American soccer team Chicago Fire Full name Chicago Fire Soccer Club Nickname(s) Men in Red Founded October 8, 1997 ; 21 years ago ( 1997-10-08 ) Stadium SeatGeek Stadium Bridgeview, Illinois Capacity 20,000 Chairman Andrew Hauptman (majority) Joe Mansueto (minority) Head coach Veljko Paunović League Major League Soccer 2018 Eastern Conference: 10th Overall: 20th Playoffs: Did not qualify Website Club website Home colors Away colors Current season The Chicago Fire Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in the suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois. The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference, having moved to the conference in 2002. The franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was founded on October 8, 1997, the event's 126th anniversary. The team began play in 1998 as one of the league's first e...