Fire20: Brimstone Cup

Courtesy of MLSsoccer.comIt’s not every week that we get MLS action before the weekend. And, well, we Chicago fans are spoiled, as we get it consecutive weeks in a row. The Fire host FC Dallas—who currently find themselves in third place in the Western Conference—Thursday night in another rendition of one of the original MLS rivalries: Brimstone Cup.

Brimstone Cup began as a competition between the new-born Chicago Fire of 1998 and the perennial American soccer club the Dallas Burn. It also just so happens to be one of the original competitions started by fans.

Basically, it works like this: the winner of the head-to-head Chicago vs. Dallas season series hoists the cup. In yesteryear, this…