Chicago City Wire

Chicago Fire FC II has released its schedule for the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro season. The team will kick off its campaign at home against Huntsville City FC on March 9, with the match set to start at 3:00 p.m. CT and broadcasted on MLSNEXTPro.com.

The venue for Fire II's home games is yet to be confirmed. For the third consecutive year, most regular-season matches, along with all Decision Day matches, playoffs, and the MLS NEXT Pro Cup, will be available live on the MLS Season Pass via Apple TV. This service is accessible in over 100 countries and regions through various devices including Apple products, smart TVs, streaming devices, gaming consoles, and online at tv.apple.com. Remaining regular-season games will be streamed live on MLSNEXTPro.com.

Chicago Fire II's home schedule includes 14 matches: one Wednesday game, one Thursday game, three Friday games, one Saturday game, and eight Sunday games. The team will host most of its home matches in September with three contests against Eastern Conference rivals. Chicago will have three two-game homestands throughout the season: hosting Huntsville (March 9) and Toronto FC II (March 13), Orlando City B (May 2) and FC Cincinnati 2 (May 9) in the first half of the season; and concluding with a September homestand against FC Cincinnati 2 (September 10) and New York City FC II (September 14).

The team will play consecutive away games four times during the regular season: visiting FC Cincinnati 2 (May 30) and New York Red Bulls II (April 6), then Huntsville (April 20) and Toronto FC II (April 25). In June, Chicago will face Carolina Core away on June 14 before heading south to play Inter Miami CF II on June 25. The summer ends with trips to New York Red Bulls II on August 24 followed by a match against New England Revolution II on August 31.

For a second year running, Fire II remains in the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference alongside teams such as Cincinnati, Columbus, New England, New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union II and Toronto.

Similar to previous seasons,"the roster for Chicago Fire FC II will consist of players from the first team," "players signed to MLS NEXT Pro contracts," as well as "members from Chicago Fire Academy."

Additional information about Chicago Fire FC II's upcoming season can be found at chicagofirefc.com/two or by following them on social media platforms like X (@chicagofirefcii using hashtags #CF97 and #ChicagoFireII), Instagram (@chicagofirefcii).