Chicago returns to the lakefront for the team’s only game in June at Soldier Field. The Fire looks to bounce back from a tough loss to the Houston Dynamo in the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.Â
The Fire is celebrating Pride Night at Soldier Field against a Columbus Crew side that travels to Chicago riding a two-game winning streak.
Learn more about tonight’s starters in the lineup notes below:
- Seven changes were made to the lineup that faced FC Cincinnati in Matchday 17 on June 3 at TQL Stadium, with head coach Frank Klopas rotating the squad to play its 11th game in the last six weeks.
- Forward Kei Kamara returns to the 11 after alternating the previous MLS regular season match with Kacper Przybyłko up front.
- Brian Gutiérrez will line up in the XI for the second-straight regular season match, lining up next to Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri.
- Federico Navarro is set to start for a fourth-straight match, joined by fellow Argentine Gastón Giménez for the fourth time this season.
- Captain Rafael Czichos returns to the lineup, next to Maren Haile-Selassie, Arnaud Souquet, Mauricio Pineda and Miguel Navarro.
- Goalkeeper Spencer Richey backstops the group from the outset for the third time in League play this season.
- Available to Klopas as substitutions today are goalkeeper Jeff Gal, defenders Wyatt Omsberg, Kendall Burks, Jonathan Dean and Alonso Aceves, midfielders Fabian Herbers and Jairo Torres, and forwards Kacper Przybyłko and Georgios Koutsias.
- Goalkeeper Chris Brady (head), defender Carlos Terán (right knee) and midfielder Chris Mueller (right upper leg) are unavailable for selection tonight.
Take a look at how Columbus will start below as their lineup becomes available:
