2017 Chicago Fire season

Chicago Fire
2017 season
Chairman	Andrew Hauptman
Head coach	Veljko Paunović
Stadium	Toyota Park; (capacity: 20,000)
MLS	Conference: 3rd ; Overall: 3rd
MLS Cup Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Brimstone Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Nemanja Nikolić (24); All: Nemanja Nikolić (24)
Highest home attendance	21,891; (August 19 vs Toronto FC)
Lowest home attendance	11,244; (May 17 vs Colorado Rapids)
Average home league attendance	17,383 (regular season); 11,647(playoffs)
Biggest win	CHI 4-0 ORL (6/24); CHI (4-0) VAN (7/1)
Biggest defeat	ATL 4-0 CHI (3/18)
Home colors	Away colors

The 2017 Chicago Fire season was the club's 22nd year of existence, as well as their 20th season in Major League Soccer, the top-flight of American soccer. The Fire reached the playoffs for the first time since 2012, losing in the knockout round.

June 24 game against Orlando City SC

Current squad

As of September 27, 2017. Source: Chicago Fire official roster

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Player Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Jorge Bava		GK	(1981-08-02) August 2, 1981	Atlético Bucaramanga	International
28	Matt Lampson		GK	(1989-09-06) September 6, 1989	Columbus Crew
30	Stefan Cleveland		GK	(1994-05-25) May 25, 1994	University of Louisville	Loaned Out
45	Richard Sánchez		GK	(1994-05-05) May 5, 1994	Tigres UANL
Defenders
3	Brandon Vincent		D	(1994-05-01) May 1, 1994	Stanford Cardinal
4	Johan Kappelhof		D	(1990-08-05) August 5, 1990	FC Groningen	International
5	Michael Harrington		D	(1986-01-24) January 24, 1986	Colorado Rapids
16	Jonathan Campbell		D	(1993-06-27) June 27, 1993	North Carolina Tar Heels
22	Patrick Doody		D	(1992-04-22) April 22, 1992	Indiana Hoosiers	Homegrown
25	Jorge Luis Corrales		D	(1991-05-20) May 20, 1991	Tulsa Roughnecks	Loaned Out
26	Christian Dean		D	(1993-03-14) March 14, 1993	Vancouver Whitecaps
33	Matej Dekovic		D	(1993-09-19) September 19, 1993	University of North Carolina Charlotte	International, Loaned out
66	João Meira		D/M	(1987-04-30) April 30, 1987	Belenenses	International
Midfielders
2	Matt Polster		M	(1993-06-08) June 8, 1993	SIU Edwardsville Cougars
6	Dax McCarty		M	(1987-04-30) April 30, 1987	New York Red Bulls
7	John Goossens		M	(1988-07-25) July 25, 1988	FC Voluntari	International, On injured list
12	Arturo Álvarez		M	(1985-06-28) June 28, 1985	Videoton FC
13	Brandt Bronico		M	(1995-06-20) June 20, 1995	University of North Carolina Charlotte	Loaned out
14	Djordje Mihailovic		M	(1998-11-10) November 10, 1998	Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown
15	Joey Calistri		M	(1993-11-20) November 20, 1993	Northwestern Wildcats	Homegrown, Loaned out
17	Collin Fernandez	/	M	(1997-02-13) February 13, 1997	Chicago Fire Academy	Homegrown, Loaned out
18	Drew Conner		M	(1994-02-18) February 18, 1994	Wisconsin Badgers	Homegrown
19	Juninho		M	(1989-01-08) January 8, 1989	Club Tijuana	Loaned in
20	Daniel Johnson		M	(1995-09-08) September 8, 1995	University of Louisville
31	Bastian Schweinsteiger		M	(1984-08-01) August 1, 1984	Manchester United	Designated Player, International
Forwards
8	Michael de Leeuw		F	(1986-10-07) October 7, 1986	FC Groningen	International
9	Luis Solignac		F	(1991-02-16)February 16, 1991 (aged 25)	Colorado Rapids	International
10	David Arshakyan		F	(1994-08-16) August 16, 1994	FK Trakai	International
11	David Accam		F/M	(1990-09-28) September 28, 1990	Helsingborgs IF	Designated Player
23	Nemanja Nikolić		F	(1987-12-31) December 31, 1987	Legia Warsaw	Designated Player, International

