Editorial
For Your Consideration: Keisuke Honda To CF97
The Fire need a versatile, creative attacking player. Honda might be looking to leave Liga MX. This could work.
Passing The Armband: A Change In Management At Hot Time
Sean steps down as editor; JBG the new pirate captain
An Open Letter To The Front Office Intern Assigned To Read Hot Time
Your moment is here, Intern! GO FIND NELSON!
For The Red Stars, It’s Time To Get Weird
If Chicago is looking to reinvent itself, they need to go all in
The Art of Kanly: What to do about Velko’s vendettas?
A club that is routinely in dire need of talent, helmed by a guy who chases talent off - sounds legit!
Words About Shapes: Basti the Libero
It’s not a solution anyone wanted, but playing Bastian Schweinsteiger as libero seems best way forward for Fire
It’s Quiet ... Too Quiet: Notes from within an editorial process
When the international break is like a nap that won’t seem to end
Is Veljko Paunovic Already On The Hot Seat?
The poor start to the season has seen the emergence of the #PaunoOut hashtag
Give us something to sing about, CF97
Trying hard to see the bright side of the smoking crater that recently was a pretty decent soccer team
Words About Shapes: A Blighted Age of Wonders
Radiohead on shuffle while I contemplate the ‘Actually’ Guy
Like The Fire, This Editorial Is Still A Work In Progress
Or, How Nelson Taught Me To Stop Worrying And Love Failing
Keeping It Real Positive: A layman’s guide to the Chicago Fire’s upcoming 2018 season
A 2018 Chicago Fire preview for everyone
Dear Chicago Fire: Please tell me this is all going to come together
With 18 days left until the first MLS match, this is starting to feel like the Bad Old Days for the Men in Red
Signing Iker Casillas Would Be Bad For The Fire
Another aging legend? Is that what Fire fans want?
Status Quo Ante: MLS’ Takeover Of US Soccer Narrowly Averted
Insurgent candidacies demolished as machine politics elevates Cordeiro to US Soccer presidency
Happy Holidays from all of us at Hot Time
A brief note before we close the office for the year
When it comes to crowd behavior at Toyota Park, the Fire’s priorities are out of alignment
Popping smoke gets you ejected while homophobic chants are ignored. What gives?
Coming in peace to #SaveTheCrew
Trying to keep "Firehouse East" open past 2019
Maybe we should thank Anthony Precourt
At least the cards are on the table: MLS simply doesn’t give a f--k about its supporters
The Evolution of Julie Ertz
How Ertz went from a cult favorite to a USWNT mainstay
Being Honest With Ourselves: What Happened To The Fire?
Bastian Schweinsteiger may have solved some problems, but the cracks are beginning to surface again
Branding Exercise Complete: MLS All-Stars 1, Real Madrid 1, recap
Market activations! So many market activations!
Thank you, Andrew Hauptman
Thanks for spending the money and getting out of the way— now can anyone explain why this wasn’t possible years ago?
The Fire are the best team in MLS— thanks to João Meira
The 30-year-old defender is coming into his own during his second season in Chicago.
Dax McCarty Is On A Mission To Prove He Deserves To Go To Russia
The 30-year old midfielder finally has his chance to show he’s worthy of a World Cup selection
The USOC: Where Do We Go From Here?
Debriefing from the Fire’s loss in Cincinnati— and what this otherwise huge night means for American soccer
With McCarty out on international duty, Juninho faces a moment of truth
The veteran midfielder has a chance to shine in Dax’s absence. He might not get another.
An Open Letter To Chicago Fire Fans On Confronting Homophobia
Dealing with bigotry in our community takes hard work and persistence. Are you up for it?
Schweini-Mania Is Running Wild
Was wirst du tun, Bruder?
Fire20: Holy Shipp
Remembering Harry Shipp’s all-too-brief time in Chicago and his spectacular hat-trick against the Red Bulls
Roundtable: The Floor Is Bava
The Hot Time crew are a bunch of sad pandas this week
Fire20: Screamer in the 6ix
Let’s take a look at the best goal Logan Pause ever scored