2011 Chicago Fire season

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)
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The 2011 Chicago Fire season was the club's 16th 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.

Squad

As of September 14, 2011.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

No. Position Player 17 MF Pável Pardo 19 MF Corben Bone 21 MF Michael Videira 23 DF Josip Mikulić 24 DF Pari Pantazopoulos 25 GK Sean Johnson 27 MF Victor Pineda 28 DF Steven Kinney 29 FW Cristian Nazarit 30 GK Alec Dufty 88 FW Gabriel Ferrari 89 DF Yamith Cuesta 94 FW Kellen Gulley 99 FW 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
January 11, 2011	Daniel Paladini	MF	Carolina RailHawks	Free
January 11, 2011	Josip Mikulić	DF	NK Zagreb	Undisclosed
January 13, 2011	Jalil Anibaba	DF	University of North Carolina	SuperDraft, 1st round
January 13, 2011	Jon Conway	GK	Toronto FC	Acquired for 3rd round draft pick
February 3, 2011	Gastón Puerari	FW	Montevideo Wanderers	Undisclosed
February 18, 2011	Diego Cháves	FW	Nacional	Undisclosed
March 1, 2011	Alec Dufty	GK	AC St. Louis	Free
March 2, 2011	Marko Marić	MF	Skoda Xanthi F.C.	Free
March 10, 2011	Michael Videira	MF	AC St. Louis	Free
March 17, 2011	Davis Paul	FW	University of California, Berkeley	SuperDraft, 3rd round
March 23, 2011	Yamith Cuesta	DF	Chivas USA	Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick
March 23, 2011	Dominic Oduro	FW	Houston Dynamo	Acquired for Calen Carr
March 24, 2011	Gabriel Ferrari	FW	FC Wohlen	Undisclosed
April 4, 2011	Pari Pantazopoulos	DF	Zakynthos	Free
May 4, 2011	Cristian Nazarit	FW	Independiente Santa Fe	Undisclosed
July 13, 2011	Sebastián Grazzini	MF	Club Atlético All Boys	Undisclosed
July 26, 2011	Pável Pardo	MF	Club América	Undisclosed
July 28, 2011	Dan Gargan	DF	Toronto FC	Acquired with a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick for Dasan Robinson
August 11, 2011	Kellen Gulley	FW	Chicago Fire Juniors Mississippi	Undisclosed; will not be added to first-team roster until 2012

Out

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

Loans

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned From	Fee/Notes	Ref
March 10, 2011	Orr Barouch	FW	Tigres UANL	One year loan

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Qualification or relegation
1	Los Angeles Galaxy (SS) (W1)	67	34	19	5	10	48	28	+20	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals, 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage 2
2	Seattle Sounders FC	63	34	18	7	9	56	37	+19	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals 1
3	Real Salt Lake	53	34	15	11	8	44	36	+8
4	FC Dallas	52	34	15	12	7	42	39	+3	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
5	Sporting Kansas City (E1)	51	34	13	9	12	50	40	+10	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals 1
6	Houston Dynamo	49	34	12	9	13	45	41	+4
7	Colorado Rapids	49	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
8	Philadelphia Union	48	34	11	8	15	44	36	+8	2011 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals 1
9	Columbus Crew	47	34	13	13	8	43	44	−1	2011 MLS Cup Play-In Round
10	New York Red Bulls	46	34	10	8	16	50	44	+6
11	Chicago Fire	43	34	9	9	16	46	45	+1
12	Portland Timbers	42	34	11	14	9	40	48	−8
13	D.C. United	39	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3
14	San Jose Earthquakes	38	34	8	12	14	40	45	−5
15	Chivas USA	36	34	8	14	12	41	43	−2
16	Toronto FC	33	34	6	13	15	36	59	−23
17	New England Revolution	28	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20
18	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	28	34	6	18	10	35	55	−20

Source: MLSSoccer.com
(SS) = MLS Supporters' Shield; (E1) = Eastern Conference champion; (W1) = Western Conference champion
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the MLS Cup Playoffs, but not yet to the particular round indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff contention.

• ^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
• ^Note 2 Since the Los Angeles Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.

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
Ground	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

Last updated: October 23, 2011.
Source: MLS Results and Overall Positions by Round
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Pre-season

Kickoff times are in CST.

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

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

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.

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.

1 March 19, 2011	FC Dallas	1 – 1	Chicago	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
19:30	Milton Rodriguez  19' Jackson Gonçalves  35' Daniel Hernández  36' Brek Shea  55'	report	Diego Cháves  17' Cory Gibbs  30' Michael Videira  59' Josip Mikulić  71' Gonzalo Segares  78'	Attendance: 20,145 Referee: Terry Vaughn

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

3 April 9, 2011	Seattle Sounders FC	2 – 1	Chicago	Qwest Field, Seattle
15:00	O'Brian White  7' Steve Zakuani  25' James Riley  32' Jhon Kennedy Hurtado  47+'	report	Diego Cháves  8' Dasan Robinson  71'	Attendance: 36,223 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

4 April 14, 2011	Portland	4 – 2	Chicago	Jeld-Wen Field, Portland
22:00	Jorge Perlaza  29' Rodney Wallace  37' Kalif Alhassan  43' Jorge Perlaza  47' Jeremy Hall  53' Jack Jewsbury  57' Dasan Robinson  84' (o.g.)	report	Gonzalo Segares  16' Cory Gibbs  37' Eric Brunner  65' (o.g.) Marco Pappa  80' Jalil Anibaba  84'	Attendance: 18,627 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

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

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

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

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

9 May 14, 2011	Toronto FC	2 – 2	Chicago	BMO Field, Toronto
18:00	Joao Plata  9' Julian de Guzman  25' Maicon Santos  47'	report	Gonzalo Segares  19' Daniel Paladini  28' Marco Pappa  63' Orr Barouch  76'	Attendance: 18,674 Referee: Elias Bazakos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 August 7, 2011	Vancouver	4 – 2	Chicago	Empire Field, Vancouver
18:00	Eric Hassli  1', 72' Jordan Harvey  4' Gershon Koffie  24' Alain Rochat  33' Camilo  48'	report	Dominic Oduro  23' Dominic Oduro  26' Marco Pappa  53' Logan Pause  71' Orr Barouch  80'	Attendance: 18,714 Referee: Chris Penso

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. Open Cup

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

Kickoff times are in CST.

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

Qualification R3 May 24, 2011	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

USOC Round 3 June 28, 2011	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

USOC Quarterfinal July 12, 2011	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

USOC Semifinal August 30, 2011	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

USOC Final October 4, 2011	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.

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

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 Player of the Week

Week	Player	Week's Statline
29	Marco Pappa	3G (9', 36', 75')
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.

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).

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

MLS rights to other players

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