2011 Chicago Fire season

The 2011 Chicago Fire season was the club's 13th year of existence, as well as their 14th season in Major League Soccer and their 14th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.

Chicago Fire

2011 season
Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Manager	Frank Klopas (interim)
Stadium	Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000)
MLS	11th overall (6th in the Eastern Conference)
MLS Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Runners-up
Carolina Challenge Cup	Third place
Brimstone Cup	Did not win
Top goalscorer	Dominic Oduro (12)
Highest home attendance	Regular season: 20,237 vs Columbus Crew (October 22, 2011) Other (Friendly): 18,224 vs C.D. Guadalajara (September 14, 2011) Other venue: 61,308 vs Manchester United at Soldier Field (July 23, 2011)
Lowest home attendance	Regular season: 10,362 vs FC Dallas (October 12, 2011) Other (U.S. Open Cup): 8,909 vs Richmond Kickers (August 30, 2011)
Average home league attendance	14,273[1]
Biggest win	RSL 0-3 CHI (9/28)
Biggest defeat	POR 4-2 CHI (4/14) VAN 4-2 CHI (8/7)
Home colors Away colors
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Overview

February

Squad

As of September 14, 2011.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Jon Conway 3 DF  USA Dan Gargan 4 DF  USA Kwame Watson-Siriboe (on loan to FC Tampa Bay) 5 DF  USA Cory Gibbs 6 DF  USA Jalil Anibaba 7 MF  USA Mike Banner 8 FW  GHA Dominic Oduro 9 MF  BIH Baggio Husidić 10 MF  ARG Sebastián Grazzini 11 MF  USA Daniel Paladini 12 MF  USA Logan Pause (captain) 13 DF  CRC Gonzalo Segares 14 FW  GHA Patrick Nyarko 15 FW  ISR Orr Barouch (on loan from Tigres UANL) 16 MF  GUA Marco Pappa

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MEX Pável Pardo 19 MF  USA Corben Bone 21 MF  USA Michael Videira 23 DF  CRO Josip Mikulić 24 DF  GRE Pari Pantazopoulos 25 GK  USA Sean Johnson 27 MF  USA Victor Pineda 28 DF  USA Steven Kinney 29 FW  COL Cristian Nazarit 30 GK  USA Alec Dufty 88 FW  USA Gabriel Ferrari 89 DF  COL Yamith Cuesta 94 FW  USA Kellen Gulley 99 FW  URU Diego Cháves

