CHICAGO (Nov. 12, 2020) ā Chicago Fire FC today announced the Club has exercised contract options for four players from the teamās 2020 roster. An additional 23 players remain under contract, bringing the Clubās current roster to 27 players under contract for the 2021 MLS season.
The Fire exercised the 2021 contract options on the following four players: forward Elliot Collier, midfielder Djordje MihailoviÄ, defender Wyatt Omsberg and defender Nicholas Slonina.
Additionally, the Club declined the 2021 contract options of the following two players: midfielder Jeremiah Gutjahr and goalkeeper Connor Sparrow. Gutjahr is eligible for the MLS Waiver Draft, while Sparrow is eligible to participate in the MLS Re-Entry Draft.
Midfielder Micheal Azira and forward CJ Sapong are out of contract and eligible for free agency. The Fire is currently in discussions with midfielder Brandt Bronico regarding his future with the Club.
The following players were already guaranteed for next season: midfielder Ignacio Aliseda, forward Robert BeriÄ, defender Jonathan Bornstein, goalkeeper Chris Brady, defender Francisco Calvo, midfielder Javier Casas Jr., midfielder PrzemysÅaw Frankowski, midfielder GastĆ³n GimĆ©nez, midfielder Brian GutiĆ©rrez, midfielder Fabian Herbers, defender Johan Kappelhof, goalkeeper Kenneth Kronholm, midfielder Ćlvaro MedrĆ”n, midfielder Alex Monis, defender Miguel Navarro, defender/midfielder Mauricio Pineda, defender Andre Reynolds II, midfielder Allan RodrĆguez, defender Boris SekuliÄ, goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth, goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina, midfielder Luka StojanoviÄ and defender Carlos TerĆ”n.
Below is the Fireās 2021 roster as it currently stands:
Goalkeeper (4): Chris Brady, Kenneth Kronholm, Bobby Shuttleworth, Gabriel Slonina
Defender (10): Jonathan Bornstein, Francisco Calvo, Johan Kappelhof, Miguel Navarro, Wyatt Omsberg, Mauricio Pineda, Andre Reynolds II, Boris SekuliÄ, Nicholas Slonina, Carlos TerĆ”n
Midfielder (11): Ignacio Aliseda, Javier Casas Jr., PrzemysÅaw Frankowski, GastĆ³n GimĆ©nez, Brian GutiĆ©rrez, Fabian Herbers, Alex Monis, Ćlvaro MedrĆ”n, Djordje MihailoviÄ, Allan RodrĆguez, Luka StojanoviÄ
Forward (2): Robert BeriÄ, Elliot Collier