Luis Arroyave

The Fire is getting used to being the bad guy. Its controversial star player, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, is one of the most disliked soccer players in the Western Hemisphere because of...

Cuauhtemoc Blanco is tired of the David Beckham questions. Blanco has been answering them non-stop ever since signing with the Fire in April. But that's to be expected, considering Blanco...

After scoring his second goal of the game June 16 against the Fire, D.C. United forward Luciano Emilio got on one knee and posed like the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc....

It was supposed to be the home of soccer in Illinois -- a place set up to provide the authentic soccer atmosphere Soldier Field lacked -- and yet, $98 million...

Andrew Hauptman's first face-to-face meeting with the Chicago media didn't take place during a luncheon or news conference. It took place Sept. 14 on the Toyota Park field during the...

Chicago's new women's pro soccer franchise doesn't have a name, and it likely will go nameless for another year. The team does have a home (Toyota Park), a debut window...

Soccer's A-Rod? Fire to find out Juan Pablo Angel has 14 goals and four assists for the New York Red Bulls in his first season in MLS, but sports fans...

Where does the United States-Brazil match rank among the biggest international matches to take place in Chicago the last five years? Here is Luis Arroyave's list with attendance in parenthesis:...

There are a lot of tickets available for Sunday's seemingly attractive exhibition between the U.S. national team and Brazil, and that begs the question: Is there such a thing as...

Eddie Johnson said it's his dream to play against Brazil. Kaka is Johnson's favorite player and he hopes to exchange jerseys with the Brazilian midfielder after Sunday's United States-Brazil friendly....