2012 Chicago Fire Home MLS Football Shirt (S)

Condition: 7/10 Good. Some light wear & print duplication of the sponsor on the chest

Size: Adult Small

Chest Measurement: 36-38 Inches / 92-97 CM

Manufacturer: Adidas

Colour: Red, navy & white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2012 & 2013

Player: N/A

Patches: MLS

Official Adidas Chicago Fire home football shirt from the 2012 season. Complete with official Major League Soccer patch on the sleeve.

The condition of this original football jersey is 7/10 - Good. Some light wear & print duplication of the sponsor on the chest (see photos).

 

Although expectations were modest for 2012, Klopas' first full season as coach, the year saw a change in fortune for the Fire.

The spring and summer months saw several new acquisitions for the club, starting with the reacquiring of Chris Rolfe from Aalborg BK. Rolfe, who scored eight goals and 12 assists in the 21 games he played in 2012, would later be named the Fire's MVP. 

Other signings included Brazilian midfielders Alex Monteiro de Lima from the Swiss side FC Wohlen, Alvaro Fernández from Seattle Sounders FC, forward Sherjill MacDonald from Beerschot AC of Belgium and veteran defender Arne Friedrich from VfL Wolfsburg. Although they would fall out of the U.S. Open tournament early that season, the Fire eventually compiled a 17–11–6 record, their best since 2000, and ranked as high as second in the Eastern Conference before ending the year in fourth place. On October 31, 2012, in their first playoff appearance since 2009, the Fire lost their first-round MLS Cup playoff match-up at home against the Houston Dynamo, 2–1.