The 2008 Chicago Fire season was the club's 10th year of existence, as well as their 11th season in Major League Soccer and 11th consecutive year in the top-flight of American soccer. It began with a 3-1 away win over
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 20 ...
on March 29, 2008 and ended with a 2-1 loss to
Columbus Crew in the
Eastern Conference Final on November 13, 2008.
Denis Hamlett made his debut as the Chicago Fire coach after being promoted.
Roster
Squad
* Players in bold have had senior international
caps for their respective national squads.
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Captain
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Transfers
In
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Patrick Nyarko ''Drafted 7th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
*
Dominic Cervi ''Drafted 12th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
*
Peter Lowry
Peter Lowry (born October 2, 1985 in Missoula, Montana) is a former American soccer player. He is current an assistant coach of Lipscomb Bisons men soccer team.
Career
College and amateur
Lowry grew up in Fair Oaks, California. He played clu ...
''Drafted 26th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
*
Dwight Barnett ''Drafted 38th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
*
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
''Drafted 40th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
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Austin Washington
Austin Washington (born September 26, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who most recently played for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.
Career
College and amateur
Washington attended Joel E Ferris High School
Professional
W ...
''Drafted 54th overall in 2008 MLS Superdraft''
*
Andy Herron
Andy F. Herron (born February 2, 1978) is a Costa Rican footballer.
Club career
Before joining MLS and the Chicago Fire in late in 2004, Herron played two years with Costa Rican Herediano, which he led to Costa Rica's 2004's title, by leading ...
''Rights acquired from
Columbus Crew for 4th round pick in the 2010 Superdraft ''
*
Tomasz Frankowski
Tomasz Frankowski (; born 16 August 1974) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker. With 168 goals in 302 matches in Polish Ekstraklasa he is the league's third all-time scorer and was top league goalscorer four times.
...
''Signed from
Wolverhampton Wanderers''
*
Brandon Prideaux
Brandon Prideaux (born August 18, 1976 in Seattle, Washington) is a former American professional soccer player, currently an assistant coach for the men's soccer team at the University of Washington.
Prideaux spent virtually his entire professi ...
''Acquired in waiver draft from
Colorado Rapids''
*
Líder Mármol ''Signed as free agent.''
*
Brian McBride ''Free agent''
*
Saad Karim Hadji ''Free agent''
Out
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Matt Pickens
Matt Pickens (born April 5, 1982) is an American retired soccer player who is currently the goalkeeping coach for Nashville SC in Major League Soccer.
Career
Youth and amateur
Pickens initially attended Meramec Community College before playi ...
''To
Queens Park Rangers''
*
Iván Guerrero
Mario Iván Guerrero Ramírez (born 30 November 1977) is a Honduran former footballer who last played for Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the North American Soccer League. He was the club captain and also served as an assistant coach.
Career
Clu ...
''Lost to
San Jose Earthquakes
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in the
Expansion Draft''
*
Jim Curtin
Jim Curtin (born June 23, 1979) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the current head coach of the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer. He spent most of his playing career with the Chicago Fire.
Youth and col ...
''Traded to
Chivas USA''
*
Chris Armas ''Retired''
*
Paulo Wanchope ''Retired''
*
Jeff Curtin ''Waived, later signed with
D.C. United
D.C. United is a professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer, the top tier of American soccer. Domestically, the club has won four MLS Cups (league championships), four Suppo ...
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*
Osei Telesford
Osei Telesford (born November 30, 1983) is a Trinidadian footballer who plays for the Criollos de Caguas FC in the Liga Puerto Rico.
Career
Youth and College
Born in San Juan, Telesford was a member of the youth setup at famed Trinidadian club ...
''Waived, later signed with
Puerto Rico Islanders''
*
Chad Barrett
Chad Randall Barrett (born April 30, 1985) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward.
Career
College
Born in San Diego, Barrett played two seasons of college soccer at UCLA and led the team in assists his second ...
''Traded to
Toronto FC in
Brian McBride deal''
*
Brian Plotkin
Brian Plotkin (born August 3, 1984 in Lisle, Illinois) is the head Coach of the Army Black Knights men's soccer team and is a retired professional soccer player.
Career
College and Amateur
Brian Plotkin played college soccer for Indiana Universi ...
''Waived, later signed with
Columbus Crew''
Club
Management
Other information
Statistics
Appearances and goals
:''Last updated on June 5, 2008.''
Competitions
Overall
Major League Soccer
Standings
Results summary
Matches
MLS regular season
MLS Cup Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup
Friendlies
References
{{2008 in American soccer
Chicago Fire FC seasons
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Chi
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*Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ);
Chinese
*Chi (length), ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter
*Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon
*Chi (surname) (池, pin ...
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