The 2011 Chicago Fire season was the club's 13th year of existence, as well as their 14th season in Major League Soccer and their 14th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer.
Squad As of September 14, 2011.
Player movement
Transfers
In DatePlayerPositionPrevious clubFee/notesRef December 15, 2010 Cory Gibbs DF New England Revolution Re-Entry Draft Chicago Fire Select Defender Cory Gibbs in MLS Re-Entry Draft - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News January 11, 2011 Daniel Paladini MF Carolina RailHawks Free Paladini, Mikulic sign Chicago Fire Soccer Club January 11, 2011 Josip Mikulić DF NK Zagreb Undisclosed January 13, 2011 Jalil Anibaba DF University of North Carolina SuperDraft, 1st round Fire select Jalil Anibaba Chicago Fire Soccer Club January 13, 2011 Jon Conway GK Toronto FC Acquired for 3rd round draft pick Chicago Fire Select Three Players and Acquire Veteran Goalkeeper Jon Conway in 2011 MLS SuperDraft - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News February 3, 2011 Gastón Puerari FW Montevideo Wanderers Undisclosed Fire sign Gaston Puerari Chicago Fire Soccer Club February 18, 2011 Diego Cháves FW Nacional Undisclosed Fire sign Diego Cháves Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 1, 2011 Alec Dufty GK AC St. Louis Free Fire sign Alec Dufty Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 2, 2011 Marko Marić MF Skoda Xanthi Free Fire Sign Marko Marić Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 10, 2011 Michael Videira MF AC St. Louis Free Fire Ink Two Trialists Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 17, 2011 Davis Paul FW University of California, Berkeley SuperDraft, 3rd round Fire Sign Davis Paul Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 23, 2011 Yamith Cuesta DF Chivas USA Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick Fire acquire Yamith Cuesta Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 23, 2011 Dominic Oduro FW Houston Dynamo Acquired for Calen Carr Fire Trade Calen Carr Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 24, 2011 Gabriel Ferrari FW FC Wohlen Undisclosed Fire Sign Gabriel Ferrari Chicago Fire Soccer Club April 4, 2011 Pari Pantazopoulos DF Zakynthos Free Fire Sign Pari Pantazopoulos Chicago Fire Soccer Club May 4, 2011 Cristian Nazarit FW Independiente Santa Fe Undisclosed Fire Sign Cristian Nazarit Chicago Fire Soccer Club July 13, 2011 Sebastián Grazzini MF Club Atlético All Boys Undisclosed Fire sign Sebastián Grazzini Chicago Fire Soccer Club July 26, 2011 Pável Pardo MF Club América Undisclosed Fire sign Pável Pardo Chicago Fire Soccer Club July 28, 2011 Dan Gargan DF Toronto FC Acquired with a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick for Dasan Robinson Fire trade Dasan Robinson for Dan Gargan Chicago Fire Soccer Club August 11, 2011 Kellen Gulley FW Chicago Fire Juniors Mississippi Undisclosed; will not be added to first-team roster until 2012 Fire sign Kellen Gulley Chicago Fire Soccer Club
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef October 24, 2010 C.J. Brown DF None Retired CJ Brown To Retire Chicago Fire Soccer Club October 24, 2010 Brian McBride FW None Retired McBride to retire Chicago Fire Soccer Club November 24, 2010 Peter Lowry MF Portland Timbers Expansion Draft Lowry, Thorrington Drafted Chicago Fire Soccer Club November 24, 2010 John Thorrington MF Vancouver Whitecaps FC Expansion Draft November 24, 2010 Collins John FW Gabala FC Released, free transfer John, Krol Released Chicago Fire Soccer Club November 24, 2010 Krzysztof Król DF Jagiellonia Białystok Loan expired, returned to parent club December 31, 2010 Wilman Conde DF Atlas Contract expired, free transfer Fire loses All-Star Conde as '11 season takes shape December 31, 2010 Freddie Ljungberg MF Celtic F.C. Contract expired, free transfer Ljungberg Joins Celtic Chicago Fire Soccer Club January 31, 2011 Andrew Dykstra