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câu lạc bộ bóng đá chicago fire Although expectations were modest for 2012 , Klopas' first full season as coach, the year saw a change in fortune for the Fire. The spring and summer months saw several new acquisitions for the club, starting with the reacquiring of Chris Rolfe from Aalborg BK . [ 12 ] Rolfe, who scored eight goals and 12 assists in the 21 games he played in 2012, would later be named the Fire's MVP. [ 13 ] Other signings included Brazilian midfielders Alex Monteiro de Lima from the Swiss side FC Wohlen , Alvaro Fernández from Seattle Sounders FC , forward Sherjill MacDonald from Beerschot AC of Belgium and veteran defender Arne Friedrich from VfL Wolfsburg . Although they would fall out of the U.S. Open tournament early that season, the Fire eventually compiled a 17–11–6 record, their best since 2000, and ranked as high as second in the Eastern Conference before ending the year in fourth place. [ 14 ] On October 31, 2012, in their first playoff appearance since 2009, the Fire lost their first-round MLS Cup playoff match-up at home against the Houston Dynamo , 2–1. [ 15 ]. câu lạc bộ bóng đá sporting lisbon Chicago Fire từng vô địch MLS Cup ngay mùa giải đầu tiên (1998). Điều này khiến nhiều fan gọi họ là “ngựa ô” của giải đấu. Bạn nghĩ họ có thể lập lại kỳ tích? câu lạc bộ bóng đá bournemouth Many notable players have worn the Fire shirt, including U.S. internationals Chris Armas , Carlos Bocanegra , Frank Klopas , DaMarcus Beasley , Brian McBride , Tony Sanneh , Cory Gibbs , Ante Razov , Josh Wolff , Eric Wynalda and Jon Busch . Some of the club's other notable American professional players include C.J. Brown , Jesse Marsch , Chris Rolfe , and Zach Thornton . The Fire also have a reputation for importing international talent, from established veterans like Bastian Schweinsteiger , Pável Pardo , Piotr Nowak , Cuauhtémoc Blanco , Tomasz Frankowski , Luboš Kubík , Hristo Stoichkov and Jorge Campos ; in addition to younger players such as Patrick Nyarko , Marco Pappa , Damani Ralph , Bakary Soumaré and Nery Castillo .