CHICAGO (Oct. 23, 2025) – Chicago Fire FC and Major League Soccer today announced that winger Philip Zinckernagel was named as one of the three finalists for the 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year award, along with Anders Dreyer (San Diego FC) and Son Heung-Min (LAFC).

MLS announced the finalists for the 2025 MLS Year-End Awards, honoring the league’s top performers during the MLS regular season. The finalists for the annual awards earned the highest average votes from MLS club technical staff, MLS first-team players, and select media members, with each group accounting for 33.3 percent of the overall results.

Zinckernagel joined Chicago in January 2025 and went on to become the first player in Fire history to record 15 goals and 15 assists in one season. His 30 goal contributions during the regular season broke the previous record of 28 set by Nemanja Nikolić in 2017. Zinckernagel also broke Chicago’s single season assist record previously held by Jerzy Podbrozny (1998) and Piotr Nowak (2000).

Chicago notched a Club-record nine road victories during the 2025 MLS regular season, largely due to Zinckernagel’s 18 goal contributions away from home, good for third in...