2015 Chicago Fire season

Chicago Fire
2015 season
Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Head coach	Frank Yallop; (until September 20); Brian Bliss (interim) ; (from September 20)
Stadium	Toyota Park; (capacity: 20,000)
MLS	Conference: 10th (last); Overall: 20th (last)
MLS Cup Playoffs	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Semifinals
Brimstone Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	David Accam (10)
Highest home attendance	20,280; vs Orlando City SC (September 19)
Lowest home attendance	11,196; vs New York Red Bulls (August 26)
Average home league attendance	16,003 (regular season)
Biggest win	CHI 3-0 MTL (5/30)
Biggest defeat	DC 4-0 CHI (10/18)
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The 2015 Chicago Fire season was the club's 17th year of existence, as well as their 18th season in Major League Soccer and their 18th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.

Chicago Fire began the regular season on March 6, 2015 with an away match against the defending champions LA Galaxy. They finished the regular season on October 25, 2015, with a home match against the New York Red Bulls. The club has missed the playoffs for the fifth time in the past six years.

For the first time in the franchise history Chicago Fire opened the season with three consecutive losses.^[1]

On September 20, 2015, entrenched in last place both in the conference and overall, with the playoff hopes out of sight, the club parted ways with head coach and director of soccer Frank Yallop and assistant coaches Marc Bircham and Clint Mathis. In two seasons with the Fire Yallop posted a 13-26-24 record. Fire named the technical director Brian Bliss as interim coach, while the vice president and former player Logan Pause took over as interim assistant coach. The club also hired Nelson Rodriguez, a former MLS executive, as new general manager.^[2]^[3]

On October 3, 2015, Ante Razov, the club's all-time leading scorer, became the eighth individual to be inducted into the club's Ring of Fire Hall of Fame.^[4] The ceremony took place during the halftime of the regular season home match against New England Revolution.^[5]

On October 14, 2015 Chicago Fire announced the end of a four-year run with the title sponsor Quaker and introduced Valspar as the new jersey sponsor starting with 2016 season. The three-year deal is worth between $2.5 million and $3 million per year.^[6]

For the first time in the club's history Fire finished the season with zero road wins (0-12-5). The club has finished the season with an overall record of 8 wins, 20 losses and 6 ties. Twenty losses in a season became the highest in the club's history.^[7] The club has finished the season in last place in the league overall, also another first in the club's history.

Squad at the end of the season

As of October 25, 2015. Source: Chicago Fire official roster

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (aged)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Alec Kann	GK	(1990-08-08)August 8, 1990 (aged 25)	Charleston Battery
18	Jon Busch	GK	(1976-08-18)August 18, 1976 (aged 39)	San Jose Earthquakes
25	Sean Johnson	GK	(1989-05-31)May 31, 1989 (aged 26)	Atlanta Blackhawks
Defenders
2	Matt Polster	D	(1993-06-08)June 8, 1993 (aged 22)	SIU Edwardsville Cougars
3	Joevin Jones	D	(1991-08-03)August 3, 1991 (aged 24)	HJK Helsinki
4	Adaílton	CB	(1983-04-16)April 16, 1983 (aged 32)	Esporte Clube Bahia
5	Lovel Palmer	RB	(1984-08-30)August 30, 1984 (aged 31)	Real Salt Lake
6	Eric Gehrig	D	(1987-12-15)December 15, 1987 (aged 27)	Columbus Crew SC
16	Greg Cochrane	D	(1990-11-01)November 1, 1990 (aged 24)	Los Angeles Galaxy
20	Jeff Larentowicz	D	(1983-08-05)August 5, 1983 (aged 32)	Colorado Rapids
22	Patrick Doody	D	(1992-04-22)April 22, 1992 (aged 23)	Indiana University Hoosiers
24	Ty Harden	D	(1984-03-06)March 6, 1984 (aged 31)	San Jose Earthquakes
55	Daneil Cyrus	D	(1990-12-15)December 15, 1990 (aged 24)	W Connection F.C.
Midfielders
8	Matt Watson	M	(1985-01-01)January 1, 1985 (aged 30)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
17	Collin Fernandez	M	(1997-02-13)February 13, 1997 (aged 18)	Chicago Fire Juniors
19	Harry Shipp	M	(1991-11-07)November 7, 1991 (aged 23)	University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish
21	Chris Ritter	M	(1990-10-29)October 29, 1990 (aged 24)	Northwestern University Wildcats
26	Michael Stephens	M	(1989-04-03)April 3, 1989 (aged 26)	Stabæk
27	Kingsley Bryce	M	(1993-04-16)April 16, 1993 (aged 22)	Saint Louis University
30	Răzvan Cociș	M	(1983-02-19)February 19, 1983 (aged 32)	FC Hoverla Uzhhorod
Forwards
7	Jason Johnson	F	(1990-10-09)October 9, 1990 (aged 25)	Houston Dynamo
9	Mike Magee	F	(1984-09-02)September 2, 1984 (aged 31)	Los Angeles Galaxy
11	David Accam	F	(1990-09-28)September 28, 1990 (aged 25)	Helsingborgs IF
14	Patrick Nyarko	F	(1986-01-15)January 15, 1986 (aged 29)	Virginia Tech Hokies
29	Gilberto	F	(1989-06-05)June 5, 1989 (aged 26)	Toronto FC
77	Kennedy Igboananike	F	(1989-02-26)February 26, 1989 (aged 26)	AIK

