Chicago Fire

Founded on 8 October 1997, the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 from which it takes its name, and entered Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 1998. The Fire won the MLS Cup and US Open Cup double in that first season and added Open Cups in 2000, 2003 and 2006 plus the 2003 Supporters' Shield. After more than a decade in suburban Bridgeview the club returned to Soldier Field, which it shares with the Chicago Bears, in 2020.