Player movement

Transfers

See also: List of Major League Soccer transfers 2011

In

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Fee/notes	Ref
December 15, 2010	Cory Gibbs	DF	New England Revolution	Re-Entry Draft	[3]
January 11, 2011	Daniel Paladini	MF	Carolina RailHawks	Free	[4]
January 11, 2011	Josip Mikulić	DF	NK Zagreb	Undisclosed	[4]
January 13, 2011	Jalil Anibaba	DF	University of North Carolina	SuperDraft, 1st round	[5]
January 13, 2011	Jon Conway	GK	Toronto FC	Acquired for 3rd round draft pick	[6]
February 3, 2011	Gastón Puerari	FW	Montevideo Wanderers	Undisclosed	[7]
February 18, 2011	Diego Cháves	FW	Nacional	Undisclosed	[8]
March 1, 2011	Alec Dufty	GK	AC St. Louis	Free	[9]
March 2, 2011	Marko Marić	MF	Skoda Xanthi F.C.	Free	[10]
March 10, 2011	Michael Videira	MF	AC St. Louis	Free	[11]
March 17, 2011	Davis Paul	FW	University of California, Berkeley	SuperDraft, 3rd round	[12]
March 23, 2011	Yamith Cuesta	DF	Chivas USA	Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick	[13]
March 23, 2011	Dominic Oduro	FW	Houston Dynamo	Acquired for Calen Carr	[14]
March 24, 2011	Gabriel Ferrari	FW	FC Wohlen	Undisclosed	[15]
April 4, 2011	Pari Pantazopoulos	DF	Zakynthos	Free	[16]
May 4, 2011	Cristian Nazarit	FW	Independiente Santa Fe	Undisclosed	[17]
July 13, 2011	Sebastián Grazzini	MF	Club Atlético All Boys	Undisclosed	[18]
July 26, 2011	Pável Pardo	MF	Club América	Undisclosed	[19]
July 28, 2011	Dan Gargan	DF	Toronto FC	Acquired with a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick for Dasan Robinson	[20]
August 11, 2011	Kellen Gulley	FW	Chicago Fire Juniors Mississippi	Undisclosed; will not be added to first-team roster until 2012	[21]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
October 24, 2010	C.J. Brown	DF	None	Retired	[22]
October 24, 2010	Brian McBride	FW	None	Retired	[23]
November 24, 2010	Peter Lowry	MF	Portland Timbers	Expansion Draft	[24]
November 24, 2010	John Thorrington	MF	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Expansion Draft	[24]
November 24, 2010	Collins John	FW	Gabala FC	Released, free transfer	[25]
November 24, 2010	Krzysztof Król	DF	Jagiellonia Białystok	Loan expired, returned to parent club	[25]
December 31, 2010	Wilman Conde	DF	Atlas	Contract expired, free transfer	[26]
December 31, 2010	Freddie Ljungberg	MF	Celtic F.C.	Contract expired, free transfer	[27]
January 31, 2011	Andrew Dykstra	GK	Charleston Battery	Released, free transfer	[28]
February 9, 2011	Deris Umanzor	DF	C.D. Águila	Released	[29]
March 23, 2011	Calen Carr	FW	Houston Dynamo	Traded for Dominic Oduro	[30]
June 15, 2011	Gastón Puerari	FW	Atlas	Undisclosed	[31]
June 29, 2011	Davis Paul	FW	Chicago Fire Premier	Released, free transfer	[32][33]
July 26, 2011	Bratislav Ristić	MF		Released	[34]
July 28, 2011	Dasan Robinson	DF	Toronto FC	Traded for Dan Gargan and a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick	[35]
September 14, 2011	Marko Marić	MF		Waived	[36]

Loans

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Ref
March 10, 2011	Orr Barouch	FW	Tigres UANL	One year loan	[11][37]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Fee/notes	Ref
June 2, 2011	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	DF	FC Tampa Bay	Through the end of 2011 season	[38]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy (S, C)	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	67	CONCACAF Champions League
2	Seattle Sounders FC	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	63
3	Real Salt Lake	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8	53
4	FC Dallas	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	52
5	Sporting Kansas City	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	51
6	Houston Dynamo	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4	49	CONCACAF Champions League
7	Colorado Rapids	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	49
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8	48
9	Columbus Crew	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	47
10	New York Red Bulls	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6	46
11	Chicago Fire	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1	43
12	Portland Timbers	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8	42
13	D.C. United	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3	39
14	San Jose Earthquakes	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5	38
15	Chivas USA	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2	36
16	Toronto FC	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23	33	CONCACAF Champions League
17	New England Revolution	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20	28

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield

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
34	43	9	9	16	46	45	+1	6	3	8	24	19	+5	3	6	8	22	26	−4

Last updated: October 23, 2011
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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	T	W	L	L	L	T	T	T	T	L	T	T	T	W	T	T	T	T	L	L	T	L	T	T	W	W	L	W	W	W	T	L	W	W
Position	9	4	9	14	17	16	16	14	16	17	16	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on October 23, 2011. Source: 2011 Major League Soccer season
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CST.

