# 2011 Chicago Fire season

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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jon Conway |
| 3 | DF | USA | Dan Gargan |
| 4 | DF | USA | Kwame Watson-Siriboe (on loan to FC Tampa Bay) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Cory Gibbs |
| 6 | DF | USA | Jalil Anibaba |
| 7 | MF | USA | Mike Banner |
| 8 | FW | GHA | Dominic Oduro |
| 9 | MF | BIH | Baggio Husidić |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Grazzini |
| 11 | MF | USA | Daniel Paladini |
| 12 | MF | USA | Logan Pause (captain) |
| 13 | DF | CRC | Gonzalo Segares |
| 14 | FW | GHA | Patrick Nyarko |
| 15 | FW | ISR | Orr Barouch (on loan from Tigres UANL) |
| 16 | MF | GUA | Marco Pappa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | MEX | Pável Pardo |
| 19 | MF | USA | Corben Bone |
| 21 | MF | USA | Michael Videira |
| 23 | DF | CRO | Josip Mikulić |
| 24 | DF | GRE | Pari Pantazopoulos |
| 25 | GK | USA | Sean Johnson |
| 27 | MF | USA | Victor Pineda |
| 28 | DF | USA | Steven Kinney |
| 29 | FW | COL | Cristian Nazarit |
| 30 | GK | USA | Alec Dufty |
| 88 | FW | USA | Gabriel Ferrari |
| 89 | DF | COL | Yamith Cuesta |
| 94 | FW | USA | Kellen Gulley |
| 99 | FW | URU | Diego Cháves |

## Player movement
### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes |
| December 15, 2010 | Cory Gibbs | DF | New England Revolution | Re-Entry Draft |
| January 11, 2011 | Daniel Paladini | MF | Carolina RailHawks | Free |
| January 11, 2011 | Josip Mikulić | DF | NK Zagreb | Undisclosed |
| January 13, 2011 | Jalil Anibaba | DF | University of North Carolina | SuperDraft, 1st round |
| January 13, 2011 | Jon Conway | GK | Toronto FC | Acquired for 3rd round draft pick |
| February 3, 2011 | Gastón Puerari | FW | Montevideo Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| February 18, 2011 | Diego Cháves | FW | Nacional | Undisclosed |
| March 1, 2011 | Alec Dufty | GK | AC St. Louis | Free |
| March 2, 2011 | Marko Marić | MF | Skoda Xanthi F.C. | Free |
| March 10, 2011 | Michael Videira | MF | AC St. Louis | Free |
| March 17, 2011 | Davis Paul | FW | University of California, Berkeley | SuperDraft, 3rd round |
| March 23, 2011 | Yamith Cuesta | DF | Chivas USA | Acquired for a 2012 Supplemental Draft pick |
| March 23, 2011 | Dominic Oduro | FW | Houston Dynamo | Acquired for Calen Carr |
| March 24, 2011 | Gabriel Ferrari | FW | FC Wohlen | Undisclosed |
| April 4, 2011 | Pari Pantazopoulos | DF | Zakynthos | Free |
| May 4, 2011 | Cristian Nazarit | FW | Independiente Santa Fe | Undisclosed |
| July 13, 2011 | Sebastián Grazzini | MF | Club Atlético All Boys | Undisclosed |
| July 26, 2011 | Pável Pardo | MF | Club América | Undisclosed |
| July 28, 2011 | Dan Gargan | DF | Toronto FC | Acquired with a 2012 SuperDraft Round 2 pick for Dasan Robinson |
| August 11, 2011 | Kellen Gulley | FW | Chicago Fire Juniors Mississippi | Undisclosed; will not be added to first-team roster until 2012 |

#### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes |
| October 24, 2010 | C.J. Brown | DF | None | Retired |
| October 24, 2010 | Brian McBride | FW | None | Retired |
| November 24, 2010 | Peter Lowry | MF | Portland Timbers | Expansion Draft |
| November 24, 2010 | John Thorrington | MF | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Expansion Draft |
| November 24, 2010 | Collins John | FW | Gabala FC | Released, free transfer |
| 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 |
| December 31, 2010 | Freddie Ljungberg | MF | Celtic F.C. | Contract expired, free transfer |
| January 31, 2011 | Andrew Dykstra | GK | Charleston Battery | Released, free transfer |
| February 9, 2011 | Deris Umanzor | DF | C.D. Águila | Released |
| March 23, 2011 | Calen Carr | FW | Houston Dynamo | Traded for Dominic Oduro |
| June 15, 2011 | Gastón Puerari | FW | Atlas | Undisclosed |
| June 29, 2011 | Davis Paul | FW | Chicago Fire Premier | Released, free transfer |
| 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 |
| September 14, 2011 | Marko Marić | MF | | Waived |

### Loans
#### In

| Date | Player | Position | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Ref |
| March 10, 2011 | Orr Barouch | FW | Tigres UANL | One year loan | |

#### Out

| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Fee/notes | Ref |
| June 2, 2011 | Kwame Watson-Siriboe | DF | FC Tampa Bay | Through the end of 2011 season | |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | LA Galaxy (S, C) | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 67 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 63 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 53 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 4 | FC Dallas | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 52 | |
| 5 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 49 | |
| 8 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 48 | |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 47 | |
| 10 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 43 | |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 42 | |
| 13 | D.C. United | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 39 | |
| 14 | San Jose Earthquakes | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 38 | |
| 15 | Chivas USA | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 36 | |
| 16 | Toronto FC | 34 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 33 | CONCACAF Champions League |
| 17 | New England Revolution | 34 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 28 | |
| 18 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 34 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 35 | 55 | −20 | 28 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 |
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

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Stadium | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | T | W | L | L | L | T | T | T | T | L | T | T | T | W | T | T | T | T | L | L | T | L | T | T | W | W | L | W | W | W | T | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |

### 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.

## Recognition
### Kits

| Home | Away | Away Special |
| 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

| Rank | Scorer | Goals | Assists |
| 1 | Dominic Oduro | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Marco Pappa | 8 | 2 |
| 3 | Diego Cháves | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Sebastián Grazzini | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Cory Gibbs | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Orr Barouch | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Jalil Anibaba | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Cristian Nazarit | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Patrick Nyarko | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Pável Pardo | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Gastón Puerari | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Dan Gargan | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gonzalo Segares | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Baggio Husidic | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Corben Bone | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Daniel Paladini | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Michael Videira | 0 | 1 |
Last updated on October 23, 2011. Source: MLSsoccer.com Statistics - 2011 Chicago Fire

### MLS Team of the Week

| Week | Player | Position | Report |
| 6 | Josip Mikulić | DF | Report |
| 6 | Diego Cháves | FW | Report |
| 10 | Dominic Oduro | MF | Report Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine |
| 12 | Daniel Paladini | MF | Report Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine |
| 13 | Yamith Cuesta | DF | Report |
| 13 | Frank Klopas | Coach | Report |
| 16 | Dominic Oduro | FW | Report |
| 17 | Patrick Nyarko | MF | Report |
| 24 | Sebastián Grazzini | MF | Report |
| 24 | Patrick Nyarko | MF | Report |
| 24 | Dominic Oduro | FW | Report |
| 29 | Marco Pappa | MF | Report |
| 31 | Gonzalo Segares | DF | Report Archived 2013-10-10 at the Wayback Machine |
| 32 | Jalil Anibaba | DF | Report |

### MLS Player of the Week

| Week | Player | Week's Statline |
| 29 | Marco Pappa | 3G (9', 36', 75') Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine |
| 32 | Jalil Anibaba | 2G |

### MLS All-Stars 2011

| Position | Player | Note |
| No Fire players were selected to the 2011 All-Star Team |||

## 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.

### 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.