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The
Chicago Fire is a soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois that participates
in Major League Soccer. The club was founded October 8th, 1997 on
the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
The Fire signed quality players, marketing its Polish population
(2nd largest in the world next to Warsaw), and scored big with Eastern
European players. Poland's national team captain Peter Nowak was
signed by MLS and allocated to Chicago on December 16, 1997.
The Fire won the MLS Cup in 1998, their first season in the league.
They also won the 1998, 2000, and 2003 editions of the US Open Cup.
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