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Previous club	Notes	Ref
October 29, 2014	Lovel Palmer	D	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club	^[8]
November 18, 2014	Patrick Nyarko	F	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club	^[9]
December 2, 2014	Kennedy Igboananike	F	AIK	Signed as a Designated Player	^[10]^[11]
December 3, 2014	Joevin Jones	D	HJK Helsinki	Signed with the club	^[12]
December 9, 2014	Michael Stephens	M	Stabæk	Signed with the club	^[13]
December 10, 2014	Eric Gehrig	D	Columbus Crew SC Orlando City SC	After being selected by Orlando City SC from Columbus Crew SC as the tenth pick in the 2014 MLS Expansion Draft, Chicago Fire acquired his Right of First Refusal in exchange for the natural selection in the second round of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft; he was signed on December 16	^[14]^[15]
December 19, 2014	David Accam	F	Helsingborgs IF	Signed as a Designated Player	^[16]^[17]
December 22, 2014	Patrick Doody	D	Indiana University Hoosiers	Signed as a Homegrown Player	^[18]
December 30, 2014	Adaílton	D	Esporte Clube Bahia	Signed with the club	^[19]
January 6, 2015	Guly do Prado	F	Southampton F.C.	Signed with the club	^[20]
January 25, 2015	Shaun Maloney	M	Wigan Athletic	Signed as a Designated Player	^[21]
January 25, 2015	Alex	M	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club, after initially having his contract option declined	^[9]^[21]
January 27, 2015	Jon Busch	GK	San Jose Earthquakes	Signed with the club	^[22]
February 4, 2015	Matt Polster	D	SIU Edwardsville Cougars	Signed with the club after being selected 7th overall (first round) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[23]^[24]
March 24, 2015	Kingsley Bryce	M	Saint Louis University	Signed with the club after being selected 28th overall (second round) in 2015 MLS SuperDraft	^[23]^[25]
April 13, 2015	Jason Johnson	F	Houston Dynamo	Acquired in exchange for Alex	^[26]
June 26, 2015	Ty Harden	D	San Jose Earthquakes	Acquired in exchange for Quincy Amarikwa	^[27]
July 27, 2015	Gilberto	F	Toronto FC	Acquired as a Designated Player after claiming him on waivers	^[28]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination club	Notes	Ref
October 25, 2014	Logan Pause	M	None	Retired	^[29]
November 18, 2014	Marco Franco	D	Indy Eleven	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Patrick Ianni	D	None	2015 contract option was declined, subsequently retired on January 12, 2015	^[9]^[30]
November 18, 2014	Hunter Jumper	D	None	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Steven Kinney	D	None	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Gonzalo Segares	D	None	2015 contract option was declined, subsequently retired on February 4, 2015	^[9]^[31]
November 18, 2014	Bakary Soumaré	D	Montreal Impact	2015 contract option was declined; selected by Montreal Impact in the Re-Entry Draft	^[9]^[32]
November 18, 2014	Sanna Nyassi	M	San Jose Earthquakes	2015 contract option was declined; selected by San Jose Earthquakes in the Re-Entry Draft	^[9]^[32]
November 18, 2014	Robert Earnshaw	F	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Matthew Fondy	F	Louisville City FC	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Florent Sinama Pongolle	F	Lausanne-Sport	2015 contract option was declined	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Victor Pineda	M	Indy Eleven	Out of contract	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Benji Joya	M	Santos Laguna	Loan deal has expired	^[9]
November 18, 2014	Grant Ward	M	Tottenham Hotspur	Loan deal has expired	^[9]
December 18, 2014	Juan Luis Anangonó	F	Universidad de Guadalajara	Transferred after six-month loan with LDU Quito	^[33]^[34]^[35]
January 20, 2015	Kyle Reynish	GK	New York Red Bulls	Traded in exchange for 2016 MLS SuperDraft third round pick	^[36]
April 13, 2015	Alex	M	Houston Dynamo	Traded in exchange for Jason Johnson	^[26]
June 9, 2015	Víctor Pérez	M	Real Valladolid	Loan deal not extended	^[37]^[38]
June 26, 2015	Quincy Amarikwa	F	San Jose Earthquakes	Traded in exchange for Ty Harden	^[27]
August 4, 2015	Guly do Prado	F	None	The club and the player have mutually agreed to part ways	^[39]
August 27, 2015	Shaun Maloney	M	Hull City	Transferred	^[40]

