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2011 Chicago Fire season

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Chairman
  
Andrew Hauptman

MLS Playoffs
  
Did not qualify

Manager
  
Frank Klopas (interim)

U.S. Open Cup
  
Runners-up

Stadium
  
Toyota Park (capacity: 20,000)

MLS
  
11th overall (6th in the Eastern Conference)

The 2011 Chicago Fire season was the club's 16th 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.

Contents

Squad

As of September 14, 2011.

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

League table

Updated to matches played on October 22, 2011 (NER v TFC). Source: MLSSoccer.com
Notation Key:

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner(E1) = Eastern Conference champion(W1) = Western Conference champion
  • ^Note 1 Teams qualify for the MLS Cup Conference Semifinals by finishing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective conferences.
  • ^Note 2 Since the LA Galaxy won both the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield and the 2011 MLS Cup, a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League became available. The Seattle Sounders, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up, had already qualified as they also won the 2011 U.S. Open Cup. Therefore, the CCL place went to Real Salt Lake, the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield third place. Houston Dynamo, the 2011 MLS Cup runner-up, also qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. All four teams directly enter the Group Stage as the Preliminary Round has been eliminated from CCL.
  • ^Note 3 Toronto FC qualified for the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2011 Canadian Championship.

    • Results summary

    Last updated: October 23, 2011
    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

    Results by round

    Last updated: October 23, 2011.
    Source: MLS Results and Overall Positions by Round
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: T = Tie; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Match results

      Win   Tie   Loss

    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.

    Leading scorers

    Last updated on October 23, 2011. Source: MLSsoccer.com Statistics - 2011 Chicago Fire

    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.

    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).

    MLS rights to other players

    It is believed Chicago maintains the MLS rights to Carlos Bocanegra, Wilman Conde, Fredrik Ljungberg, and Chris Rolfe as each of these players declined contract offers by the club and signed overseas on free transfers.

    References

    2011 Chicago Fire season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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