The 2013 Chicago Fire season was the club's 15th year of existence, as well as their 16th season in Major League Soccer and their 16th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.
Chicago Fire began the regular season on March 3, 2013 with an away match against the defending champions Los Angeles Galaxy. The Men in Red concluded the regular season on October 27, 2013 with an away match against New York Red Bulls.
The Fire finished the regular season with a 14-13-7 record, but narrowly missed the playoffs, losing the spot to the Montreal Impact on second tiebreaker. On October 30, 2013, the club has announced the head coach Frank Klopas and the president of soccer operations Javier Leon have stepped down.
On December 5, 2013 the club's forward Mike Magee was named the MLS Most Valuable Player.
Squad at the end of the season As of October 27, 2013. Source: Chicago Fire official roster
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Alec Kann GK Charleston Battery 25 Sean Johnson GK Atlanta Blackhawks 70 Paolo Tornaghi GK Inter Milan Defenders 3 Hunter Jumper LB University of Virginia Cavaliers 4 Bakary Soumaré CB Philadelphia Union 6 Jalil Anibaba CB Carolina Dynamo 13 Gonzalo Segares LB Apollon Limassol 18 Steven Kinney RB Carolina Dynamo 22 Austin Berry CB University of Louisville Cardinals 28 Shaun Francis D Charlotte Eagles Midfielders 5 Arévalo Ríos M Palermo 8 Dilly Duka M Columbus Crew 11 Daniel Paladini M Carolina RailHawks 12 Logan Pause M University of North Carolina Tar Heels 15 Wells Thompson M Colorado Rapids 16 Brendan King M Alta IF 19 Corben Bone M Carolina Dynamo 20 Jeff Larentowicz M Colorado Rapids 21 Michael Videira M AC St. Louis 26 Joel Lindpere M New York Red Bulls 27 Victor Pineda M Chicago Fire Academy 71 Alex M FC Wohlen Forwards 9 Mike Magee F Los Angeles Galaxy 14 Patrick Nyarko F Virginia Tech Hokies 17 Chris Rolfe F Aalborg BK 24 Quincy Amarikwa F Toronto FC 29 Maicon Santos F D.C. United 30 Yazid Atouba F Rainbow FC Bamenda 33 Juan Luis Anangonó F Argentinos Juniors
Player movement
In Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubNotesRef November 7, 2012 Arne Friedrich D Chicago Fire Re-signed through the end of 2013 season December 6, 2012 Gonzalo Segares D Chicago Fire Re-signed with the club to a multi-year deal December 7, 2012 Maicon Santos F D.C. United Selected in the Stage One of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft January 4, 2013 Joel Lindpere M New York Red Bulls Acquired in exchange for a 2013 MLS International Roster Slot January 16, 2013 Jeff Larentowicz M Colorado Rapids Acquired together with the 30th pick (Round 2) in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft in exchange for the 11th pick (Round 1) in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, allocation money and a 2013 MLS International Roster Slot January 21, 2013 Corben Bone M Chicago Fire Opted out of Stage Two of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft; re-signed by the club on January 21, 2013 January 21, 2013 Alex M Chicago Fire Contract option was picked up by the club January 21, 2013 Michael Videira M Chicago Fire Contract option was picked up by the club January 31, 2013 Brendan King M Alta IF Signed on a free transfer February 4, 2013 Dilly Duka M Columbus Crew Acquired together with the MLS rights to Robbie Rogers in exchange for Dominic Oduro February 27, 2013 Quincy Amarikwa F Toronto FC Acquired in exchange for a first round selection in the 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft March 1, 2013 Yazid Atouba M Rainbow FC Bamenda Signed after being selected 30th overall (second round) in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft March 19, 2013 Alec Kann GK Charleston Battery Signed on a free transfer May 23, 2013 Bakary Soumaré D Philadelphia Union Acquired in exchange for the second round pick in 2014 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money May 25, 2013 Mike Magee F Los Angeles Galaxy Acquired in exchange for the right of first refusal to Robbie Rogers and other considerations July 10, 2013 Shaun Francis D Charlotte Eagles Signed per mutual agreement with Charlotte Eagles July 23, 2013 Juan Luis Anangonó F Argentinos Juniors Signed as a Designated Player August 14, 2013 Arévalo Ríos M Palermo Signed as a Designated Player
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination ClubNotesRef November 26, 2012 Cory Gibbs D None Retired December 14, 2012 Dan Gargan D San Jose Earthquakes Selected in the First Round of Stage Two of the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft December 14, 2012 Jay Nolly GK None Was not selected in the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft, became a free agent January 19, 2013 Pável Pardo M None Retired January 21, 2013 Guillermo Franco F None Contract option not picked up by the club February 4, 2013 Dominic Oduro F Columbus Crew Traded in exchange for Dilly Duka and the MLS rights to Robbie Rogers February 22, 2013 Tony Walls D None Waived June 23, 2013 Arne Friedrich D None Retired August 14, 2013 Sherjill MacDonald F None Released by mutual consent Players selected in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft, but ultimately not signed by the club (in the order they were released): defender Caleb Konstanski (selected 68th overall in Supplemental Draft, fourth round, from Indiana University), defender John Gallagher (30th overall in Supplemental Draft, second round, from Penn State), goalkeeper James Belshaw (49th overall in Supplemental Draft, third round, from Duke). "First bit of business: goalkeeper James Belshaw has departed Charleston" Trialists who departed or were released in the preseason: midfielder Luke Boden, "Orlando City midfielder Luke Boden left Fire training camp Friday night." forward Sam Archer (winner of the Open Tryout), "Sam Archer - The team's Open Tryout winner departed Fire camp Monday afternoon after receiving an offer to trial with Icelandic Premier League club Íþróttabandalag Akraness." goalkeeper Ian Joyce, "Trialing goalkeeper Ian Joyce departed Ave Maria Tuesday afternoon." defender Rich Balchan, defender Eric Robertson, goalkeeper Neal Kitson, "With Johnson's arrival, trialing goalkeeper Neal Kitson has departed training camp." defender Rauwshan McKenzie, midfielder Borfor Carr, midfielder José Alexander Pabón, forward Blake Brettschneider, forward Dailos Tejera, forward Maxwell Griffin, forward Kevin Mercado, defender Pascal Chimbonda, defender Leo Lelis and forward Colin Rolfe.