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

Date	Player	Position	Previous Club	Notes	Ref
November 23, 2016	Arturo Álvarez	M	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Joey Calistri	M	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Jonathan Campbell	D	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Drew Conner	M	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Patrick Doody	D	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Sean Johnson	GK	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Matt Lampson	GK	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Matt Polster	M	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
November 23, 2016	Brandon Vincent	D	Chicago Fire	Exercised option	[1]
December 20, 2016	Nemanja Nikolić	F	Legia Warsaw	Acquired via transfer as a Designated Player, signed a three-year deal	[2]
January 5, 2017	Luis Solignac	F	Chicago Fire	Re-signed with the club after initially having his option declined on November 23, 2016; signed to a two-year contract with an option for a third	[1][3]
January 7, 2017	Jorge Bava	GK	Atlético Bucaramanga	Signed as a Discovery Player to a one-year deal with options for 2018 and 2019	[4]
January 16, 2017	Dax McCarty	M	New York Red Bulls	Acquired in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money ($200,000 in 2017 allocation funds and $200,000 for 2018); signed one-year contract with two one-year options	[5]
January 27, 2017	Djordje Mihailovic	M	Chicago Fire Academy	Signed as a Homegrown Player	[6]
January 30, 2017	Daniel Johnson	M	University of Louisville	Signed to a one-year deal with three-year club options after being drafted 11th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	[7][8]
January 30, 2017	Stefan Cleveland	GK	University of Louisville	Signed to a one-year deal with three-year club options after being drafted 26th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	[7][8]
February 27, 2017	Brandt Bronico	M	University of North Carolina Charlotte	Signed to a one-year deal with three-year club options after being drafted 47th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	[9][10]
February 27, 2017	Matej Dekovic	D	University of North Carolina Charlotte	Signed to a one-year deal with three-year club options after being drafted 69th overall in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft	[9][10]
March 21, 2017	Bastian Schweinsteiger	M	Manchester United	Signed as a Designated Player to a one-year deal with a mutual option for at least one year	[11][12][13]
August 9, 2017	Christian Dean	D	Vancouver Whitecaps	Acquired in exchange for $50,000 of General Allocation Money, $50,000 of conditional Targeted Allocation Money in the event he starts 12 or more 2018 regular season matches, and a percentage of any future transfer fees; signed a one-year deal with two-year club options	[14]
August 11, 2017	Richard Sánchez	G	Tigres UANL	Signed a one-year contract with options for 2018 and 2019 after being acquired 6th overall in the Allocation Order	[15]
September 14, 2017	Jorge Luis Corrales	D	Tulsa Roughnecks	Signed a contract through 2018 with options for 2019 and 2020; he was then immediately loaned back to the Roughnecks	[16]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Destination Club	Notes	Ref
November 23, 2016	Răzvan Cociș	M	None	Contract option was not exercised, was eligible for the Re-Entry Draft but wasn't selected	[1]
November 23, 2016	Eric Gehrig	D	None	Contract option was not exercised, was eligible for the Re-Entry Draft but wasn't selected; retired and was named Chicago Fire assistant coach on February 15, 2017	[1][17]
November 23, 2016	Nick LaBrocca	M	None	Contract option was not exercised, eligible for free agency	[1]
November 23, 2016	Patrick McLain	GK	Orlando City SC	Contract option was not exercised, selected by Orlando City SC in the Re-Entry Draft	[1][18]
November 23, 2016	Alex Morrell	M	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Contract option was not exercised, signed with Tampa Bay Rowdies on December 29, 2016	[1][19]
November 23, 2016	Rodrigo Ramos	D	Coritiba	Loan expired	[1]
November 23, 2016	Michael Stephens	M	San Francisco Deltas	Contract option was not exercised, was eligible for the Re-Entry Draft but wasn't selected; signed with San Francisco Deltas on January 6	[1][20]
November 23, 2016	Khaly Thiam	M	MTK Budapest	Loan expired	[1]
December 11, 2016	Sean Johnson	GK	New York City FC	Traded to Atlanta United FC for General Allocation Money; Atlanta then traded him to New York City FC in exchange for General Allocation Money and Targeted Allocation Money	[21][22]

Players selected in 2017 MLS SuperDraft, but ultimately not signed: forward Guillermo Delgado (27th overall, second round, from University of Delaware).[8][23]
Trialists released in the preseason: midfielder Miguel Alvarado,[24][23] defender Chad Barson,[25][26] defender Drew Beckie,[27][23] forward Juan Pablo Caffa,[24][23] goalkeeper Chris Konopka,[24][23] goalkeeper Mihajlo Miskovic (Chicago Fire Academy),[27][24] defender Boyd Okwuonu[27][23] defender Taylor Peay,[23][25] and defender Ryan Taylor.[28][26]
Trialists who joined the team during the season but were not signed: forward Maximilian Beister,[29] defender Justin Bilyeu,[30][31] midfielder Alessandro Diamanti,[32] and defender Michael Schulze,[33][34]

Loans

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

In

Date	Player	Position	Loaned from	Notes	Ref
December 23, 2016	Juninho	M	Club Tijuana	Signed on loan to a one-year contract with options to purchase the player outright or extend the contract; Fire sent general allocation money, 2017 MLS SuperDraft natural selection second round pick and the No. 3 spot in the Allocation Ranking Order to Minnesota United FC in exchange for the No. 2 spot used to acquire the player (No. 1 spot holder passed)	[35]

Out

Date	Player	Position	Loaned to	Notes	Return	Ref
March 15, 2017	Joey Calistri	M	Tulsa Roughnecks	Reporter Orrin Schwartz confirmed that Collin Fernandez, Joey Calistri and Matej Dekovic would be loaned to Tulsa Roughnecks with the ability to call back at any time.		[36][37]
March 15, 2017	Matej Dekovic	D	Tulsa Roughnecks	Reporter Orrin Schwartz confirmed that Collin Fernandez, Joey Calistri and Matej Dekovic would be loaned to Tulsa Roughnecks with the ability to call back at any time.		[36]
March 15, 2017	/ Collin Fernandez	M	Tulsa Roughnecks	Reporter Orrin Schwartz confirmed that Collin Fernandez, Joey Calistri and Matej Dekovic would be loaned to Tulsa Roughnecks with the ability to call back at any time.		[36]
May 13, 2017	Brandt Bronico	M	Tulsa Roughnecks	The Tulsa Roughnecks tweeted out a starting lineup that included Bronico, confirming that he'd been loaned to the club. He returned in early June.		[38]
May 23, 2017	Stefan Cleveland	GK	Tulsa Roughnecks	Nelson Rodriguez announced that Cleveland would be leaving for Tulsa following the May 25 game against FC Dallas. Following the injury of Jorge Bava, he was called back in.	June 2017	[39]
July 14, 2017	Patrick Doody	D	St. Louis FC	St. Louis announced that they'd acquired Doody on loan.	July 2017	[40]
September 14, 2017	Jorge Luis Corrales	D	Tulsa Roughnecks	Signed a contract through 2018 with options for 2019 and 2020; he was then immediately loaned back to the Roughnecks		[16]

Technical staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Nelson Rodríguez
Head Coach	Veljko Paunović
Assistant Coach	Marko Mitrović
Assistant Coach	Eric Gehrig
Goalkeeper Coach	Aleksandar Sarić
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Raphael Fevre
Director of Scouting	Matt Pearson
Video Analyst	Nenad Babic
Manager of Team and Soccer Operations	Alex Boler
Equipment Manager	Brian Sauer
Assistant Equipment Manager	Juan Arreola
Head Athletic Trainer	Steven Purcell
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Reade Whitney
Chief Medical Officer	Dr. Joshua Blomgren, D.O.
Head Orthopedic Officer	Dr. Brian Forsythe, M.D.
Physical Therapist	Ryan Perry

Last updated: May 1, 2017
Source: Chicago Fire Technical Staff

Standings

Eastern Conference table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto FC	34	20	5	9	74	37	+37	69	Conference Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
2	New York City FC	34	16	9	9	56	43	+13	57	Conference Semifinals[lower-alpha 1]
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	62	48	+14	55	Knockout Round
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
7	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45
8	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	50	47	+3	42
9	Montreal Impact	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39
10	Orlando City SC	34	10	15	9	39	58	−19	39
11	D.C. United	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored ; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[41]

