Chicago Fire Back in Ave Maria
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Published on Monday, 27 January 2014 02:09
The Chicago Fire began training in earnest for the 2014 Major League Soccer season Monday morning after arriving in Ave Maria late Sunday from Chicago.
Between 30 and 40 players will be in Ave Maria for the Fire's first week of training. They'll normally have two training sessions a day, the first at 10:30 a.m., which are open to the public.
The Fire's stay in Ave Maria concludes Sunday, Feb. 2, with an exhibition match at 11 a.m. against Florida Gulf Coast University. The team will then leave to continue training for a week in Bradenton, FL, and then on to Tucson, AZ, where they'll compete in a pre-season tournament.
The Fire start the season with an entirely new coaching staff, led by Frank Yallop (far right in the picture), who parted ways with the MLS San Jose Earthquake during the 2013 season after winning the league's coach of the year honor in 2012.
Chicago Fire Juniors players and coaches in southwest Florida will have an opportunity to meet players and pick up pointers Saturday afternoon, Feb. 1. (below, players scrimmaging at practice Monday)
