Bakary Soumare

Hamlett's tenure with the club looked doomed Aug. 9, when the coach and star defender Bakary Soumare engaged in a halftime locker room scuffle. Soumare didn't emerge in the second half and, soon after, joined French Ligue 1 club Boulogne.  

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- By the fifth game of the season, the Chicago Fire had settled on a starting four-man backline, with dangerous right and left backs and strong, capable center backs. Tim Ward, Bakary Soumare, Wilman Conde and Gonzalo Segares ...  

Brown wore the captain's arm band and picked up the defensive slack when the back line was riddled with injuries and Bakary Soumare departed to Boulogne. McBride missed eight games following shoulder surgery, but he recovered in time for the end of ...  

... Hamlett in the days after the loss, citing shoulder surgery for Brian McBride, the impending loss of Cuauhtemoc Blanco and a locker room altercation with former defender Bakary Soumare in August as potentially damning distractions to a team that ...