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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 as monaco Tên “Fire” không chỉ mang tính biểu tượng, mà còn thể hiện tinh thần chiến đấu mãnh liệt của đội. Fan thường hô “Fire Up!” mỗi khi đội ra sân. câu lạc bộ bóng đá augsburg For its first years in the league the Fire played at Soldier Field, the 61,500-capacity home of the Chicago Bears of the NFL and one of the main venues of the 1994 FIFA World Cup . While that stadium was undergoing a 2 million renovation, the Fire played at Cardinal Stadium in Naperville, Illinois , on the outskirts of the Chicago metropolitan area; the stadium was temporarily expanded to 15,000 seats to accommodate the team. [ 86 ] Attempts to play at other venues, including Comiskey Park and the Arlington Park racecourse, were rejected by their respective owners. [ 87 ] [ 88 ] They returned to Soldier Field toward the end of 2003, remaining there through the end of 2005 while their soccer-specific stadium was under construction.