists

Rk.	Player	MLS	League's Cup	Total
		A	A	A

Disciplinary record

Rk.	Player	MLS			League's Cup			Total

Second team statistics

Note: Stats are for regular and post season combined

Games played

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total
				Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes

Goalkeeping

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total
				Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA

Goals and assists

Rank	Player		A

Cards

Rk.	Player	MLS Next Pro			Open Cup			Total

External links

• Official website