Players selected in 2015 MLS SuperDraft, but ultimately not signed: midfielder Alex Shinsky (68th overall, fourth round, from University of Maryland)^[41]^[42]
Trialists released in the preseason: goalkeeper Mark Pais,^[43] defender Joachim de Wilde,^[43] defender Bryan Gaul (Open Tryout winner),^[43]^[44] defender Nick Miele,^[45] defender Albert Edward,^[44] midfielder Franck Songo'o,^[44] midfielder Alou Diarra,^[46] defender Danny Gabbidon^[46] and forward Shahdon Winchester.^[47]

Loans

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
August 6, 2015	Daneil Cyrus	D	W Connection F.C.	Acquired on loan	^[48]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Loaned to	Notes	Ref
July 9, 2013	Álvaro Fernández	M	Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata	Out on loan	^[49]
March 20, 2015	Patrick Doody	D	Saint Louis FC	Out on loan with option to recall	^[50]
March 30, 2015	Alec Kann	GK	Saint Louis FC	Out on loan with option to recall	^[51]
April 9, 2015	Greg Cochrane	D	Saint Louis FC	Out on loan with option to recall	^[52]
June 9, 2015	Collin Fernandez	M	Louisville City FC	Out on loan with option to recall	^[53]

Technical staff at the end of the season

Position	Staff
General Manager	Nelson Rodríguez
Technical Director and Interim Head Coach	Brian Bliss
Interim Assistant Coach	Logan Pause
Goalkeeping Coach	Aron Hyde
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Adrian Lamb
Head of Scouting	Trevor James
Director of Soccer & Team Development	Paul Cadwell
Director of Team Operations	Ron Stern
Academy Director	Larry Sunderland
Senior Coordinator of Team Operations	Alex Boler
Head Equipment Manager	Charles Raycroft
Assistant Equipment Manager	Allan Araujo
Head Athletic Trainer	Frank Pena
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Steve Bagus, ATC, NASM-PES
Massage Therapist	Jake Bronowski, LMT
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Jeffrey Mjaanes, M.D.
Associate Medical Officer	Dr. Joshua Blomgren, D.O.

