Robert Lewandowski heads to the United States and joins Chicago Fire

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-fire/UwAwNo2E/"]Chicago Fire[/a] announced on Monday the signing of the 37-year-old, who will play outside Europe for the first time. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Lewandowski[/a] will fill one of the Designated Player slots, with a contract signed until 2028.[/p][p]In Chicago, the metropolitan area in the United States with the largest Polish community in the country, [i]Lewy[/i] will play alongside Portuguese players [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barroso-leonardo/l8ewgsSc/"]Leonardo Barroso[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/franco-andre/p8N4GUIR/"]Andre Franco[/a] under the guidance of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/berhalter-gregg/QsnKsrgl/"]Gregg Berhalter[/a].[/p][p]The Fire are currently third in the Eastern Conference of the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/usa/mls/"]MLS[/a], with 26 points, seven behind leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-sc/84yIDQMe/"]Nashville[/a] and five behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-miami/0AheRyBg/"]Inter Miami[/a].[/p][embed guid="36403955-a837-4f22-93f8-792e74574fd3" url="https://x.com/ChicagoFire/status/2071684147190346061" social-type="twitter" /][p]Lewandowski came through the youth ranks at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/legia/K6kUepBs/"]Legia[/a] and went on to play for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lech-poznan/OpNH7Ouf/"]Lech Poznan[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] and Barcelona. He won the German league ten times, was a three-time Spanish champion and Polish champion, lifted a Champions League trophy, a Club World Cup and a UEFA Super Cup, as well as winning domestic cups in Poland, Germany and Spain.[/p][p]A Polish international on 167 occasions, he featured at the European Championships in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024, and also played at the 2018 World Cup.[/p][image alt="Lewandowski's numbers" id="1cc63cdf-bee8-43ef-afdc-2ced2a60d543" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="f72ec592-06df-4ac6-93c5-024edd1d0665" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /]