Chicago Fire FC Primary Logo
The Chicago Fire FC Primary Logo History is an important part of the club’s identity and heritage. The iconic logo has been around since 1998 when the team was first established as a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. Throughout its history, the logo has undergone several changes in order to reflect changing times and trends within soccer culture.
The original design featured a classic shield shape with two crossed axes behind it and flames emanating from either side of the shield. This represented both strength and passion which are essential for any successful sports team. In 2008, this design was updated to feature more vibrant colors such as red, yellow, black & white along with bolder lines for increased visibility on jerseys or other materials used by supporters or sponsors alike. Additionally, there were three stars added above which symbolized not only past successes but also future aspirations of winning trophies at all levels including international competitions like the CONCACAF Champions League or FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, etc.
Today's version follows similar principles but includes some modern touches such as a sleek font style for lettering inside the badge area plus additional details like fire sparks coming out from the top right corner instead just plain flames seen previously in earlier versions etc… Despite these minor alterations over time one thing remains same – passion & determination shown by players wearing a jersey bearing this emblem every match day!
2021 - Present
A light-blue Florian cross with a red letter “C” and a Chicago six-pointed star in the center with a black outline.
A streamlined version of the club’s original Florian Cross crest.
2020 - 2021
A mirror image of a crown in orange and a flame in red centered in a navy blue oval with red outline rings. Encircled wordmark “CHICAGO” above and below “FIRE FC” in orange.
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2015 - 2019
A red custom letter “C” inside a silver spiked circle with a navy blue with red highlights Florian’s cross. Wordmark “CHICAGO” on top and “FIRE” below in blue.
In 2015, the shade of red is darkened slightly.
1998 - 2019
A red custom letter “C” inside a silver spiked circle with a navy blue with red highlights Florian’s cross. Wordmark “CHICAGO” on top and “FIRE” below in blue.