Last updated: November 12, 2015
Source: Chicago Fire Technical Staff

Standings

Eastern Conference table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls	34	18	10	6	62	43	+19	60	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2	Columbus Crew	34	15	11	8	58	53	+5	53	MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
3	Montreal Impact	34	15	13	6	48	44	+4	51	MLS Cup Knockout Round
4	D.C. United	34	15	13	6	43	45	−2	51
5	New England Revolution	34	14	12	8	48	47	+1	50
6	Toronto FC	34	15	15	4	58	58	0	49
7	Orlando City SC	34	12	14	8	46	56	−10	44
8	New York City FC	34	10	17	7	49	58	−9	37
9	Philadelphia Union	34	10	17	7	42	55	−13	37
10	Chicago Fire	34	8	20	6	43	58	−15	30

Source: MLS

Overall table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls (S)	34	18	10	6	62	43	+19	60	CONCACAF Champions League
2	FC Dallas	34	18	10	6	52	39	+13	60
3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	16	13	5	45	36	+9	53
4	Columbus Crew	34	15	11	8	58	53	+5	53
5	Portland Timbers (C)	34	15	11	8	41	39	+2	53	CONCACAF Champions League
6	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	13	6	44	36	+8	51
7	Montreal Impact	34	15	13	6	48	44	+4	51
8	D.C. United	34	15	13	6	43	45	−2	51
9	LA Galaxy	34	14	11	9	56	46	+10	51
10	Sporting Kansas City	34	14	11	9	48	45	+3	51	CONCACAF Champions League
11	New England Revolution	34	14	12	8	48	47	+1	50
12	Toronto FC	34	15	15	4	58	58	0	49
13	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	13	8	41	39	+2	47
14	Orlando City SC	34	12	14	8	46	56	−10	44
15	Houston Dynamo	34	11	14	9	42	49	−7	42
16	Real Salt Lake	34	11	15	8	38	48	−10	41
17	New York City FC	34	10	17	7	49	58	−9	37
18	Philadelphia Union	34	10	17	7	42	55	−13	37
19	Colorado Rapids	34	9	15	10	33	43	−10	37
20	Chicago Fire	34	8	20	6	43	58	−15	30

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (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	30	8	20	6	43	58	−15	8	8	1	23	19	+4	0	12	5	20	39	−19

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

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	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	T	T	W	L	L	L	L	T	W	L	L	T	W	L	T	L	W	T	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2015. Source: MLS Results and Chicago Fire Schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Match results

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06)

v Chicago Fire

Thurs., February 5, 2015 Preseason	Norwich City	0–0	Chicago Fire	Norwich, England
6:00		Report		Stadium: Colney Training Centre Attendance: closed-door

v Chicago Fire

Thurs., February 12, 2015 Preseason	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Chicago Fire	London, England
7:00		Report	Quincy Amarikwa 15'	Stadium: QPR Training Centre

Simple Invitational

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	7
2	Portland Timbers	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	Chicago Fire	3	0	0	3	2	2	0	3
4	Stabæk	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Stabæk

Sun., February 22, 2015 Simple Invitational	Chicago Fire	0–0	Stabæk	Portland, Oregon
16:30	Răzvan Cociș 51'	Report		Stadium: Providence Park

Wed., February 25, 2015 Simple Invitational	Portland Timbers	1–1	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
19:30 (PST)	Michael Nanchoff 22' George Fochive 30' 88' Jeanderson 55'	Report	Quincy Amarikwa 4' Norberto Paparatto 44' (o.g.) Chris Ritter 87'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 10,417

Sat., February 28, 2015 Simple Invitational	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
16:30	Pa Modou Kah 31' Kendall Waston 52'	Report	Shahdon Winchester 90'	Stadium: Providence Park

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05), unless posted otherwise

