The Chicago Fire announced its preseason schedule on Thursday. The club will be making two trips to Florida.
After kicking off training camp on Jan. 23 and spending a week of training at the PrivateBank Fire Pitch in Chicago, the Fire will head to Fort Myers, Fla., to train at Florida Gulf Coast University from Jan. 29 to Feb. 10. The Fire will then return to Chicago before heading back to Florida to train at the IMG Academy in Bradenton from Feb. 13-26.
The day after returning from IMG, the Fire will host the annual Season Kickoff Luncheon.
More details, including match opponents and dates, will come at a later date.
This is a slight departure from last year's preseason when the Fire went to Tampa for the first trip of the preseason and followed that by heading to Portland for the Simple Invitational hosted by the Timbers. The Fire participated in Portland's tournament the last two preseasons.
In the 2014 preseason the Fire played an exhibition match against Florida Gulf Coast and later played three matches at the IMG Academy.