Overall table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1	Toronto FC (C, X)	34	20	5	9	74	37	+37	69	2018 CONCACAF Champions League
2	New York City FC	34	16	9	9	56	43	+13	57
3	Chicago Fire	34	16	11	7	61	47	+14	55
4	Atlanta United FC	34	15	9	10	70	40	+30	55
5	Columbus Crew	34	16	12	6	53	49	+4	54
6	Portland Timbers	34	15	11	8	60	50	+10	53
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	14	9	11	52	39	+13	53
8	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	15	12	7	50	49	+1	52
9	New York Red Bulls	34	14	12	8	53	47	+6	50
10	Houston Dynamo	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	50
11	Sporting Kansas City	34	12	9	13	40	29	+11	49	2019 CONCACAF Champions League
12	San Jose Earthquakes	34	13	14	7	39	60	−21	46
13	FC Dallas	34	11	10	13	48	48	0	46
14	Real Salt Lake	34	13	15	6	49	55	−6	45
15	New England Revolution	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45
16	Philadelphia Union	34	11	14	9	50	47	+3	42
17	Montreal Impact	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39
18	Orlando City SC	34	10	15	9	39	58	−19	39
19	Minnesota United FC	34	10	18	6	47	70	−23	36
20	Colorado Rapids	34	9	19	6	31	51	−20	33
21	D.C. United	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32
22	LA Galaxy	34	8	18	8	45	67	−22	32

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner
Notes:

CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure
- Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[42] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
  1. The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.
  2. The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
  Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
  One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
  1. The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
34	55	16	11	7	61	47	+14	12	2	3	41	14	+27	4	9	4	20	33	−13

Last updated: October 22, 2017
Source: MLSsoccer.com standings
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Match results

Win Tie Loss

Preseason

Kickoff times are in CST (UTC-06)

Saturday, February 4, 2017	Chicago Fire	1–0	Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers, Florida
18:00	Nemanja Nikolić 41'	Report		Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex

Thursday, February 9, 2017	Chicago Fire	1–0	Philadelphia Union	Bradenton, Florida
12:00	Patrick Doody 49' Michael de Leeuw 56'	Report	Roland Alberg 39'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Wednesday, February 15, 2017	Chicago Fire	4–1	Montreal Impact	St. Petersburg, Florida
10:00	David Accam 1' Dax McCarty 15' Kyle Fisher 18' (o.g.) Nemanja Nikolić 64'	Report	Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla 30' Laurent Ciman 52' Ignacio Piatti 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Sunday, February 19, 2017	Chicago Fire	5–2	Miami FC	Bradenton, Florida
17:00	Luis Solignac 3' John Goossens 42' (pen.) Arturo Álvarez 49' David Arshakyan 52' David Accam 63' João Meira 87'	Report	Dylan Mares 38' Ariel Martínez 71' (pen.) Unknown player 73'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Wednesday, February 22, 2017	Chicago Fire	3–2	FC Cincinnati	Bradenton, Florida
16:00	Luis Solignac 31' Djordje Mihailovic 67' Michael de Leeuw 70' Drew Conner 72' Patrick Doody 74' Matej Dekovic 89'	Report	Aodhan Quinn 21' Marco Dominguez 85' Djiby Fall 88' Paul Nicholson 90+1'	Stadium: IMG Academy

Saturday, February 25, 2017 Suncoast Invitational	Chicago Fire	4–1	Toronto FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
14:00	Juninho 9' Nemanja Nikolić 16' (pen.) Michael de Leeuw 39', 74'	Report	Clément Simonin 61' Tosaint Ricketts 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Major League Soccer

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05), unless posted otherwise

Saturday, March 4, 2017 1	Columbus Crew SC	1–1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
13:00 CST (UTC-06)	Finlay 17' Higuaín 41'	Report	Accam 73' Goossens 81'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 15,023 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Saturday, March 11, 2017 2	Chicago Fire	2–0	Real Salt Lake	Bridgeview, Illinois
13:00 CST (UTC-06)	Nikolić 11' Álvarez 15'	Report	Wingert 79'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,024 Referee: Kevin Stott

Saturday, March 18, 2017 3	Atlanta United FC	4–0	Chicago Fire	Atlanta, Georgia
15:00	Vincent 4' (o.g.) Gressel 15' Almirón 45' Martínez 60', 82' Villalba 67'	Report	Kappelhof 11' Bava 18'	Stadium: Bobby Dodd Stadium Attendance: 45,922 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Saturday, April 1, 2017 4	Chicago Fire	2–2	Montreal Impact	Bridgeview, Illinois
14:00	Schweinsteiger 17' Júnior 41' 71' Solignac 90+3'	Recap	Duvall 57' Arregui 60' Mancosu 61' Cabrera 76' 80' Lovitz 78' Tabla 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,103 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Saturday, April 8, 2017 5	Chicago Fire	1–0	Columbus Crew SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
13:00	Nikolić 22' McCarty 86'	Report	Crognale 84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,434 Referee: Alan Kelly

Saturday, April 15, 2017 6	Chicago Fire	3–0	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00	Schweinsteiger 45' Nikolić 47', 73' Kappelhof 77'	Recap	Watson 21' 27'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 16,914 Referee: Ted Unkel

Friday, April 21, 2017 7	Toronto FC	3–1	Chicago Fire	Toronto, Ontario
18:30	Giovinco 28', 82' Zavaleta 32' Osorio 85'	Report	McCarty 15' Kappelhof 24' Accam 88'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 27,097 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Saturday, April 29, 2017 8	New York Red Bulls	2–1	Chicago Fire	Harrison, New Jersey
18:30	Wright-Phillips 37' Muyl 51' Lade 61' Lawrence 71' Martins 81' Gulbrandsen 87'		Nikolić 59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 22,814 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Saturday, May 6, 2017 9	LA Galaxy	2–2	Chicago Fire	Carson, California
21:30	Steres 56' Santos 65' Alessandrini 74'	Report	Accam 13' (pen.) Nikolić 16' Vincent 60' Schweinsteiger 90'	Stadium: StubHub Center Attendance: 24,256 Referee: Kevin Stott

