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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Lionel Messi chases after the ball against the Chicago Fire on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at Soldier Field. This was Messi's first time playing at Soldier Field.

Major League Soccer on the rise: Chicago Fire fill Soldier Field with big names and local talent

Isabella Siemaszko, Contributing Writer April 21, 2025

A roar of drums and chants echoed throughout Soldier Field with 62,358 spectators piled into the stadium during a recent weekend game, breaking an attendance record for the cities’ Major League Soccer...

Only 10,439 people were in attendance for the Chicago Fire game against the Vancouver Whitecaps on April 12 at SeatGeek stadium.

COMMENTARY: Moving to Soldier Field will make or break the Fire

Connor McEleney April 22, 2019

The Chicago Fire are irrelevant in the greater Chicago sports landscape. If the Bears and Cubs are garish hydrangeas, the Fire are dead tulips in the back corner of the garden. They haven’t bloomed...

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