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Messi earns more than the entire payroll of all but three other MLS teams. He has the highest total compensation in MLS, followed by Toronto’s Lorenzo Insigne at $15.4 million and the Fire’s Xherdan Shaqiri at $8,153,000.

What happened in their match against Charlotte is more proof that continuity isn’t the answer for the Fire.

Entering play Saturday at D.C. United, the Fire have dropped three consecutive games since the end of the Leagues Cup.

Kamara scored his 144th career goal, moving him within one of Landon Donovan (145) for second on MLS’ career scoring list. Chris Wondolowski is the all-time leader with 171.

The European Under-21 Championships regularly provides opportunities for rising stars to flourish, and a number of talents went on to reach the top after excelling over the years

Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri takes up 41.8 per cent of the total wage budget of the Chicago Fire

Sadio Mane left Liverpool for Bayern Munich in a £35m move last summer but his time with the Bundesliga outfit has not been a success

Former Liverpool and Manchester United stars are amongst the top earners in Major League Soccer, after salary figures for the 2023 season were released by the Players Association

The Fire are counting on Klopas to correct some of the issues that led to Ezra Hendrickson’s downfall and turn this year around.

Sporting director Georg Heitz has missed on every designated player he’s signed. His best moves have been selling teenagers to European clubs, he’s shown no ability to build an MLS winner and has the Fire on track to miss the playoffs for a fourth straight year under his watch. Yet…

Forty-three games into his time with the Fire, Hendrickson is still searching for a way for his team to hold leads.