Chicago v New York

February 23, 2011	Chicago	4–2	New York	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
morning	Orr Barouch 2 (pen.)', 30', 42', 90'	report	John Rooney 9' Corey Hertzog 68' (pen.)	Attendance: closed door

Chicago v New York

February 23, 2011	Chicago	1–1	New York	Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
afternoon	Marco Pappa 53'	report	Joel Lindpere 18'	Attendance: closed door

Chicago v Seattle

February 26, 2011	Chicago	0–1	Seattle	IMG Soccer Academy, Bradenton, FL
13:00	Cory Gibbs  28'  55'	report	unnamed trialist  55' Miguel Montano  72' Servando Carrasco 120'	Attendance: open to public, free entry

Carolina Challenge Cup

See also: 2011 Carolina Challenge Cup

Kickoff times are in CST.

Toronto FC v Chicago

March 5, 2011	Toronto FC	0–1	Chicago	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston
16:00	Joao Plata  31' Nick LaBrocca  33' Nick Soolsma  57' Mikael Yourassowsky  67'	report	Marco Pappa 6' Logan Pause  36'

Chicago v D.C. United

March 9, 2011	Chicago	0–1	D.C. United	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston
16:00	Diego Cháves  37'	report	Blake Brettschneider 10' Charlie Davies  34' Conor Shanosky  75' Rodrigo Brasesco  90'

Charleston Battery v Chicago

March 12, 2011	Charleston Battery	0–0	Chicago	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston
18:15	Stephen Armstrong  31' Mark Wiltse  34'	report	Daniel Paladini  31' Michael Videira  32'  39'

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CST.

FC Dallas v Chicago

March 19, 2011 1	FC Dallas	1–1	Chicago	Frisco, Texas
19:30	Rodriguez 19' Gonçalves  35' Hernández  36' Shea  55'	report	Cháves 17' Gibbs  30' Videira  59' Mikulić  71' Segares  78'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 20,145 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Chicago v Kansas City

March 26, 2011 2	Chicago	3–2	Kansas City	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Cháves 34' Puerari 40'  48' Pappa 59'	report	Bravo  30' Besler 51' Arnaud  58' Bunbury 72' Diop  88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,157 Referee: Jasen Anno

Seattle Sounders FC v Chicago

April 9, 2011 3	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Chicago	Seattle, Washington
15:00	White 7' Zakuani 25' Riley  32' Hurtado  47+'	report	Cháves 8' Robinson  71'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 36,223 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Portland v Chicago

April 14, 2011 4	Portland	4–2	Chicago	Portland, Oregon
22:00	Perlaza 29' Wallace 37' Alhassan  43' Perlaza 47' Hall  53' Jewsbury  57' Robinson 84' (o.g.)	report	Segares  16' Gibbs  37' Brunner 65' (o.g.) Pappa 80' Anibaba  84'	Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Chicago v Los Angeles

April 17, 2011 5	Chicago	1–2	Los Angeles	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Videira  10' Oduro 89'  93+'	report	Magee  31' Barrett 42' Stephens  63' Gonzalez 72' Hejduk  73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,203 Referee: Niko Bratsis

Chicago v Houston

April 23, 2011 6	Chicago	1–1	Houston	Bridgeview
19:30	Cháves 18' Oduro  21' Cháves  91+'	report	Boswell 83' Palmer  95+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,473 Referee: Mark Geiger

Colorado v Chicago

April 30, 2011 7	Colorado	1–1	Chicago	Commerce City, Colorado
20:00	Marshall  26' Moor  49+' Akpan 50'	report	Pappa 43' Segares  49' Paladini  56'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,789 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Chicago v Vancouver

May 7, 2011 8	Chicago	0–0	Vancouver	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Mikulić  4' Cháves  61' Paladini  76' Husidić  83'	report	Dunfield  25' Chiumiento  61'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,680 Referee: Andrew Chapin

Toronto FC v Chicago

May 14, 2011 9	Toronto FC	2–2	Chicago	Toronto
18:00	Plata 9' Guzman  25' Santos 47'	report	Segares  19' Paladini  28' Pappa 63' Barouch 76'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,674 Referee: Elias Bazakos

