The Fire continue their winning ways. It may not have been a picture-perfect victory but it was still a victory. It was also David Poreba's first MLS start as he sets up an assist after making it into the XI with his Robert Lewandowski, his favorite childhood player who sealed the win with a strike from the spot.

Puso Dithejane's emergence is the main story, however, as he once again found the back of the net. John and Tim break down what they liked – and didn't – from a hot muggy night in Orlando.

The Fire's continue their winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Portland – their second in a row over the Timbers but also just the second in the teams' respective MLS histories.
John and Tim talk about all that's working well for the Fire who are on their first five game winning streak in a quarter century, and find themselves singing about some (relatively) unsung heroes in Robin Lod, Maren Haile-Selassie and Sam Rogers, who was starting in MLS play for the first time since February and had a strong performance.
After that, they switch gears to talk about the Fire's upcoming game against Orlando City, but mostly, hone in on why they think that Antoine Griezmann might be a budding Florida Man.

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The Fire stay perfect! Berhalter's side extend the win streak to 4, and finish as the top team in Phase 1 of the 2026 Leagues Cup. John is joined by Apple TV Match Analyst Neil Sika to talk to recap the tournament and talk the return to league play as the Fire face off with Portland Timber in Soldier Field on Saturday.
Will the Fire keep the good times rolling? Or will Marti Cifuentes begin his tenure with a win in league play?

It took until the last half hour to get going but the Chicago Fire found a way to break through and get a win, finishing 3-1 against Santos Laguna in their second game of the Leagues Cup, in a game where seven starters from Thursday rotated, giving 16-year-old Robert Turdean his first minutes and first with the first team.

Before digging into all that, though, the duo talk about the state of the Fire's transfer window, with Leon Goretzka still available – for a price. John and Tim talk about the rumored move and the Fire's transfer strategy for the rest of the window, then Tim talks about one of the shortest – and weirdest – press conferences of his career.

Finally, they preview the Fire's final challenge of the group stage, with the team set to take on Cruz Azul this Thursday, once again at SeatGeek Stadium, and discuss what all but certainly make this the toughest test the Fire have faced in this tournament.

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The Fire went to SeatGeek and walked away with a convincing 2-0 win over Necaxa, giving the team their first W over Liga MX competition in nearly two decades.
John and Tim break it all down, including what they liked about the 4-4-2 and the team's squad rotation in a game where both fullbacks scored goals and guys like Puso Dithejane and Sergio Oregel Jr. shined.

Right after MLS got back... it's stopping for a break. This time, though, the Fire won't be getting a break as they face three opponents in the Leagues Cup in the first time they've been in the tournament in its current format.
Before getting into that, though: The league is getting a new commish! Larry Berg was named longtime MLS Commissioner Don Gaber's successor. John and Tim talk about what might be in store from the new guy before talking about what Garber accomplished in his 27 years on the job. 
Then to get into the Leagues Cup spirit, the duo talk to Leagues Cup Executive Director Tom Mayo about what fans can look forward to in this year's edition of the tournament which includes, for the first time, games hosted in Mexico.
After talking to Tom, they break down the what to look for from the Fire in the competition and in their first game against Necaxa at SeatGeek on Thursday.

The goals came. Robert Lewandowski scored his first goal for the Chicago Fire and then he added his second against Charlotte FC in their first home game since May. John and Tim talk about what went right for the Fire in the game that saw Lewy become the fourth Fire player to bag a brace in his home opener, adding to the list that Frank Klopas started in 1998.
Surprisingly, it's John who decides that it can't be all sunshine and rainbows in Fire land, questioning how good the win was. That gets Tim to dig into into what Berhalter changed up and what it did to make everyone from Lewandowski to Djé D'Avilla look a lot better than they did last week at Yankee Stadium.

With two tough losses in the Fire's first two games back from the World Cup break, John and Tim call for reinforcements. With Alex Calabrese, Alex Campbell and Joe Chatz around The Bonfire, the group discusses what they saw in a forgettable 3-1 loss at Yankee Stadium – hopefully the Fire's last-ever in that venue.
The quintet then talks about what's made the Lewandowski era get off to a rough start – and what it'll take to right the ship, with a busy stretch including Leagues Cup on the horizon.

Robert Lewandowski makes his debut in Miami and doesn't score in a game where the Fire looked like the rustier of the two teams coming off of a two-month break. To talk about what they did and didn't see in Miami, John and Tim rope in Arman Kafai of Footy Analytic Musings.

With Arman, one of the smartest guys in the business at the Bonfire for the first time, Tim and John use it as an opportunity to talk about everything that didn't seem to go right on a hot humid night in Miami.

Give it a listen for Arman's insights, and remember: However bad your day is going, at least you didn't whiff on a slow back pass as bad as bad as Rocco Rios Novo did in front of hundreds of thousands of people around the globe.

And just like that, he's gone. Hot on the heels of Lewandowski's arrival, Hugo Cuypers departs for CF Monterrey in a deal we were told came together fast. Where does that leave the Fire? What does it mean for the rest of their season? What does it mean for their transfer window?
Joe Chatz joins John and Tim as they break it all down – while trying to avoid breaking down. Join the trio as they process it all and then give the least tactically-sophisticated preview of the Fire's upcoming game this Wednesday at the new Nu Stadium against Inter Miami.