Saturday, May 13, 2017 10	Chicago Fire	4–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
20:00	Nikolić 25' (pen.), 76' Lampson 48' Accam 60' Solignac 73' Brandon Vincent 78'	Report	Frei 26' Dempsey 28' Jones 87' 89'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,153 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11	Chicago Fire	3–0	Colorado Rapids	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Nikolić 15', 74' Accam 57'	Report	Azira 62'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,244 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Saturday, May 20, 2017 12	D.C. United	0–1	Chicago Fire	Washington, D.C.
15:00	Sarvas 8' Neagle 64'	Report	Accam 52' Schweinsteiger 66'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 20,618 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

Thursday, May 25, 2017 13	Chicago Fire	2–1	FC Dallas	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Nikolić 3' Accam 9' Solignac 18' Kappelhof 82'	Report	Lamah 6' Gruezo 21' Guillen 23' Hume 45' Hedges 70'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 12,584 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Sunday, June 4, 2017 14	Orlando City SC	0–0	Chicago Fire	Orlando, Florida
18:30	Ramos 26' Nocerino 66'	Report	Leeuw 60' Arshakyan 81'	Stadium: Orlando City Stadium Attendance: 24,469 Referee: Ted Unkel

Saturday, June 10, 2017 15	Chicago Fire	2–0	Atlanta United FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Solignac 29' Schweinsteiger 50' Accam 59' Nikolić 70' (pen.)	Report	Kratz 39' Carmona 67'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,453 Referee: Alan Kelly

Saturday, June 17, 2017 16	New England Revolution	1–2	Chicago Fire	Foxborough, Massachusetts
19:30	Rowe 21' Mlinar 70'	Report	Nikolić 18' Solignac 61'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 21,548 Referee: Kevin Stott

Saturday, June 24, 2017 17	Chicago Fire	4–0	Orlando City SC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Accam 3', 8', 63' (pen.) Nikolić 52', 69' Schweinsteiger 53' Leeuw 56'	Report	Johnson 22' Higuita 33' Kaká 58' PC 84'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Saturday, July 1, 2017 18	Chicago Fire	4–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
18:00	Nikolić 14', 18' Álvarez 25' Leeuw 84'	Report	Laba 78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,187 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 19	Portland Timbers	2–2	Chicago Fire	Portland, Oregon
21:30	Adi 24' (pen.) Blanco 70', 73'	Report	Álvarez 34' Vincent 61' Lampson 65'	Stadium: Providence Park Attendance: 21,144 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Saturday, July 22, 2017 20	New York City FC	2–1	Chicago Fire	The Bronx, New York
13:00	Herrera 8' Villa 47' Brillant 50', 87' Johnson 60' Harrison 83'	Report	Meira 44' Accam 54' Kappelhof 61'	Stadium: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 26,025 Referee: Allen Chapman

Saturday, July 29, 2017 21	Sporting Kansas City	3–2	Chicago Fire	Kansas City, Kansas
19:00	Sallói 23' Feilhaber 45+1' Blessing 51'	Report	Besler 28' (o.g.) Júnior 76' Accam 78' Meira 90'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,313 Referee: Alan Kelly

Saturday, August 5, 2017 22	Chicago Fire	4–1	New England Revolution	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Polster 8' Júnior 39' Accam 45+1' Leeuw 49', 64' Campbell 80' Solignac 90+2'	Report	Kamara 24' Angoua 44'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,214 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Saturday, August 12, 2017 23	Columbus Crew SC	3–1	Chicago Fire	Columbus, Ohio
18:30	Manneh 18' Meram 59', 73' Mensah 67' Kamara 88' (pen.)	Report	Leeuw 13' Meira 26' Polster 73' Lampson 89'	Stadium: Mapfre Stadium Attendance: 18,690 Referee: Armando Villareal

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 24	Montreal Impact	3–0	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
18:30	Piatti 6', 38' Cabrera 20' Mancosu 37' (pen.) Duvall 48' Piette 78'	Report	Matt Lampson 36'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,894 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Saturday, August 19, 2017 25	Chicago Fire	1–3	Toronto FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:00	David Accam 54'	Report	Bradley 5' Delgado 13' Hasler 63' Zavaleta 75' Giovinco 90'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 21,891 Referee: Jair Marufo

Saturday, August 26, 2017 26	Chicago Fire	1–2	Minnesota United FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	McCarty 69' Accam 77' Schweinsteiger 84'	Report	Danladi 36', 45', 78'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 18,048 Referee: Kevin Stott

Saturday, September 2, 2017 27	Montreal Impact	0–1	Chicago Fire	Montreal, Quebec
18:00	Boldor 50' Donadel 70'	Report	Júnior 38' Schweinsteiger 59' Leeuw 90+2'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 19,619 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Saturday, September 9, 2017	Chicago Fire	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
15:00	Campbell 57' Nikolić 66' Alvarez 73' Leeuw 76'	Report	Wright-Phillips 7' Zizzo 31'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,808 Referee: Alan Kelly

Saturday, September 16, 2017 29	Chicago Fire	3–0	D.C. United	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	Vincent 15', 62' Harkes (o.g.) Nikolić 90' (pen.)	Recap		Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 15,643 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Saturday, September 23, 2017 30	Philadelphia Union	3–1	Chicago Fire	Chester, Pennsylvania
18:00	Pontius 10', 55' Sapong 64' Rosenberry 85' Creavalle 86'	Report	Polster 16' Kappelhof 42' Solignac 67'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 18,619 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 31	San Jose Earthquakes	1-4	Chicago Fire	San Jose, California
21:30	Jungwirth 35' Godoy 39' Yueill 67' Wondolowski 87'	Report	Mihailovic 14' Alvarez 26' Solignac 40' Nikolić 48', 65'	Stadium: Avaya Stadium Attendance: 17,256 Referee: Drew Fischer

Saturday, September 30, 2017 32	Chicago Fire	1-1	New York City FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30	McCarty 16' Nikolić 20'	Report	Villa 43' Morález 73'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 20,195 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Sunday, October 15, 2017 33	Chicago Fire	3-2	Philadelphia Union	Bridgeview, Illinois
16:00	Nemanja Nikolić 3', 64' (pen.) Matt Polster 45+1'		Johan Kappelhof (o.g.) Alejandro Bedoya 13'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 17,616 Referee: Allen Chapman

