Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire are Major League Soccer's most dramatic origin story, a red and white club from the Windy City founded in 1997 and named after the great fire that devastated Chicago in 1871. In their very first MLS season, the Fire won both the MLS Cup and the US Open Cup, an instant double that no expansion club has matched before or since. Playing in the iconic red with the Maltese cross as their emblem, the Fire have been one of MLS's most recognisable clubs and a major force in growing soccer's culture across the American midwest.

Founded on 8 October 1997, Chicago Fire FC compete in Major League Soccer, the top division of football in the United States and Canada. Their home is Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Key honours include 1 MLS Cup (1998), 4 US Open Cups (1998, 2000, 2003, 2006), and a Supporters' Shield in 2003.

Chicago Fire's red home kit is one of MLS's most striking designs, with the Maltese cross badge giving the shirt a visual identity rooted in the city's proud firefighter heritage. The original 1998 MLS Cup and US Open Cup double-winning kit is the most celebrated in club history, worn in the remarkable debut season that set the standard for everything that followed. Nike has been the primary kit supplier for significant portions of the club's history, with clean red designs that have evolved while keeping the bold red and white colour scheme that links every era of the Fire's story.