GK Charleston Battery Released, free transfer Fire Release Andrew Dykstra Chicago Fire Soccer Club February 9, 2011 Deris Umanzor DF C.D. Águila Released Fire Part Ways With Deris Umanzor Chicago Fire Soccer Club March 23, 2011 Calen Carr FW Houston Dynamo Traded for Dominic Oduro June 15, 2011 Gastón Puerari FW Atlas Undisclosed Chicago Fire Soccer Club June 29, 2011 Davis Paul FW Chicago Fire Premier Released, free transfer Chicago Fire Soccer Club July 26, 2011 Bratislav Ristić MF Released July 28, 2011 Dasan Robinson DF Toronto FC Traded for Dan Gargan and a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick Fire trade Dasan Robinson for Dan Gargan Chicago Fire Soccer Club September 14, 2011 Marko Marić MF Waived
Loans
In DatePlayerPositionLoaned fromFee/notesRef March 10, 2011 Orr Barouch FW Tigres UANL One year loan
Out DatePlayerPositionDestination clubFee/notesRef June 2, 2011 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF FC Tampa Bay Through the end of 2011 season Chicago Fire Soccer Club
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Match results
Pre-season Kickoff times are in CST.
Carolina Challenge Cup
Kickoff times are in CST.
Major League Soccer Kickoff times are in CST.
U.S. Open Cup
Kickoff times are in CST.
International friendlies Kickoff times are in CST.
Recognition
Kits
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info Home Red / White lettering Red Red Away White / Navy lettering White White Away Special White / Green lettering White Light green MLS, April 23 against Houston
Leading scorers RankScorerGoalsAssists1 Dominic Oduro 1222 Marco Pappa823 Diego Cháves614 Sebastián Grazzini545 Cory Gibbs316 Orr Barouch227 Jalil Anibaba218 Cristian Nazarit209 Patrick Nyarko1910 Pável Pardo1511 Gastón Puerari1212 Dan Gargan1013 Gonzalo Segares0514 Baggio Husidic0215 Corben Bone01 Daniel Paladini01 Michael Videira01 Last updated on October 23, 2011. Source: MLSsoccer.com Statistics - 2011 Chicago Fire
MLS Team of the Week WeekPlayerPositionReport6 Josip MikulićDFReport Diego ChávesFW10 Dominic OduroMFReport 12 Daniel PaladiniMFReport 13 Yamith CuestaDFReport Frank KlopasCoach16 Dominic OduroFWReport 17 Patrick NyarkoMFReport 24 Sebastián GrazziniMFReport Patrick NyarkoMF Dominic OduroFW29 Marco PappaMFReport31 Gonzalo SegaresDFReport 32 Jalil AnibabaDFReport
MLS Player of the Week WeekPlayerWeek's Statline29 Marco Pappa3G (9', 36', 75') 32 Jalil Anibaba2G
MLS All-Stars 2011 PositionPlayerNote
Miscellany
Allocation ranking Chicago is in the #5 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. Chicago traded allocation ranking positions with Seattle Sounders FC on August 26, 2011, with Seattle gaining the #4 position and Chicago receiving the #6 position.2011 MLS Roster Rules Major League Soccer
International roster spots Chicago has 8 international roster spots. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots, which can be traded. There have been no reported trades involving Chicago international roster spots for the 2011 season. There is no limit on the number of international slots on each club's roster. The remaining roster slots must belong to domestic players. For clubs based in the United States, a domestic player is either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident (green card holder) or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status).
Future draft pick trades
Acquired Year Draft Round Traded from Ref. 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 Toronto FC 2012 SuperDraft Round 3 Seattle Sounders FC
Traded Year Draft Round Traded to Ref. 2012 Supplemental Not specified Chivas USA
MLS rights to other players It is believed Chicago maintains the MLS rights to Carlos Bocanegra, Wilman Conde, Freddie Ljungberg, and Chris Rolfe as each of these players declined contract offers by the club and signed overseas on free transfers.
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