Sunday, October 22, 2017 34	Houston Dynamo	3-0	Chicago Fire	Houston, Texas
15:00	Leonardo 2' Romell Quioto 68' Mauro Manotas 75'	Report		Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium Attendance: 20,456 Referee: Alan Kelly

MLS Cup Playoffs

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

October 25, 2017 Knockout Round	Chicago Fire	0-4	New York Red Bulls	Bridgeview, Illinois
19:30		Report	Wright-Phillips 7' Kljestan 11' Royer 70' Verón 85', 87'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 11,647 Referee: Ismail Elfath

U.S. Open Cup

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05)

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 4th Round	Saint Louis FC	0–1	Chicago Fire	Fenton, Missouri
19:30	Octavio Guzmán 29' Dragan Stojkov 68' 81'	Report	Luis Solignac 27' Dax McCarty 43' Juninho 71' Brandon Vincent 85'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,786 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 28, 2017 Round of 16	FC Cincinnati	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Chicago Fire	Cincinnati, Ohio
18:30	Josu 55' Andrew Wiedeman 109'	Report	Matt Polster 46' Nemanja Nikolić 72'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 32,287 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Penalties
	Aodhan Quinn Josu Harrison Delbridge Jimmy McLaughlin		Nemanja Nikolić Arturo Álvarez Bastian Schweinsteiger Juninho

Squad statistics

Games Played

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS			Playoffs			Open Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes	Starts	Apps	Minutes
1	GK	URU	Jorge Bava	8	8	720	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	720
2	MF	USA	Matt Polster	21	22	1,769	1	1	90	1	2	152	23	25	2,011
3	DF	USA	Brandon Vincent	26	27	2,341	1	1	90	2	2	210	29	30	2,641
4	DF	NED	Johan Kappelhof	33	33	2,881	1	1	90	2	2	210	36	36	3,181
5	DF	USA	Michael Harrington	9	9	798	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	798
6	MF	USA	Dax McCarty	28	28	2,465	1	1	90	1	1	58	30	30	2,613
7	MF	NED	John Goossens	1	1	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	89
8	FW	NED	Michael de Leeuw	26	30	2,189	0	0	0	2	2	192	28	32	2,381
9	FW	ARG	Luis Solignac	26	33	2,153	1	1	90	1	2	161	28	36	2,404
10	FW	ARM	David Arshakyan	0	7	27	0	1	20	0	0	0	0	8	47
11	MF/FW	GHA	David Accam	24	30	2,177	1	1	90	0	0	0	25	31	2,267
12	MF	SLV	Arturo Álvarez	13	25	1,084	0	1	20	2	2	210	15	28	1,314
13	MF	USA	Brandt Bronico	0	4	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	53
14	MF	USA	Djordje Mihailovic	7	17	732	1	1	65	0	1	33	7	18	830
15	MF	USA	Joey Calistri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	USA	Jonathan Campbell	8	24	919	0	0	0	2	2	210	10	26	1,129
17	MF	USA/ PER	Collin Fernandez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	USA	Drew Conner	8	21	882	0	0	0	2	2	135	10	23	1,017
19	MF	BRA	Juninho	17	21	1,528	1	1	70	2	2	210	20	24	1,808
20	MF	USA	Daniel Johnson	0	8	125	0	0	0	1	2	75	1	9	200
22	DF	USA	Patrick Doody	7	7	629	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	629
23	FW	HUN	Nemanja Nikolić	34	34	2,946	1	1	90	1	1	120	36	36	3,156
25	DF	CUB	Jorge Luis Corrales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	USA	Christian Dean	2	3	220	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	220
28	GK	USA	Matt Lampson	24	24	2,160	1	1	90	2	2	210	27	27	2,460
30	GK	USA	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	GER	Bastian Schweinsteiger	23	24	1,993	0	1	25	1	1	120	24	25	2,138
33	DF	CRO	Matej Dekovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	4
45	GK	MEX	Richard Sánchez	2	2	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	180
66	DF/MF	POR	João Meira	27	30	2,412	1	1	70	0	0	0	27	30	2,482

Goalkeeping Statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MLS			Playoffs			Open Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA	Clean Sheets	Saves	GA
1	GK	URU	Jorge Bava	3	20	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	12
28	GK	USA	Matt Lampson	8	58	31	0	2	4	2	9	0	10	67	31
30	GK	USA	Stefan Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	MEX	Richard Sánchez	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	4

Goalscoring and Assisting Record

MLS Regular Season
Rank	Player		A
1	Nemanja Nikolić	24	4
2	David Accam	14	8
3	Luis Solignac	7	4
4	Michael de Leeuw	3	8
5	Bastian Schweinsteiger	3	6
6	Arturo Álvarez	3	2
7	Brandon Vincent	2	5
8	Matt Polster	1	7
9	Juninho	1	2
9	Djordje Mihailovic	1	2
11	Dax McCarty	0	5
12	Patrick Doody	0	4
12	Johan Kappelhof	0	4
14	João Meira	0	2
15	Drew Conner	0	1

U.S. Open Cup
Rank	Player		A
1	Luis Solignac	1	0
2	Brandon Vincent	0	1

All Competitions
Rank	Player		A
1	Nemanja Nikolić	24	4
2	David Accam	14	8
3	Luis Solignac	8	4
4	Michael de Leeuw	3	8
5	Bastian Schweinsteiger	3	6
6	Arturo Álvarez	3	2
7	Brandon Vincent	2	6
8	Matt Polster	1	7
9	Juninho	1	2
9	Djordje Mihailovic	1	2
11	Dax McCarty	0	5
12	Patrick Doody	0	4
12	Johan Kappelhof	0	4
14	João Meira	0	2
15	Drew Conner	0	1

Updated to match played on October 22, 2017.
Source: MLSsoccer.com statistics – 2017 Chicago Fire

