Chicago Fire FC and Revolution Brewing return for another year of MLS action with Revolution as the official craft brewery of the Club. And as the Fire return to the classic look with this year's jerseys, we'll be cheering on the Men in Red with a hazy pale ale featuring the team's crest and colors.

If you're a Fire fan excited about the offseason moves, we're ready with your go-to matchday beer. If you're a Revolution fan who needs a Chicago team on the rise to get excited about, we're here to welcome you to the world's most popular sport. Vamos Fire!

Chicago Fire FC joined MLS in the first wave of expansion in 1997. They played their first MLS season in 1998, where they shocked everyone by winning both the MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. It's arguably the most impressive expansion season in the history of major U.S. leagues.

In the intervening years, they've won three more Open Cups, appeared in two more MLS Cup finals, and won the 2003 Supporters Shield as the team that finished the regular season with the most points. Along the way, some giants of MLS and global soccer have played for the team. Bastian Schweinsteiger, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, DaMarcus Beasley, Piotr Nowak, and more have played for Chicago.

The 2024 season is a momentous one for the Club. They're returning to red jerseys for the first time since 2019 and boast a massively overhauled roster. After drawing largest attendance in club history versus Inter Miami, they just missed the playoffs. This year, upgrades at key roster positions look to build on last season's late momentum.

We started the Hazy Pitch project as a collection of soccer fans who also happened to operate a brewery. Every weekend, our crew is tuned to the Fire, their hometown teams, or adopted European clubs. And with that experience in mind, we considered the type of beer we wanted to be drinking during an important match. We love lagers, but lagers and soccer is a combination that's well covered by what's already out there.

Instead, our brewmaster Jim Cibak drew up a recipe that brought a lot of that same approachability and easy-drinking nature to an American Pale Ale built on new-school hops packed with tropical fruit aroma. El Dorado, Citra, Nelson Sauvin, and Cryo Mosaic hops pack a beer that's long on citrus, soft on the palate, and refreshing enough to reach for the next can. We named it Hazy Pitch, because that name worked with us for a few reasons:

• The beer style is a Hazy Pale Ale, named for the specialized yeast which contributes the namesake haze
• A "pitch" is both the play area for a soccer match and what we call it when we add yeast to a batch to begin fermentation
• The pitch itself was hazy during one of the coolest goals in Fire history, courtesy of a rookie defender who wasn't afraid to take a big swing.

Most importantly, wanted this to be a beer dedicated to the Fire's supporters. Year in and year out, Fire fans show up to support their team win, lose, or draw. Players come and go, owners change, and even the stadium has changed several times. But the drum-beat of flag-waving Fire supporter passion never ebbs. When we look at the Fire, we see community and pride. When you look at a can of Hazy Pitch, we want you to see what we see.

Hazy Pitch is the first year-round beer offered in partnership with an MLS team. And as legends of the game like Leo Messi join a league growing at a tremendous pace, we think it's nice to remind everyone that at least in beer, Chicago came first.

Both Hazy Pitch and Anti-Hero are available at select Soldier Field concession stands this season. Here's our latest list of placements.

Hazy Pitch Sections

106, 113, 123, 124, 140, 153, 241, Bar2 (the Dr. Pepper Zone), 207, 210

Anti Hero Sections:

106, 113, 124, 140, 153, 241, Bar2 (the Dr. Pepper Zone)