<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Current season </Td> </Tr> <P> Chicago Fire Soccer Club is an American professional soccer club based in the Chicago suburb of Bridgeview, Illinois . The team competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference, having moved to the conference in 2002 . </P> <P> The franchise is named after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and was founded on October 8, 1997, the event's 126th anniversary . The team began play in 1998 as one of the league's first expansion teams . The Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U.S. Open Cup (the "double") on their first season . They also won U.S. Open Cups in 2000, 2003, and 2006, in addition to the 2003 MLS Supporters' Shield . </P> <P> The Fire maintains an extensive development system, consisting of the Chicago Fire U-23 (Premier Development League and Super-20 League teams), the Chicago Fire Development Academy, and the Chicago Fire Juniors youth organization . They also operate the Chicago Fire Foundation, the team's community - based charitable division . Toyota Park is the Fire's home stadium . </P>

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