{"id":34886,"date":"2025-10-07T15:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=34886"},"modified":"2026-01-12T05:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:24:03","slug":"chicago-fire-fc-midfielder-andre-franco-suffers-season-ending-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/chicago-fire-fc-midfielder-andre-franco-suffers-season-ending-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire FC midfielder Andr\u00e9 Franco suffers season-ending injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"206\">Chicago Fire FC confirmed Thursday that midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/andre-franco\/\">Andr\u00e9 Franco<\/a>\u00a0will miss the rest of the 2025 MLS season with a torn ACL.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"208\" data-end=\"368\">The 25-year-old was injured during Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2025\/matches\/miavschi-09-30-2025\/\">5-3 win<\/a>\u00a0at Inter Miami CF midweek \u2014 a result that clinched the Fire\u2019s first playoff berth since 2017.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"502\">Franco, on loan from FC Porto, made an immediate impact with four assists in six games since joining in the summer window.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"690\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With two regular-season matches left, Chicago sit eighth in the East with 51 points (15W-11L-6D) in their first season under head coach and sporting director Gregg Berhalter.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> best online pharmacy with fast delivery <a href=\"http:\/\/miamihealth.com\/test2\/new\/levitra-soft.html\">where to buy levitra soft online<\/a> with the lowest prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Fire FC confirmed Thursday that midfielder Andr\u00e9 Franco\u00a0will miss the rest of the 2025 MLS season with a torn ACL. 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