page_title: List of events at Soldier Field
section_title: 2007
hierarchical_section_title: List of events at Soldier Field / 2000s / 2007
caption_attribution_description: Photo by Rachel Feierman
context_page_description: Soldier Field is a stadium that opened in 1924. It has primarily served as the home field of the Chicago Bears professional football club for over four decades, but it also hosted numerous other events in its more than 90 years of existence. The Bears' intent was originally to move from Wrigley Field to Northwestern's Dyche Stadium, but that move was blocked by Evanston as well as the Big Ten Conference, so they later took the City of Chicago up on their offer to move into Soldier Field where they have since played. Soldier Field has hosted a great variety and quantity of events since it opened.
context_section_description: January 21 the 2006–2007 NFC Championship Game granted the Bears their second trip to the Super Bowl, the first in 21 years, with a 39–14 victory over the New Orleans Saints.
  2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
  August 7 Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, and Dennis Kucinich participated in the AFL-CIO Working Families Vote Presidential Forum, a Democratic Presidential debate, was held at Soldier Field before a crowd of approximately 15,500 union members. The forum was moderated by Keith Olbermann broadcast by MSNBC. The candidates spoke from a stage in Soldier Field's north end zone. Clinton was, at the time, a Senator, a former First Lady, and would later become Secretary of State and serve as the Democratic nominee for President in the 2016. Obama was, at the time, a Senator, and would ultimately become President. Biden was, at the time, a senator, and would ultimately become Vice President. Richardson was, at the time, Governor of New Mexico and was also a former Secretary of Energy, UN Ambassador, and Representative. Edwards was a former senator and had previously been the Democratic Nominee for Vice President in the 2004 election. Dodd was, at the time, a Senator and a former Representative. Kucinich was, at the time, a Representative and the former Mayor of Cleveland.
  The 2007 edition of the annual Special Olympics Chicago featured an opening ceremony with a performance by the Jesse White Tumbling Team and a speech from Special Olympics Illinois CEO  Doug Snyder. The Keith Magnuson Spirit Award was presented by Keith's son Kevin Magnuson to the D.S. Wentworth School, largely due to the efforts of their lead coach Ophelia Doyle who accepted the award for the school's team.
  2007 Chicago Trophy football tournament:
  August 26, at the halftime of a high school football game at Soldier Field Fenwick and  Hubbard at Soldier Field, Johnny Lattner's #34 jersey was retired by Fenwick. Lattner played for Fenwick when he was in high school, and would later go on to play football collegiately (where he would win the 1953 Heisman Trophy) and professionally. This was the first time Fenwick had ever retired a number.
  September 1 the NIU faced the University of Iowa in the first Division I College Football game at Soldier Field since its renovations. Iowa defeated NIU 16-3. A capacity crowd of 61,500 attended the game, setting a Mid-American Conference record for a home game in football (the match was considered a home game for NIU).
  September 9 the United States men's soccer team played Brazil national team in a friendly match.
  Saint Rita defeated Morgan Park 50–0 in the 2007 Prep Bowl.
caption: Crowd at the AFL-CIO Working Families Vote Presidential Forum
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