Are you a parent coaching your child's soccer team, or other sports team? The Chicago Fire Coaches Club is a fantastic resource for beginning to seasoned coaches, providing incredible coaching tools, safety tips, giveaways and access to exclusive events like attending a first team practice and various coaching seminars. Membership is FREE, so click here and start becoming a better coach today!
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Want to be a part of the pre-game team tunnel or play a game on the field? The Fire offers various opportunities for youth soccer groups to participate on the field before and during Fire home games. Click here to see all the ways your youth soccer group can be a part of the pre-game ceremony!
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The launch of the Chicago Fire Academy (CFA) is one of the most important initiatives for the advancement of professional soccer and MLS in the Chicago market. With a successful team on the field and a first class stadium to call home, the Fire is positioned to make a critical investment in Player Development. 
The Chicago Fire Premier is the Amateur level player development program of the Chicago Fire MLS team. Currently operating the next two levels of the player development ladder with the Chicago Fire Premier Super 20 team and Chicago Fire Premier PDL team, they fit into the Fire Academy's "ladder of success" to the professional team. 
The official youth soccer club of the Chicago Fire offers programs for players of all abilities. Fire Juniors is the first of its kind program in Major League Soccer (MLS), creating a true player development "pyramid" from the beginning recreational player to the professional level. 
Chicago Fire Camps & Training offers multi-layered training and education programs that develop young soccer players and provide extensive support to hundreds of soccer organizations, coaches and players in the youth soccer community. 
The Regional Development School (RDS) from Chicago Fire Camps and Training is an elite individual training program specifically for competitive travel players looking to aspire to the next level. The program is designed to complement club training with the program focused on individual foot skills rather than tactical instruction. 
The Illinois Youth Soccer / US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program is an elite player identification program in Illinois and the United States. The US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program has identified more players participating on Professional and National Teams than any other program. 
