Written by Ben Burton Tuesday, 27 May 2008 20:00
Written by Tom Dunmore Monday, 26 May 2008 03:00
Five reasons why we don't miss Juan Carlos Osorio:
Backdraft
Friday, 30 May 2008 20:00
There were things about the moment that caused it to be unforgettable – maybe it was the chain link fence that enclosed the court, or the all out game of pick-up basketball being played on the other side, or simply the fact that we were four Chicagoans in the heart of Brooklyn playing street soccer at 2 am.
Not to mention all this was happening after our beloved Fire executed a clinical beatdown of Osorio's Red Bulls in the decaying Swamplands of New Jersey. The roadtrip had given us many reasons for us to be pumped up -- but playing our own little soccer game after that victory was perhaps the highest point of a weekend that will be talked about amongst Section 8ers for years to come.
Keep reading for a full account of a memorable weekend.
Written by Tom Dunmore Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:00
Not since Rocky traveled to Russia to take down Ivan Drago has there been as bitter a match-up as this Sunday's Fire game in the New Jersey Swamplands.
In attendance should be all the characters who have provided Soccer By Ives with several million hits in the last six months: Juan Carlos Osorio, Wilman Conde and Lider Marmol will all be there, lined up on separate sides of the barricades despite the Red Bulls' best nefarious efforts to gather the Fire's fruit.
Osorio contrived to get himself sent-off in the Red Bulls previous match, a 1-1 draw with Kansas City, for berating officials. This means that the 60-70 Fire fans present will have to scour the crowd to direct their venom at him. Given the Red Bulls usual attendance on Sunday matches he should not be hard to spot, especially with the giant 666 Backdraft has learned he recently had tattooed on his forehead.
Read on for lineup news and bitter talk of revenge.
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 20:00
Section 8 Chicago.com has written up a brief profile of former Wisla star, and latest addition to the Chicago Fire, striker Tomasz Frankowski. In honor of tonight's friendly with Wisla Krakow, the profile has been translated into Polish. The English verison is located here .
Section 8 Chicago.com prezentuje bylego gwiazdora Wisly i jednego z najnowszych nabytkow Chicago Fire, napastnika Tomasza Frankowskiego. W zwiazku z dzisiejszym towarzyskim meczem z Wisla Krakow, artykul zostal przetlumaczony na jezyk polski.
Oryginal w jezyku angielskim znajduje sie tutaj.
W srode 21 maja Chicago Fire zagra z Wisla Krakow, jedna z najstarszych i najpopularniejszych polskich druzyn pilkarskich. Bedzie to pierwsze miedzynarodowe spotkanie towarzyskie Fire w 2008 r. W samym Chicago jest ponad 185,000 osob mowiacych po polsku, mozna wiec bezpiecznie zalozyc, ze jest wsrod nich sporo kibicow Wisly. Fire ma jednak jeszcze blizsze powiazania z Wisla – napastnika Tomasza Frankowskiego.
Tomasz rozpoczal swoja kariere pilkarska w Jagiellonii Bialystok w 1991r. Do Wisly Krakow dolaczyl w 1998r. M.in. odniesiony tam sukces pozwolil mu wystapic w reprezentacji Polski w meczach rundy kwalifikacyjnej do Mistrzostw Swiata w 2006r. Tomasz zdobyl wtedy najwiecej bramek dla polskiej reprezentacji, jednak trener Pawel Janas nie powolal go do kadry na Mistrzostwa. Grajac w Wisle, Tomasz pomogl zespolowi zdobyc mistrzostwo 5 razy. Pomiedzy 1998 i 2005, Frankowski wzial udzial w 173 spotkaniach i 3 razy zostal krolem strzelcow Orange Ekstraklasy - polskiej I Ligii (trzeci raz podczas swego ostatniego sezonu w Wisle w 2005r.). Grajac w Wisle 8 lat, Tomasz strzelil w sumie 115 bramek (srednio 2 bramki co 3 mecze).
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