Chicago heads to the Queen City looking to keep the momentum going at Bank of America Stadium on Wednesday evening after earning two wins at home last week against Midwestern rival St. Louis CITY SC.
Chicago faces a Charlotte side that is just one point ahead in the Eastern Conference standings (4-5-3, 15 points), and is riding a three-game unbeaten streak.
Kickoff today is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. The match will also be transmitted locally in English on wlsam.com and in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM.
Learn more about tonight’s starters in the lineup notes below:
- Three changes were made to the lineup that faced St. Louis in Matchday 12 of the MLS regular season on May 13 at Soldier Field.
- Forward Kacper Przybyłko returns to the starting XI after coming on as a substitute in the 1-0 win against St. Louis. Przybyłko saw a goal called back for offside against CITY, and is looking for his third goal of the season.
- Midfielder Brian Gutiérrez gets the nod on the left wing for the second-straight match, lining up once again next to Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri. The attacking midfielders are joined by Maren Haile-Selassie, who rejoins the starting lineup after sitting out the previous match due to being in concussion protocol.
- The dynamic Argentinian duo of Federico Navarro and Gaston Gimenez once again stand side by side to support the attack, lining up together for the second-consecutive match and for the fourth time this year.
- Captain Rafael Czichos returns to the starting XI after coming on as a substitute in the 34th minute against St. Louis scoring his second goal of the season in the 40th minute of play. Czichos became the first MLS player since Dom Dwyer in February 2022 to score a first-half goal as a sub and the first Fire player to do so since Nate Jaqua in 2006.
- Czichos marshals a backline that kept a clean sheet in the previous match, made up by Arnaud Souquet, Mauricio Pineda and Miguel Navarro.
- 19-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady earned his second clean sheet of the season in the previous match and starts in his 10th match of the season.
- Available to Klopas as substitutions today are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defenders Alonso Aceves, Kendall Burks and Wyatt Omsberg, midfielders Javier Casas Jr., Fabian Herbers and Jairo Torres, and forwards Georgios Koutsias and Missael Rodríguez.
- Defenders Jonathan Dean (left adductor) and Carlos Téran (right upper leg), midfielder Chris Mueller (hip) and forward Kei Kamara (rest) are unavailable for selection tonight.
Take a look at how Charlotte will start below as their lineup becomes available:
