Chicago kicks off a three-game road stretch with a match in the Rose City, looking for the Club’s first victory against the Portland Timbers. Kickoff is slated for 9:30 p.m. CT on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV+, and fans can also catch the action locally in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM and in English on 890 WLS-AM.
The Fire looks to regain momentum on the road following the international FIFA window.
Learn more about tonight’s starters in the lineup notes below:
- Five changes were made to the lineup that faced the Columbus Crew on Matchday 18 on June 10 at Soldier Field.
- Forward Kacper Przybyłko returns to the 11 after alternating the previous MLS regular season match with Kei Kamara up front.
- Brian Gutiérrez will line up from the outset for a third-straight regular season match.
- The Argentine duo of Federico Navarro and Gastón Giménez take the field side by side for the fifth time this season. It is Navarro’s fifth-straight start.
- Jairo Torres and Fabian Herbers get the nod against Portland, marking Torres’s third start of the season.
- Alonso Aceves makes his third start for the Fire, having lined up from the outset against FC Cincinnati on June 3 and against Nashville SC on May 6.
- Captain Rafael Czichos, Arnaud Souquet and Mauricio Pineda line up alongside each other for a second-straight match.
- Goalkeeper Chris Brady returns to the Starting XI for the first time since receiving a cut above his left eye against Toronto FC on May 31 at BMO Stadium.
- Available to Klopas as substitutions today are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defenders Wyatt Omsberg, Kendall Burks, Charlie Ostrem and Jonathan Dean, midfielder Maren Haile-Selassie and forwards Georgios Koutsias, Kei Kamara and Missael RodrÃguez.
- Midfielders Javier Casas Jr. (right upper arm), Chris Mueller (right upper leg), Xherdan Shaqiri (national team) and defenders Carlos Terán (right knee) and Miguel Navarro (yellow card accumulation) are unavailable for selection tonight.
Take a look at how Portland will start below as their lineup becomes available:
