Chicago Fire Season 2008

Infobox Football club season
club = Chicago Fire

season = 2008
manager = flagicon|CRC Denis Hamlett
chairman = flagicon|USA Andrew Hauptman
league = Major League Soccer
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The 2008 season is the 10th season in Chicago Fire's existence. They will play their home games at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Denis Hamlett will be making his debut as the Chicago Fire coach after being promoted.

Current roster

* Players in bold have had senior international caps for their respective national squads.Fs player | no=2 | nat=USA | pos=DF | name= C.J. Brown "(Vice-captain)"Fs player | no=10 | nat=MEX | pos=MF | name= Cuauhtémoc Blanco "(Captain)"

Changes for the 2008 MLS Season

In

*flagicon|GHA Patrick Nyarko "Drafted 7th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|USA Dominic Cervi "Drafted 12th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|USA Peter Lowry "Drafted 26th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|USA Dwight Barnett "Drafted 38th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|USA Stephen King "Drafted 40th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|USA Austin Washington "Drafted 54th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft"
*flagicon|CRC Andy Herron "Rights acquired from Columbus Crew for 4th round pick in the 2010 Superdraft "
*flagicon|POL Tomasz Frankowski "Signed from flagicon|ENG Wolverhampton Wanderers"
*flagicon|USA Brandon Prideaux "Acquired in waiver draft from Colorado Rapids"
*flagicon|PAR Líder Mármol "Signed as free agent."
*flagicon|USA Brian McBride "Free agent"

Out

*flagicon|USA Matt Pickens "To flagicon|ENG Queens Park Rangers"
*flagicon|HON Ivan Guerrero "Lost to San Jose Earthquakes in the Expansion Draft"
*flagicon|USA Jim Curtin "Traded to Chivas USA"
*flagicon|USA Chris Armas "Retired"
*flagicon|CRC Paulo Wanchope "Retired"
*flagicon|USA Jeff Curtin "Waived, later signed with D.C. United"
*flagicon|TRI Osei Telesford "Waived, later signed with flagicon|Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders"
*flagicon|USA Chad Barrett "Traded to Toronto FC in Brian McBride deal"

tatistics

Appearances and goals

:"Last updated on June 5, 2008."