Chicago kicks off a series of three games in eight days with a Saturday night showdown on the road against Nashville SC at GEODIS Park.
Coming off a 1-1 tie at Soldier Field, Chicago is looking to secure points on the road against a team that has only lost once at home this season. In their previous match, Nashville defeated Atlanta United 3-1 at GEODIS Park and currently sits in fourth place in the Eastern Conference (4-3-3, 15 points).
Kickoff tonight is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. The match will also be transmitted locally in English on 890 WLS-AM and in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM.
Learn more about tonight’s starters in the lineup notes below:
- Eight changes changes have been made to the lineup that took on New York Red Bulls in MLS regular season play last Saturday.
- Midfielder Federico Navarro starts for the second-straight match, having started against New York Red Bulls last Saturday. Prior to the match against New York, the Argentine previously missed six-straight matches due to a left upper leg injury suffered in the team’s match on March 4.
- Fabian Herbers returns to the starting XI in what is his 100th match as a member of the Chicago Fire. Herbers joined the Club in 2018 and will line up in the middle of the pitch next to Federico Navarro.
- Jonathan Dean and Alonso Aceves will start together for the first time in MLS play, securing the flanks on either side.
- Captain Rafael Czichos will lead a backline with Wyatt Omsberg and Kendall Burks. Czichos is the only player to have started every match this season.
- Forward Georgios Koutsias earns his first start of the MLS regular season. The young Greek joined the Fire in April and made his MLS debut against Minnesota United on April 8.
- In the attack, forwards Kacper Pryzybyłko and Koutsias will be joined by Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri, who returns to the XI after also starting against Atlanta United on April 23.
- 19-year-old goalkeeper Chris Brady backstops the unit in net tonight, making his eighth start of the campaign.
- Available to Hendrickson as substitutions today are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defender Miguel Navarro, defender Arnaud Souquet, midfielder Mauricio Pineda, midfielder Gastón Giménez, midfielder Brian Gutiérrez, midfielder Maren Haile-Selassie and forward Kei Kamara.
- Forward Victor Bezerra (left upper leg) and defender Carlos Terán (left upper leg) are unavailable for selection due to injury tonight.
Take a look at how Nashville will start below as their lineup becomes available:
