Welcome to Fire20, our weekly series celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club by making deep dives into the team’s history. This week the Fire’s play-by-play announcer joins us to talk about his time calling games for the club and some of his favorite memories.
Surely you’ve seen, or at least heard, Dan Kelly. The University of Dayton graduate has been a fixture in regional sports broadcasting for 20 years, getting his start on radio commentary for the St. Louis Blues. Over the past two decades he’s put in shifts throughout the Midwest and the Rocky Mountains, lending his voice to college football, college basketball, and lots of stints for NHL teams.