Friday, March 6, 2015 Match 1	LA Galaxy	2–0	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
21:00 CST (UTC-06)	Walker 61' Villarreal 65' Keane 81'	Report	Maloney 22' Prado 75'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Saturday, March 14, 2015 Match 2	Chicago Fire	0–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
17:00	Polster 4' Igboananike 90+6'	Report	Waston 22' Morales 66' Mezquida 76' Rivero 82', 86'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,731 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Sunday, March 22, 2015 Match 3	San Jose Earthquakes	2–1	Chicago Fire	San Jose, California
18:00	Alashe 5' Harden 21'	Report	Polster 26' Shipp 29'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Sunday, March 29, 2015 Match 4	Chicago Fire	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00	Adaílton 37' Johnson 80'	Report	Carreiro 72' Edu 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,815 Referee: David Gantar

Saturday, April 4, 2015 Match 5	Chicago Fire	3–2	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00	Jones 14' Adaílton 32' Maloney 56' Larentowicz 68' Gehrig 73'	Report	Creavalle 5' 72' Giovinco 20' Cheyrou 54' Morrow 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,818 Referee: Juan Guzman

Friday, April 24, 2015 Match 6	Chicago Fire	1–0	New York City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	Accam 20' Watson 28' Adaílton 90+3'	Report	Jacobson 24' Brovsky 26'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 19,124 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Sunday, May 3, 2015 Match 7	Sporting Kansas City	1–0	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
16:00	Sinovic 38' Nagamura 75', 90+2'	Report	Adaílton 32' Ritter 58' Accam 89'	Stadium: Sporting Park Attendance: 19,581 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Saturday, May 9, 2015 Match 8	Chicago Fire	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00	Prado 32' Polster 70' Larentowicz 88' (pen.)	Report	Saborío 13' Mulholland 27', 56' Allen 50'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,017 Referee: Drew Fischer

Friday, May 15, 2015 Match 9	New York City FC	2–2	Chicago Fire	New York City, New York
16:00	Allen 26' Ballouchy 45+1' Villa 45+3' Facey 51' Jacobson 71' Shelton 90+1'	Report	Cocis 14' Larentowicz 27' (pen.), 55' Jones 61' Maloney 63'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 23,315 Referee: Ted Unkel

Friday, May 22, 2015 Match 10	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
16:00	Kamara 8', 55' George 21'	Report	Gehrig 42' Accam 58' Johnson 90+4'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 13,118 Referee: Fotis Bazacos

Saturday, May 30, 2015 Match 11	Chicago Fire	3–0	Montreal Impact	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Shipp 13' Larentowicz 45' (pen.) Igboananike 72'	Report	Reo-Coker 3' Donadel 23' 37' Mallace 70'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,256 Referee: Allen Chapman

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 Match 12	D.C. United	3–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
18:00	Halsti 30' Espíndola 57' Arrieta 61', 69' Doyle 75'	Report	Jones 24' Accam 28' Polster 58'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,218 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Saturday, June 6, 2015 Match 13	Chicago Fire	2–3	Orlando City SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Igboananike 9' Accam 57' Palmer 90+2' Amarikwa 90+5'	Report	Collin 25' Higuita 34' Cerén 61' Adaílton 40' (o.g.), 86' (o.g.) St. Ledger 64' Larin 82'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,124 Referee: Juan Guzman

Saturday, June 13, 2015 Match 14	New England Revolution	2–0	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
18:30	Dorman 40' Fagúndez 48' Davies 50' Woodberry 59'	Report	Adaílton 33' Polster 43' Igboananike 71'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 15,775 Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Note: The match was rescheduled from April 15 to avoid a conflict with the USMNT vs. Mexico friendly

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Match 15	Chicago Fire	0–1	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Ritter 45' Prado 79'	Report	Doyle 73' Birnbaum 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,833 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Friday, July 3, 2015 Match 16	Houston Dynamo	1–1	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
20:00	Alex 56' Raúl Rodríguez 66'	Report	Lovel Palmer 38' Guly 40' Patrick Nyarko 72', 86'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 22,651 Referee: Elias Bazakos

Saturday, July 11, 2015 Match 17	Chicago Fire	1–0	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Răzvan Cociș 82' Adaílton 84' Jason Johnson 90+2'	Report	Andy Craven 80'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,528 Referee: Allen Chapman