Loans
In DatePlayerPositionLoaned FromNotesRef
Out Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. DatePlayerPositionLoaned ToNotesRef July 26, 2012 Rafael Robayo M Millonarios The club did not announce the duration of the loan August 17, 2012 Sebastián Grazzini M Atlético de Rafaela The club did not announce the duration of the loan September 13, 2012 Orr Barouch F Bnei Yehuda Was loaned for the remainder of the 2012 season; current status not yet announced by the club January 25, 2013 Federico Puppo F LDU Quito For the 2013 season (one-year loan) April 1, 2013 Kellen Gulley F Atlanta Silverbacks Season-long loan July 9, 2013 Álvaro Fernández M Nacional Through the remainder of the 2013 season
Technical staff
Leo Percovich
Standings Conference tables
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
Overall table
Results summary
Results
Match results
Preseason
Major League Soccer
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
U.S. Open Cup
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)
Friendlies Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)
Recognition
Leading scorers
+MLS regular seasonRankScorerGoalsAssists1 Mike Magee1542 Patrick Nyarko443 Dilly Duka434 Chris Rolfe415 Quincy Amarikwa306 Joel Lindpere287 Jeff Larentowicz248 Daniel Paladini239 Maicon Santos2210 Juan Luis Anangonó2111 Jalil Anibaba1312 Austin Berry1213 Hunter Jumper11 Alex1115 Bakary Soumaré1016 Sherjill MacDonald01 Gonzalo Segares01
+U.S. Open CupRankScorerGoalsAssists1 Mike Magee322 Chris Rolfe313 Patrick Nyarko204 Joel Lindpere105 Gonzalo Segares026 Dilly Duka01 Jeff Larentowicz01 Maicon Santos01
Updated to match played on October 27, 2013.Source: MLSsoccer.com statistics - 2013 Chicago Fire
MLS Team of the week WeekPlayerPositionReport6 Daniel PaladiniMFReport Maicon SantosFW8 Austin BerryDFReport15 AlexMFReport17 Dilly DukaMFReport Mike MageeFW Frank KlopasCoach21 Joel LindpereMFReport Chris RolfeFW24 Sean JohnsonGKReport26 Jalil AnibabaDFReport Hunter JumperDF29 Juan Luis AnangonóFWReport Frank KlopasCoach31 Mike MageeFWReport32 Sean JohnsonGKReport Bakary SoumaréDF33 Jeff LarentowiczMFReport Frank KlopasCoach34 Mike MageeFWReport
MLS Player of the week Week Player Report21 Chris RolfePOTW
MLS Player of the month Month Player ReportJune Mike MageePOTM
MLS All-star game Position Player ReportForward Mike MageeFan XI
Team annual award winners
Forward Mike Magee was named the team's Most Valuable Player, as well as the Golden Boot winner. Goalkeeper Sean Johnson was named the Defender of the year. These annual team award winners were selected by local media.
Daniel Paladini won the club's Goal of the Year award via online fan voting.
MLS season award winners
Forward Mike Magee was named to the MLS Best XI and won the MLS Most Valuable Player Award.
Kits
TypeShirtShortsSocksFirst appearance / Info Home Red with white lettering Red Red Home alt. 1 Red with stars-and-stripes lettering Navy blue White Independence Day special; worn at home MLS game on July 3 against San Jose Earthquakes Home alt. 2 Navy blue with pink lettering Navy blue Pink Breast cancer awareness special; away kit worn at home MLS game on October 19 against Toronto FC Away Navy blue with white lettering Navy blue Navy blue
Third kit On October 8, 2013 the club unveiled the third kit to be worn in the 2014 season. The municipal-themed design named "Heart on Your Sleeve" incorporated the city flag as well as the iconic Chicago skyline. The winning design was selected via a fan vote online.
Miscellany
International roster slots On January 4, 2013 Chicago has traded a 2013 International Roster Slot to New York Red Bulls in exchange for the midfielder Joel Lindpere. On January 16, 2013 Chicago has traded another 2013 International Roster Slot to Colorado Rapids in exchange for Jeff Larentowicz, 11th pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft and allocation money. Subsequently, Chicago Fire had six MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2013 season.
Future draft pick trades Future picks acquired: 2014 MLS SuperDraft round 4 pick from Real Salt Lake in exchange for Kwame Watson-Siriboe. Future picks traded: 2014 MLS SuperDraft second-round pick and allocation money to Philadelphia Union in exchange for defender Bakary Soumaré. 2014 MLS Supplemental Draft round 1 (which later was merged into 2014 MLS SuperDraft and became round 3) pick to Toronto FC in exchange for Quincy Amarikwa.
MLS rights to other players On February 4, 2013 Chicago Fire acquired the MLS rights to Robbie Rogers from Columbus Crew and subsequently traded them to Los Angeles Galaxy in exchange for Mike Magee.
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