Disciplinary record

MLS Regular Season
Rank	Player				Matches Missed
1	Johan Kappelhof	5	0	1	April 1 vs Montreal
2	Juninho	2	1	0	April 8 vs Columbus
3	Michael de Leeuw	5	0	0	September 16 vs DC United
3	Bastian Schweinsteiger	5	0	0
4	Dax McCarty	4	0	0
5	Matt Lampson	3	0	0
	João Meira	3	0	0
	Matt Polster	3	0	0
	Brandon Vincent	3	0	0
9	David Accam	2	0	0
	Arturo Álvarez	2	0	0
	Jonathan Campbell	2	0	0
13	David Arshakyan	1	0	0
	Jorge Bava	1	0	0
	John Goossens	1	0	0
	Nemanja Nikolić	1	0	0
	Luis Solignac	1	0	0

U.S. Open Cup
Rank	Player		Matches Missed
1	Juninho	1
	Dax McCarty	1
	Nemanja Nikolić	1
	Matt Polster	1
	Brandon Vincent	1
Unranked	David Accam	0	June 14 vs Saint Louis FC

MLS Regular Season
Rank	Player				Matches Missed
1	Johan Kappelhof	5	0	1	April 1 vs Montreal
2	Juninho	3	1	0	April 8 vs Columbus
3	Michael de Leeuw	5	0	0	September 16 vs DC United
	Dax McCarty	5	0	0
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	5	0	0
6	Matt Polster	4	0	0
7	Matt Lampson	3	0	0
	João Meira	3	0	0
	Brandon Vincent	3	0	0
10	David Accam	2	0	0
	Arturo Álvarez	2	0	0
	Jonathan Campbell	2	0	0
	Nemanja Nikolić	2	0	0
14	David Arshakyan	1	0	0
	Jorge Bava	1	0	0
	John Goossens	1	0	0
	Luis Solignac	1	0	0

Updated to match played on October 22, 2017.
Source: MLSsoccer.com statistics – 2017 Chicago Fire

Awards

MLS End of Year Awards

Award	Player	Statistics	Report
MLS Golden Boot	Nemanja Nikolić	24 goals, 4 assists in 34 matches	Report
MLS Best XI	Nemanja Nikolić	Forward	Report

MLS Player of the Month

Month	Player	Statistics	Report
May	Nemanja Nikolić	6 goals, 1 assist in 5 matches	Report

MLS Player of the Week

Week	Player	Statistics	Report
7	Nemanja Nikolić	2 goals against New England Revolution	Report
17	David Accam	3 goals, 1 assist against Orlando City SC	Report
18	Nemanja Nikolić	2 goals, 1 assist against Vancouver Whitecaps	Report
32	Nemanja Nikolić	3 goals against Philadelphia Union

MLS Team of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Report
1	David Accam	F	Report
2	Johan Kappelhof	D	Report
2	Dax McCarty	M	Report
5	Bastian Schweinsteiger	M	Report
6	Dax McCarty	M	Report
7	Luis Solignac	F	Report
	Nemanja Nikolić	F
	Dax McCarty	Bench
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bench
10	David Accam	Bench	Report
11	David Accam	M	Report
	Nemanja Nikolić	F
	Brandon Vincent	Bench
12	Brandon Vincent	D	Report
	Nemanja Nikolić	F
	David Accam	Bench
	Veljko Paunović	Coach
13	Brandon Vincent	D	Report
15	João Meira	D	Report
	David Accam	M
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	M
	Nemanja Nikolić	F
	Michael de Leeuw	Bench
	Matt Polster	Bench
	Veljko Paunović	Coach
16	Dax McCarty	Bench	Report
17	Matt Polster	D	Report
	David Accam	M
	Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bench
	Veljko Paunović	Coach
18	Matt Polster	D	Report
18	Nemanja Nikolić	F	Report
22	Patrick Doody	D	Report
26	Matt Polster	D	Report
26	Juninho	Bench	Report
27	Brandon Vincent	D	Report
30	Djordje Mihailovic	M	Report
30	Nemanja Nikolić	F	Report
32	Nemanja Nikolić	F	Report
32	Djordje Mihailovic	Bench	Report

MLS Goal of the Week

Week	Player	Goal	Match Result	Report
32	Nemanja Nikolić	1-0 vs Philadelphia Union	3-2	Report

MLS All-Star Game

Selected	Player	Position	Report
Fan XI	Bastian Schweinsteiger	M	Report Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Fan XI	Nemanja Nikolić	F	Report Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Coach's Pick	Johan Kappelhof	D	Report
Coach's Pick	Dax McCarty	M
MLS	Veljko Paunovic	Coach

MLS Homegrown Game

Player	Position	Report
Djordje Mihailovic	M	Report

National team call-ups

El Salvador
Arturo Álvarez

Friendly vs Canada, October 8 (Started, played 89 minutes)[43]

Ghana
David Accam

Friendly vs Mexico, June 28 (Subbed on, played 31 minutes)[44]
Friendly vs United States, July 1 (Started, played 45 minutes)[44]

United States
Dax McCarty

Friendly vs Serbia, January 29 (Did not play)[45]
Friendly vs Jamaica, February 3 (Started, played 63 minutes)[45]
World Cup Qualifier vs Honduras, March 24 (Did not play)[46]
World Cup Qualifier at Panama, March 28 (Did not play)[46]
Friendly vs Venezuela, June 3 (Did not play)[47]
World Cup Qualifier vs Trinidad and Tobago, June 8 (Did not play)[47]
World Cup Qualifier at Mexico, June 11 (Did not play)[47]
Friendly vs Ghana (Started, played 90 minutes)[48]
2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup[48]

vs Panama, July 8 (Started, played 90 minutes)
vs Martinique, July 12 (Subbed on, played four minutes)
vs Nicaragua, July 15 (Started, played 90 minutes)
vs El Salvador, July 19 (Did not play)
vs Costa Rica, July 22 (Subbed on, played five minutes)
vs Jamaica, July 26 (Subbed on, played one minute)

World Cup Qualifier vs Costa Rica, September 1 (Did not play)[49]
World Cup Qualifier at Honduras, September 5 (Did not play)[49]
World Cup Qualifier vs Panama, October 6 (Subbed on, played 33 minutes)[50]
World Cup Qualifier at Trinidad and Tobago, October 10 (Did not play)[50]

Matt Polster

2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup Preliminary Roster (Was not selected)[48]

Kits

Home

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Info
Home	Red	Red	Red	[51][52]
Away	Gray	Gray	Gray	[53][54]