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Match 18	Chicago Fire	0–1	Columbus Crew SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Chris Ritter 46' Eric Gehrig 63' David Accam 90+5'	Report	Kei Kamara 41' Chad Barson 77' Steve Clark 90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,092 Referee: Ted Unkel

Friday, July 19, 2015 Match 19	Columbus Crew SC	3–1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
16:00	Federico Higuaín 2' (pen.), 65' Kei Kamara 17' Tony Tchani 53' Ethan Finlay 83'	Report	David Accam 9' Jason Johnson 35' 50' Adaílton 45+1'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,455 Referee: Chris Penso

Saturday, July 25, 2015 Match 20	Chicago Fire	2–2	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Shaun Maloney 44' (pen.) David Accam 61' Harry Shipp 62' Răzvan Cociș 75' Eric Gehrig 81'	Report	Lee Nguyen 28' Andrew Farrell 45+2' Kelyn Rowe 77' Chris Tierney 88'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,159 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

Sunday, August 2, 2015 Match 21	Chicago Fire	2–0	FC Dallas	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00	Accam 4' Watson 79' Maloney 85' (pen.)	Report	Díaz 35' Akindele 48' Acosta 76'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 14,209 Referee: Jair Marrufo

Friday, August 7, 2015 Match 22	Portland Timbers	1–0	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
22:00	Adi 48' Melano 71'	Report	Matt Polster 44'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Sunday, August 16, 2015 Match 23	Philadelphia Union	3–3	Chicago Fire	Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00	Aristeguieta 21' Alves 31' Creavalle 34' Barnetta 55' Le Toux 90', 90+1'	Report	Igboananike 9', 90+2' Nyarko 54', 70'	Stadium: PPL Park Attendance: 17,608 Referee: Mark Geiger

Saturday, August 22, 2015 Match 24	Chicago Fire	0–1	Colorado Rapids	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Larentowicz 35' Nyarko 51'	Report	Serna 1' Irwin 10' Moor 82' Torres 89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,317 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Wed., August 26, 2015 Match 25	Chicago Fire	3–2	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Igboananike 22', 73' Nyarko 41' Polster 70'	Report	Kljestan 10' (pen.) Lade 19' McCarty 39' Zubar 49' Miazga 87'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,196 Referee: Allen Chapman

Saturday, August 29, 2015 Match 26	Orlando City SC	1–1	Chicago Fire	Orlando, Florida
18:30	Boden 32' Gehrig 37' (o.g.) Rivas 87'	Report	Accam 30' Gehrig 43' Igboananike 77'	Stadium: Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium Attendance: 28,921 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Sat., September 5, 2015 Match 27	Montreal Impact	4–3	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
19:00	Tissot 24' Drogba 27', 61', 65' Lefèvre 42' Bush 86'	Report	Larentowicz 36' (pen.) Júnior 44', 54' Igboananike 59'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 20,801 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Friday, September 11, 2015 Match 28	New York Red Bulls	3–2	Chicago Fire	Harrison, New Jersey
18:00	Wright-Phillips 28', 81' Grella 38' Kljestan 71' (pen.)	Report	Larentowicz 14' (pen.) Accam 26' Igboananike 51' Polster 65' Cyrus 74' Harden 84'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 17,184 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Sat., September 19, 2015 Match 29	Chicago Fire	0–1	Orlando City SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Larentowicz 39' Stephens 63' Nyarko 79'	Report	Róchez 86'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,280 Referee: Alan Kelly

Wed., September 23, 2015 Match 30	Montreal Impact	2–1	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
19:00	Drogba 39' Ciman 58' 90+1' Romero 76', 76' Cabrera 86'	Report	Cocis 45+1' Accam 50' Polster 56' Doody 80' Harden 89'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 17,832 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
Note: The match was rescheduled from April 18 to allow Montreal Impact to prepare for the CCL Final

