Chicago Fire Schedule Released; Dates to Circle on the Calendar

May 22, 2013; New York, NY, USA; From left New York City Football Club director Claudio Reyna , MLS commissioner Don Garber , Manchester City Football Club chief executive officer Ferran Soriano , New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg , New York Yankees managing partner Hal Steinbrenner New York Yankees president Randy Levine hold t-shirts at the event to announce plans for the new Major League Soccer team the Manchester City FC at P.S. 72 The Lexington Academy. Mandatory Credit: Debby Wong-USA TODAY Sports

Friday, April 24 vs. New York City FC

This will be the historic first ever meeting between these conference foes. Once again, the Fire luck out and do not have to face a former England international, this time Frank Lampard, as he will still be with Manchester City.

The “feeder” club for Manchester City will still boast the likes of David Villa and Mix Diskerud (if his talked about deal goes through) and Fire fans will be excited to take down what may be the next evil empire in MLS.

Jun 17, 2014; Portland, OR, USA; The starting eleven for Orlando City pose before the game against the Portland Timbers at Providence Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports

Saturday, June 6 vs. Orlando City SC

This is the other expansion team the Fire will take on, but it won’t be the first meeting between the two. The Fire demolished the Lions in the 2013 US Open Cup by a 5-1 score when Orlando City were still a USL Pro side led by up and coming star Dom Dwyer.

OCSC were a minor league affiliate of Sporting Kansas City at the time. Now they are their own club, boasting Kaka as their star player. This meeting should be tighter than the US Open Cup affair in June 2013; and a fun one as the Lions do have a rather loyal fan base that should make a decent showing at Toyota Park. The Fire will look to put the Lions to sleep again!