Chicago Fire NPSL

Chicago Fire NPSL

Full name	Chicago Fire NPSL
Nickname(s)	Fire
Founded	2007
Stadium	Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois (Capacity: 20,000)
Owner	Jason Kolisch
Head Coach	Brian Roberts
League	National Premier Soccer League
2010	2nd, Midwest Playoffs: DNQ
Home colors Away colors
Current season

Chicago Fire NPSL is an American soccer team based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 2007, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Midwest Division.

The team plays its home games on the turf practice field at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, where the senior Chicago Fire team plays. The team's colors are red and white.

History

The team began an offshoot of the Rockford Raptors organization, who were members of the old USISL in the early 1990s, and played for seven seasons in the USISL Pro League and USL Premier Development League, reaching the Conference Playoffs on two occasions before leaving the league at the end of the 2000 season.

The team re-formed in 2007 and played their first season in the National Premier Soccer League in Rockford, Illinois as the Raptors, before moving to Bridgeview and adopting their current name prior to the 2008 season after signing a formal agreement to become an official development program for the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer programme. The NPSL team often shares players with its counterpart in the USL Premier Development League, with players moving from the NPSL team to the PDL team when the NPSL season ends.

Players

2010 Roster

Source: [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player Anel Bajrektarevic Monroe Bell Jr Eduardo Bernal Luke Blakely Taylor Bond Jon Brehm Carlos Bucio Travis DeLeon Andrew Duran Matt Eliason Rodrigo Faria Peter Gallagher Marcus Greer Francisco Guzman Nestor Hernandez Alexander Konchar Kieron Lewis Marko Markovic Alejandro Munoz

No. Position Player Emilio Munoz Andrew Nuno Dorin Oprea Al Palar Jose Perez James Potton Steven Purdy Robert Ritchie-Sitith Ryan Schwarz Sam Sprauer Ivan Stanisavljevic Cody Stanley Michael Tilatti Javier Torres Paul Tracy Samuel Vanaria Tony Walls Krystian Witkowski

Notable former players

• Scott Lorenz

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2007	4	NPSL	5th, Midwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2008	4	NPSL	2nd, Midwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2009	4	NPSL	2nd, Midwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2010	4	NPSL	2nd, Midwest	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2011	4	NPSL	5th, Midwest	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Head coaches

• Brian Roberts (2008–present)

Stadia

• Toyota Park; Bridgeview, Illinois (2008-present)

External links

• Chicago Fire NPSL