Chris Rolfe Earns Goal of the Week Honors

 

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (Sept. 26, 2007) – Forward/midfielder Chris Rolfe of the Chicago Fire was honored by Major League Soccer with the Sierra Mist Goal of the Week award on Wednesday.

 

Rolfe found the back of the net from 30 yards out with a right-footed laser as Chicago played to a 1-1 tie against FC Dallas, Sept. 20, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.  In the process, he became the second Fire player to earn Goal of the Week honors this season, joining forward Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Week 20).

 

Rolfe currently resides second in team scoring with five goals and three assists, despite appearing in only 15 of the Fire’s 26 contests.

 

The Fire (8-10-8, 32 pts.) travel to Chivas USA this Saturday, Sept. 29, for a 9:30 p.m. CT start at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

 

 

 

About Chicago Fire Soccer

The Chicago Fire was founded on Oct. 8, 1997 as a Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion franchise. The Fire won MLS Cup in its inaugural season in 1998 and has been crowned the champion of U.S. Soccer's national tournament, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, an MLS club-record four times (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006). Last season the Fire moved into its permanent, world-class home TOYOTA PARK located at 7000 S. Harlem Ave., in Bridgeview, Ill.