Sat., September 26, 2015 Match 31	Toronto FC	3–2	Chicago Fire	Toronto, Ontario
13:00	Giovinco 29', 69' Bradley 59' Altidore 79'	Report	Júnior 1', 52'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,513 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Saturday, October 3, 2015 Match 32	Chicago Fire	3–1	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Accam 43', 51' Shipp 59', 65' Larentowicz 62' Júnior 86' Stephens 89'	Report	Agudelo 31' Bunbury 90' Jones 90+6'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,694 Referee: Kevin Stott

Sunday, October 18, 2015 Match 33	D.C. United	4–0	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
13:00	Pontius 39' Boswell 67' Espíndola 71' Saborío 80'	Report	Júnior 50' Accam 77'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20,104 Referee: Sorin Stoica

Sunday, October 25, 2015 Match 34	Chicago Fire	1–2	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00	Polster 71' Larentowicz 74' Júnior 78'	Report	Wright-Phillips 8' Kljestan 35' (pen.)	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 19,850 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

June 16, 2015 Fourth round	Chicago Fire	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Louisville City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Matt Watson 20' Chris Ritter 71' Quincy Amarikwa 115' Eric Gehrig 117'	Report Video	Juan Guzman 90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,544

June 30, 2015 Round of 16	Chicago Fire	3–1	Charlotte Independence	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Mike Magee 37', 82' Lovel Palmer 50'	Report	Tomasz Zahorski 5' Patrick Slogic 70'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,617 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 22, 2015 Quarterfinals	Chicago Fire	3–1	Orlando City SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Patrick Nyarko 3' Kennedy Igboananike 87', 90', 89'	Report Video	Rafael Ramos 15' Cyle Larin 56', 80'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 11, 2015 Semifinals	Philadelphia Union	1–0	Chicago Fire	Chester, Pennsylvania
18:30	Fabinho 30' Sébastien Le Toux 74'	Report	Mike Magee 83' Răzvan Cociș 85'	Stadium: PPL Park Referee: Juan Guzman

Friendlies

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

March 10, 2015	Chicago Fire	1–0	University of Notre Dame	Bridgeview, Illinois
afternoon	Adaílton 19'	Report		Stadium: Toyota Park Training Field

Leading scorers

U.S. Open Cup
Rank	Scorer	Goals	Assists
1	Kennedy Igboananike	2	1
2	Mike Magee	2	0
3	Lovel Palmer	1	1
3	Patrick Nyarko	1	1
5	Quincy Amarikwa	1	0
6	Guly do Prado	0	1
	Jon Busch	0	1
	Joevin Jones	0	1

All Competitions ^{[needs update]}
Rank	Scorer	Goals	Assists
1	David Accam	10	2
2	Kennedy Igboananike	9	4
3	Jeff Larentowicz	6	0
4	Gilberto	5	2
5	Patrick Nyarko	4	5
6	Harry Shipp	3	8
7	Shaun Maloney	3	2
8	Răzvan Cociș	2	3
9	Mike Magee	2	2
9	Jason Johnson	2	2
11	Joevin Jones	1	2
11	Lovel Palmer	1	2
13	Quincy Amarikwa	1	1
14	Adaílton	1	0
15	Michael Stephens	0	4
16	Guly do Prado	0	1
	Jon Busch	0	1
	Eric Gehrig	0	1
	Patrick Doody	0	1
	Matt Watson	0	1

Italics indicate player who departed the club during the season.
Updated to match played on October 25, 2015.
Source: MLSsoccer.com statistics - 2015 Chicago Fire