Philadelphia v Chicago

May 21, 2011 10	Philadelphia	2–1	Chicago	Chester, Pennsylvania
19:00	Califf  41' Harvey  54' Farfan 64' Ruiz 74'	report	Ristić  30' Oduro  59' 68' Paladini  72' Puerari  92+'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 18,372 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Chicago v San Jose

May 28, 2011 11	Chicago	2–2	San Jose	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Oduro 57' Gibbs 80'  81'	report	Corrales 47' Wondolowski 74'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,926 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

Chicago v Seattle

June 4, 2011 12	Chicago	0–0	Seattle	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Cháves  46+'	report	Fucito  33' Wahl  36'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,839 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Kansas City Wizards v Chicago

June 9, 2011 13	Kansas City Wizards	0–0	Chicago	Kansas City, Kansas
21:00	Harrington  21' Nielsen  67' Collin  97+'	report	Puerari  37' Nazarit  57'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 19,925 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Columbus v Chicago

June 12, 2011 14	Columbus	0–1	Chicago	Columbus, Ohio
15:00	Ekpo  40' Meram  50'	report	Nyarko  53' Nazarit 91+'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 13,498 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

New England v Chicago

June 18, 2011 15	New England	1–1	Chicago	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30	Oduro 32' Nazarit  59' Segares  66' Oduro  77' Paladini  90'	report	Lekić 48' Joseph  78'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 14,246 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Chicago v Real Salt Lake

June 22, 2011 16	Chicago	0–0	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Gibbs  3' Barouch  64'	report	Johnson  47+' Russell  49'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,972 Referee: Juan Guzman

Chicago v New York

June 26, 2011 17	Chicago	1–1	New York	Bridgeview, Illinois
13:00	Cuesta  14' Paladini  37' Nyarko  49' Pappa 58'	report	Lindpere 40' Tainio  91+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,961 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Chivas USA v Chicago

July 2, 2011 18	Chivas USA	1–1	Chicago	Carson, California
21:00	Oduro 26' Pappa  55'	report	LaBrocca 46' Lahoud  67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 15,152 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Los Angeles v Chicago

July 9, 2011 19	Los Angeles	2–1	Chicago	Carson, California
21:30	Donovan 58' Beckham 65' Birchall  94+'	report	Nazarit 62' Paladini  65' Cháves  91+' Mikulić  96+'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 21,762 Referee: David Gantar

Chicago v Portland

July 16, 2011 20	Chicago	0–1	Portland	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Gibbs  30' Cuesta  57'  63' Nazarit  85'	report	Jewsbury 25' (pen.) Hall  45' Marcelin  70' Chara  78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,419 Referee: Elias Bazakos

Chicago v Philadelphia

August 3, 2011 21	Chicago	1–1	Philadelphia	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00	Pardo 54' Pause  85'	report	Paunović 34' Carroll  35'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 10,557 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Vancouver v Chicago

August 7, 2011 22	Vancouver	4–2	Chicago	Vancouver, British Columbia
18:00	Hassli 1', 72' Harvey  4' Koffie 24' Rochat  33' Sanvezzo 48'	report	Oduro 23'  26' Pappa  53' Pause  71' Barouch 80'	Stadium: Empire Field Attendance: 18,714 Referee: Chris Penso

New York v Chicago

August 13, 2011 23	New York	2–2	Chicago	Harrison, New Jersey
18:30	Henry 9' Lindpere 63'  64'	report	Oduro 16' Grazzini 24'  25'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 25,177 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Chicago v D.C. United

August 18, 2011 24	Chicago	1–1	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00	Grazzini 59' Gargan  68' Pause  83' Cuesta  93+'	report	Simms  38' Jakovic  70' Wolff 73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,818 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Chicago v Toronto FC

August 21, 2011 25	Chicago	2–0	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00	Oduro 16' Gargan 69'	report	Borman  77'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Paul Ward

Chicago v Colorado

August 27, 2011 26	Chicago	2–0	Colorado	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Oduro 17' Gibbs 36' Segares  61'	report	Moor  55' Nyassi  67' Mullan  74'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,211 Referee: Juan Guzman

