The team began as an offshoot of the
Rockford Raptors organization, who were members of the old
USISL in the early 1990s, and played for seven seasons in the
USISL Pro League and
USL Premier Development League, reaching the Conference Playoffs on two occasions before leaving the league at the end of the 2000 season. The team re-formed in 2007 and played their first season in the
National Premier Soccer League in
Rockford, Illinois as the Raptors, before moving to Bridgeview prior to the 2008 season after signing a formal agreement to become an official development program for the
Chicago Fire Major League Soccer programme. The Chicago Fire played through the 2011 season, ending the NPSL program. In January 2014 the NPSL announced the addition of the Westfield Youth Soccer Association (WYSA). On May 30, 2014, WYSA merged with the Carmel United SC to form the Indiana Fire Juniors Soccer Club, a Chicago Fire Soccer Club affiliate. The team did not return after the 2016 season. ==Year-by-year==