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS Regular season		MLS Cup Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Alec Kann (on loan to Saint Louis FC)	1	-2	1+0	-2	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Matt Polster	34	0	27+3	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
3	DF	TRI	Joevin Jones	31	1	26+2	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
4	DF	BRA	Adaílton	20	1	17+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	JAM	Lovel Palmer	24	1	20+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
6	DF	USA	Eric Gehrig	29	0	25+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
7	FW	JAM	Jason Johnson	24	2	5+15	2	0+0	0	2+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Matt Watson	16	0	8+5	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	USA	Mike Magee	14	2	3+9	0	0+0	0	1+1	2
11	FW	GHA	David Accam	26	10	21+3	10	0+0	0	1+1	0
14	FW	GHA	Patrick Nyarko	21	4	14+5	3	0+0	0	1+1	1
16	DF	USA	Greg Cochrane	6	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	USA	Collin Fernandez	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	GK	USA	Jon Busch	13	-25	12+0	-24	0+0	0	1+0	-1
19	MF	USA	Harry Shipp	37	3	29+4	3	0+0	0	4+0	0
20	DF	USA	Jeff Larentowicz	30	6	29+0	6	0+0	0	1+0	0
21	MF	USA	Chris Ritter	9	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
22	DF	USA	Patrick Doody	7	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	USA	Ty Harden	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	GK	USA	Sean Johnson	32	-34	29+0	-32	0+0	0	3+0	-2
26	MF	USA	Michael Stephens	22	0	16+4	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
27	MF	USA	Kingsley Bryce	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29	FW	BRA	Gilberto	11	5	8+2	5	0+0	0	1+0	0
30	MF	ROU	Răzvan Cociș	29	2	22+4	2	0+0	0	2+1	0
55	DF	TRI	Daneil Cyrus	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
77	FW	NGA	Kennedy Igboananike	34	9	20+11	7	0+0	0	1+2	2
Players who left the club during the season: (Statistics shown are the appearances made and goals scored while at Chicago Fire)
7	MF	BRA	Alex (traded)	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Shaun Maloney (transferred)	17	3	14+0	3	0+0	0	2+1	0
15	MF	ESP	Víctor Pérez (loan ended)	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	BRA	Guly do Prado (mutually parted ways)	16	0	6+9	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	FW	USA	Quincy Amarikwa (traded)	15	1	7+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Recognition

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Report
5	Shaun Maloney	POTW Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Report
4	Harry Shipp	M	Report Archived 2015-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
5	Joevin Jones	D	Report Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
8	David Accam	F	Report Archived 2015-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
13	Kennedy Igboananike	F	Report Archived 2015-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
22	Eric Gehrig	D	Report Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
22	Matt Polster	M	Report Archived 2015-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
24	Sean Johnson	GK	Report Archived 2015-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
26	Michael Stephens	M	Report Archived 2015-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
26	David Accam	F	Report Archived 2015-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
31	Harry Shipp	M	Report
31	Gilberto	F	Report

Team annual awards

Midfielder David Accam was named the Most Valuable Player, as well as was awarded the Golden Boot. In 23 matches this season Accam scored team-leading ten goals and added two assists.^[54]

First-year defender Eric Gehrig was named the Defensive Player of the Year.^[54]

David Accam was chosen Section 8 Chicago Supporters' Player of the Year.^[55]

Lovel Palmer's left-footed strike from over 30 yards in the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 win over the Charlotte Independence was named the club's Goal of the Year.^[56]

Kits

Home

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home^[57]^[58]	Red / Navy	Red	Red
Away^[59]^[60]	White	White	White

Primary kit

According to the league's bi-annual rotation of kits the primary kit carried over from the previous season. It was originally unveiled on March 4, 2014. The jersey design was inspired by the City of Chicago fire trucks which feature a dark top, a band and red throughout the bottom half. The light blue represents the primary color of the Chicago flag.^[57]^[58]

Secondary kit

On March 2, 2015 Chicago Fire unveiled the club's new secondary kit. The design and details were inspired by the City of Chicago flag.^[59]^[60]

Draft pick trades

Picks acquired:

2016 MLS SuperDraft third round pick in exchange for goalkeeper Kyle Reynish^[61]

Picks traded:

2015 MLS SuperDraft conditional third round pick, 2014 MLS SuperDraft 8th overall pick and Jalil Anibaba to Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Patrick Ianni^[62]
2016 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for Greg Cochrane^[63]
2016 MLS SuperDraft natural selection second round pick to Orlando City SC in exchange for Eric Gehrig^[14]

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