Primary kit

According to the league's bi-annual rotation of kits the primary kit carried over from the previous season. It was originally unveiled on January 25, 2016. The jersey features an all-red design with the return of the iconic white bar across the chest. The Chicago city flag embossed on the lower front for the jersey's jock tag.[51][52]

Secondary kit

The new secondary kit has been unveiled by the club on February 6, 2017. It's gray color is based on the same tone as the center of the club's logo. The jersey has the high V-neck collar and features blue numbers, names and trim, with red accents and "EST. 1997" on jock tag. The back neck tape has crossed axes, as the primary kit. Six-pointed stars from Chicago city flag are placed on the sleeve trim as well as socks.[53][54]

Draft pick trades

Picks acquired:

2017 MLS SuperDraft natural first round pick (No. 11), General Allocation Money, Targeted Allocation Money, discovery rights to an unnamed player, and the #2 ranking in the MLS Allocation Order from Philadelphia Union in exchange for the #1 ranking in the MLS Allocation Order. Philadelphia used the #1 allocation ranking to acquire midfielder Alejandro Bedoya.[55]
2017 MLS SuperDraft No. 26 and 27 overall picks (second round) from Toronto FC in exchange for $75,000 in Targeted Allocation Money.[56]
2019 MLS SuperDraft natural third round pick from D.C. United in exchange for forward Kennedy Igboananike.[57][58]
2019 MLS SuperDraft natural third round pick from Minnesota United in exchange for the first spot in the MLS Waiver Order.[59]

Picks traded:

2017 MLS SuperDraft natural first round pick (No. 3) to New York City FC in exchange for $250,000 in General Allocation Money.[56]
2017 MLS SuperDraft natural second round pick to Columbus Crew SC in exchange for the Discovery Priority on Khaly Thiam. Pursuant to the trade agreement, if Thiam started in 12 or more 2016 MLS regular season games, or if his loan was extended or successfully converted into a transfer following the 2016 season, Columbus would receive General Allocation Money instead of the SuperDraft pick.[60] As Thiam started in 12 or more regular season games, Fire retained the pick. This second round natural selection was traded to Minnesota United FC, together with the No. 3 ranking in the MLS Allocation Order, and general allocation money in exchange for the No. 2 ranking in the MLS Allocation Order. Chicago Fire used its allocation ranking to acquire midfielder Juninho (No. 1 spot holder Atlanta United FC passed on the player).[35]
2018 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick to Portland Timbers in exchange for the No. 6 ranking in the MLS Allocation Order, which it then used to sign goalkeeper Richard Sánchez (all previous holders opted not to sign him); if he starts at least five games, Portland receives the Fire's natural second round pick- if he doesn't, they receive the natural third round pick[15]

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"Chicago Fire Sign Goalkeeper Jorge Rodrigo Bava". chicago-fire.com. January 7, 2017.
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"Chicago Fire sign German star midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger". mlssoccer.com. March 21, 2017.
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"Rio Grande Valley FC sign defender Justin Bilyeu | Houston Dynamo".
Orrin Schwarz [@Orrin_Schwarz] (3 October 2017). "A slight drizzle at #cf97 training today. Midfielder Alessandro Diamonte in on trial. Goossens, Johnson working on the side with trainers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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שӞᵽªᴙǡ [@TrueMartyParty] (9 July 2017). "@LtDan61350 He departed the trial without an offer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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External links

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[table_note_res_CSF0.22753049909488-42] Due to a change in format for the CONCACAF Champions League, the regular season conference champions did not automatically earn a berth in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.[41]

[44] CONCACAF Champions League
Selection Procedure

Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[42] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.

The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[3] Four US-based teams qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League. Due to a change in format to the tournament, two qualifiers came from each of the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.[42] This combined qualification method was used for the 2019 tournament only. For the 2017 season, the following teams qualified:
The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.

The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).
Thus unlike previous seasons, the Supporters' Shield winner and the regular season conference champion that did not win the Supporters Shield were not guaranteed a berth. Each qualifier entered at the second phase of the tournament.
One Canada-based team qualified for the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, also entering at the second phase (NOTE: Canadian teams could not qualify through MLS):
The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[4] The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.

[5] The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).

[6] The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[7] The winner of MLS Cup 2017; this berth was reallocated to the best US team in aggregate points in both 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons (New York Red Bulls) as Toronto FC won the Cup.

[8] The winner of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup (Sporting Kansas City).

[9] The winner of both the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Championship (Toronto FC)

[Nov23options-1] "Chicago Fire Exercises Contract Options on Nine Players". chicago-fire.com. November 23, 2016.

[2] "Chicago Fire Sign Nemanja Nikolic as Designated Player". mlssoccer.com. December 20, 2016.

[3] "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Re-Sign Luis Solignac". chicago-fire.com. January 5, 2017.

[4] "Chicago Fire Sign Goalkeeper Jorge Rodrigo Bava". chicago-fire.com. January 7, 2017.

[5] "Red Bulls trade Dax McCarty to Fire for $400,000 in allocation money". mlssoccer.com. January 6, 2017.

[6] "Chicago Fire Sign Djordje Mihailovic as Homegrown Player". chicago-fire.com. January 27, 2017.

[Johnson,_Cleveland-7] "Chicago Fire Sign Daniel Johnson and Stefan Cleveland". chicago-fire.com. January 30, 2017.

[SuperDraft,_Jan_13-8] "Chicago Fire Add Three Players In 2017 MLS SuperDraft". chicago-fire.com. January 13, 2017.

[Bronico,_Dekovic_Jan-9] "Chicago Fire Select Brandt Bronico and Matej Dekovic in MLS SuperDraft". chicago-fire.com. January 17, 2017.

[Bronico,_Dekovic_Feb-10] "Chicago Fire Sign 2017 MLS SuperDraft Picks Brandt Bronico and Matej Dekovic". chicago-fire.com. February 27, 2017.

[11] "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquires World Champion Bastian Schweinsteiger as Designated Player". chicago-fire.com. March 21, 2017.

[12] "Chicago Fire sign German star midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger". mlssoccer.com. March 21, 2017.

[13] "Fire acquire German star Bastian Schweinsteiger from Manchester United". chicagotribune.com. March 21, 2017.

[14] "Chicago Fire SC Acquire Defender Christian Dean". chicago-fire.com. August 9, 2017.