San Jose v Chicago

September 10, 2011 27	San Jose	2–0	Chicago	Santa Clara, California
21:30	Wondolowski 10' Beitashour  19' Corrales 69' Dawkins  85' Corrales  90' Cronin  92+'	report	Husidić  35' Gargan  57'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 10,525 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Chicago v Chivas USA

September 17, 2011 28	Chicago	3–2	Chivas USA	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Gibbs 3' Ángel 26' (o.g.) Gibbs  37' Mikulić  73' Oduro 85'	report	Lahoud  5' Ángel 61' LaBrocca 63'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,246 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Chicago v New England

September 25, 2011 29	Chicago	3–2	New England	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Grazzini 5' (pen.) Oduro 9' Nyarko 30' Gargan  76' Husidić  86'	report	Coria  27' Barnes  46+' Guy 90', 92+'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,576 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Real Salt Lake v Chicago

September 28, 2011 30	Real Salt Lake	0–3	Chicago	Sandy, Utah
20:00	Beckerman  11' Espíndola  16' Álvarez  56'	report	Pappa 9', 36', 75' Gargan  16'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: no data Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Houston v Chicago

October 1, 2011 31	Houston	1–1	Chicago	Houston
15:00	Clark 33'	report	Oduro 43' Segares  68'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 17,544 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Chicago v FC Dallas

October 12, 2011 32	Chicago	1–2	FC Dallas	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Segares  18' Gargan  39' Pardo  78' Gibbs  82' Grazzini 85' Mikulić  90'	report	Loyd  29' Gonçalves 41'  43' Cruz 52'  58'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 10,362 Referee: Michael Kennedy

D.C. United v Chicago

October 15, 2011 33	D.C. United	1–2	Chicago	Washington, D.C.
18:30	Najar  76' Rosario 90' (pen.)	report	Mikulic  46' Barouch  78' Grazzini 92+' Cháves 94+'	Stadium: RFK Memorial Stadium Attendance: 16,548 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Chicago v Columbus

October 22, 2011 34	Chicago	3–2	Columbus	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Anibaba 11', 30' Cháves 80'	report	Miranda  46+' Rentería 73' Duka  74' 79' Ekpo  78'  90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,237 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

U.S. Open Cup

See also: U.S. Open Cup and 2011 U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CST.

Chicago v Colorado

March 30, 2011 Qualification R2	Chicago	2–1	Colorado	Shea Stadium, Peoria
18:30	Puerari 45' Anibaba 61'	report	46' Akpan	Attendance: 2,029

San Jose v Chicago

May 24, 2011 Qualification R3	San Jose	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Chicago	Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara
21:30	McLoughlin 14' Wondolowski  37' Morrow 43' Ring  69' Stephenson  97'	report	Cuesta  39' Barouch 61' Paladini  63' Barouch  69' Ristic  74' Cuesta 76' Nazarit  89' Segares  98'	Attendance: 4,124 Referee: Daniel Radford
	Penalties
	Wondolowski Cronin Corrales Stephenson McDonald Sealy		Pappa Pause Nazarit Barouch Oduro Paladini

Rochester v Chicago

June 28, 2011 USOC Round 3	Rochester	0–1	Chicago	Sahlen's Stadium, Rochester
18:30	Roberts  26' Costanzo  87' Motagalvan  90+'	report	Cháves 37' Videira  72' Nazarit  90+'	Attendance: 5,558 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Chicago v New York

July 12, 2011 USOC Quarterfinal	Chicago	4–0	New York	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
17:00	Dominic Oduro 7' Yamith Cuesta 48' Orr Barouch 52', 69' Orr Barouch  60'	report	Matt Kassel  85' John Rooney  87'	Attendance: open gates Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Chicago v Richmond Kickers

August 30, 2011 USOC Semifinal	Chicago	2–1	Richmond Kickers	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
19:30	Sebastián Grazzini 32' (pen.) Dominic Oduro 61'	report	Stanley Nyazamba  14' Yomby William 68' Yomby William  77'	Attendance: 8,909 Referee: Jasen Anno

