Chicago Fire FC announces 2024 honorees

Most Valuable Player and Golden Boot: Cuypers, 27, joins Mike Magee (2013), Nemanja Nikolić (2017) and Xherdan Shaqiri (2022) as one of just four Fire players in the last 12 seasons to be named MVP in his first season with the club. Cuypers was a mainstay in the Fire’s starting lineup in 2024 and became the second Fire player to score 10 or more goals in a single season since Robert Berić in 2020.

Cuypers joined the Fire for a record fee on February 6 and scored his first MLS goal on March 16 against CF Montréal at Soldier Field. Cuypers’ 90+5^Th The goal in a minute tied the game at 3-3 and midfielder Kellyn Acosta set up the game-winning goal just four minutes later. Cuypers then became the first Fire player to score in back-to-back games this season, with a goal on March 23 in a 1-1 draw against the New England Revolution. After Cuypers scored a brace in the team’s 4-3 come-from-behind win against the Philadelphia Union on July 3, he was named MLS Player of the Matchday for his performance, becoming the first Chicago Fire player since Jhon, Durán achieved this on matchday 20, 2022.