[chicago-fire.com-15] "Chicago Fire Sign Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez | Chicago Fire FC".

[ReferenceD-16] "Chicago Fire Sign Defender Jorge Corrales | Chicago Fire FC".

[17] "Chicago Fire Announce Additions to Soccer Operations Staff". chicago-fire.com. February 15, 2017.

[18] "Orlando City Selects Goalkeeper Patrick McLain in Stage One of 2016 Re-Entry Draft". orlandocitysc.com. December 16, 2016.

[19] "Rowdies add 22-year-old forward Alex Morrell to its roster". saintpetersblog.com. December 29, 2016.

[20] "Deltas Add Pair of Signings". nasl.com. January 6, 2017.

[21] "Chicago Fire Acquire Allocation Money from Atlanta United FC in Exchange for Sean Johnson". chicago-fire.com. December 11, 2016.

[22] "New York City FC trade for goalkeeper Sean Johnson in three-team deal". mlssoccer.com. December 11, 2016.

[Trialists_Feb_14-23] "Chicago Fire Head to Bradenton for Final Weeks of Preseason". chicago-fire.com. February 14, 2017.

[Trialists_Feb_6-24] "Chicago Fire Training Camp Update February 6". chicago-fire.com. February 6, 2017.

[Trialists_Feb_20-25] "Chicago Fire Training Camp Update, February 20". chicago-fire.com. February 20, 2017.

[twitter.com-26] ttps://twitter.com/FireConf/status/841418500312846337

[Trialists_Jan_23-27] "See the full Chicago Fire training camp roster". chicago-fire.com. January 23, 2017.

[28] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Chicago Fire GM Nelson Rodriguez speaks from 2017 Season Kickoff Luncheon". YouTube.

[29] Orrin Schwarz [@Orrin_Schwarz] (13 September 2017). "Max Beister no longer on trial with #cf97" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[30] Danny Santaromita [@TheDanSanto] (12 July 2017). "Former Red Bull defender Justin Bilyeu is trialing with the Fire in training this afternoon. Former SIUE teammate of Matt Polster. #cf97" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[31] "Rio Grande Valley FC sign defender Justin Bilyeu | Houston Dynamo".

[32] Orrin Schwarz [@Orrin_Schwarz] (3 October 2017). "A slight drizzle at #cf97 training today. Midfielder Alessandro Diamonte in on trial. Goossens, Johnson working on the side with trainers" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[33] Danny Santaromita [@TheDanSanto] (20 June 2017). "Three Academy products in #cf97 training: Grant Lillard, Andrew Gutman and Mauricio Pineda. German right back Micha…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[34] שӞᵽªᴙǡ [@TrueMartyParty] (9 July 2017). "@LtDan61350 He departed the trial without an offer" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[Juninho-35] "Chicago Fire Soccer Club Acquire Club Tijuana Midfielder Juninho Through Allocation Process". chicago-fire.com. December 23, 2016.

[dailyherald.com-36] "Two suburban players make Chicago Fire debut". 14 March 2017.

[37] "Chicago Fire looking to improve depth along back line". 13 July 2017.

[38] Tulsa Roughnecks FC [@RoughnecksFC] (13 May 2017). "Here is the Roughnecks Starting XI for tonight's match. #TULvOC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[39] "Nelson Rodriguez media roundtable - full audio".

[40] "STLFC Add Patrick Doody on Loan - Saint Louis Football Club". Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-14.

[2019CONCACAFQualifyingEastern-41] Strauss, Brian (6 April 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[2019CONCACAFQualifying-43] Strauss, Brian (6 April 2017). "MLS clubs have resolution over qualifying for future CCL after format change". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[45] Chicago Fire [@ChicagoFire] (1 October 2017). "More 🔥 call-up news! @artieart10 will join the @fesfut_sv 🇸🇻 squad for an Oct. 8 friendly 🆚 Canada in his hometown…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[supersport.com-46] "Accam gets late call for Ghana friendlies".

[mlssoccer.com-47] ttps://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/01/05/bruce-arena-names-32-mls-players-roster-us-january-camp

[ReferenceA-48] ttps://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2017/03/15/chicago-fires-dax-mccarty-named-us-mens-national-team-upcoming-world-cup-qualifier

[ReferenceB-49] "Dax McCarty called into U.S. Men's National Team for June World Cup Qualifiers | Chicago Fire FC".

[ReferenceC-50] "US Men's National Team Roster | Gold Cup". June 3, 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-03-08.

[ReferenceE-51] Chicagofirefc. "Chicago Fire Midfielder Dax McCarty Called up for World Cup Qualifiers | Chicago Fire FC". Chicagofirefc.

[Chicago_Fire-52] Chicago Fire [@ChicagoFire] (1 October 2017). ".@DaxMcCarty11 is headed to help the #USMNT punch its ticket to Russia 💪 RT to congratulate Dax on his 🇺🇸 call-up!…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[PrimaryKit1-53] "2016 Chicago Fire Primary Kit Unveiled". chicago-fire.com. January 25, 2016.

[PrimaryKit2-54] "Chicago Fire release new primary jersey for 2016". chicago-fire.com. January 25, 2016.

[SecondaryKit1-55] "2017 Chicago Fire Secondary Kit Unveiled". chicago-fire.com. February 6, 2017.

[SecondaryKit2-56] "Photo Gallery: The 2017 Chicago Fire Secondary Jersey". chicago-fire.com. February 6, 2017.

[57] "Chicago Fire Announce Trade with Philadelphia Union". chicago-fire.com. August 3, 2016.

[Superdraft_trades-58] "Allocation money figures publicly revealed for 1st time at 2017 SuperDraft". mlssoccer.com.

[59] "DC United acquire Kennedy Igboananike via trade from Chicago Fire". mlssoccer.com. July 29, 2016.

[60] "Chicago Fire Acquire Targeted Allocation Money and 2019 MLS SuperDraft Selection from D.C. United in Exchange for Kennedy Igboananike". chicago-fire.com. July 29, 2016.

[61] "Chicago Fire Announce Trade with Minnesota United FC". chicago-fire.com. March 31, 2017.

[Thiam-62] "Chicago Fire Acquire Senegalese Midfielder Khaly Thiam". chicago-fire.com. May 4, 2016.