Seattle Sounders FC v Chicago

October 4, 2011 USOC Final	Seattle Sounders FC	2–0	Chicago	CenturyLink Field, Seattle
21:00	Fredy Montero 77' Fredy Montero  90' Osvaldo Alonso  90' Osvaldo Alonso 96+'	report	Patrick Nyarko  27' Daniel Paladini  39' Jalil Anibaba  90'	Attendance: 35,615 Referee: Alex Prus

International friendlies

Kickoff times are in CST.

Chicago Fire v Manchester United

July 23, 2011	Chicago Fire	1–3	Manchester United	Soldier Field, Chicago
16:00	Cory Gibbs 13'	report	Wayne Rooney 66' Rafael 75' Ryan Giggs  81' Nani 82'	Attendance: 61,308 Referee: Terry Vaughn

Chicago Fire v C.D. Guadalajara

September 14, 2011	Chicago Fire	0–1	C.D. Guadalajara	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
20:00	Yamith Cuesta  55' Victor Pineda  81'	report	Jorge Mora 61' Julio Nava  90+'	Attendance: 18,224 Referee: Michael Kennedy

Recognition

Kits

Home

Away

Away Special

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Red / White lettering	Red	Red
Away	White / Navy lettering	White	White
Away Special	White / Green lettering	White	Light green	MLS, April 23 against Houston

Leading scorers

Rank	Scorer	Goals	Assists
1	Dominic Oduro	12	2
2	Marco Pappa	8	2
3	Diego Cháves	6	1
4	Sebastián Grazzini	5	4
5	Cory Gibbs	3	1
6	Orr Barouch	2	2
7	Jalil Anibaba	2	1
8	Cristian Nazarit	2	0
9	Patrick Nyarko	1	9
10	Pável Pardo	1	5
11	Gastón Puerari	1	2
12	Dan Gargan	1	0
13	Gonzalo Segares	0	5
14	Baggio Husidic	0	2
15	Corben Bone	0	1
	Daniel Paladini	0	1
	Michael Videira	0	1

Last updated on October 23, 2011. Source: MLSsoccer.com Statistics - 2011 Chicago Fire

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Report
6	Josip Mikulić	DF	Report
	Diego Cháves	FW
10	Dominic Oduro	MF	Report Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
12	Daniel Paladini	MF	Report Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
13	Yamith Cuesta	DF	Report
	Frank Klopas	Coach
16	Dominic Oduro	FW	Report
17	Patrick Nyarko	MF	Report
24	Sebastián Grazzini	MF	Report
	Patrick Nyarko	MF
	Dominic Oduro	FW
29	Marco Pappa	MF	Report
31	Gonzalo Segares	DF	Report Archived 2013-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
32	Jalil Anibaba	DF	Report

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Week's Statline
29	Marco Pappa	3G (9', 36', 75') Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
32	Jalil Anibaba	2G

MLS All-Stars 2011

Position	Player	Note
No Fire players were selected to the 2011 All-Star Team

Miscellany

Allocation ranking

Chicago is in the #5 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Chicago traded allocation ranking positions with Seattle Sounders FC on August 26, 2011, with Seattle gaining the #4 position and Chicago receiving the #6 position.^[39][40]

International roster spots

Chicago has 8 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. There have been no reported trades involving Chicago international roster spots for the 2011 season. There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).^[40]

Future draft pick trades

Acquired Year Draft Round Traded from Ref. 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 Toronto FC 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 Seattle Sounders FC

Traded Year Draft Round Traded to Ref. 2012 Supplemental Not specified Chivas USA [41]

MLS rights to other players

It is believed Chicago maintains the MLS rights to Carlos Bocanegra, Wilman Conde, Freddie Ljungberg, and Chris Rolfe as each of these players declined contract offers by the club and signed overseas on free transfers.