The MLS regular season resumes on Saturday as Chicago Fire FC hosts Western Conference foes FC Dallas for an afternoon affair at Soldier Field.
Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson's squad remain unbeaten in 2022 (2-0-2, eight points) entering the match, and are riding a pair of consecutive victories before the FIFA international break. FC Dallas also comes to Soldier Field with a two-match win streak in two, having put down the Portland Timbers 4-1 in their last match prior to the break. Dallas is in fifth place in the West, with seven points (2-1-1) through four matches played.
Today's match will be nationally televised on Univision and TUDN, with an English stream available on Twitter and additional coverage on Univision Radio. Tune in when coverage starts at 2:30 p.m. CT, and get a look at how the Fire will start out with the lineup notes below:
- One change has been made to the lineup that had previously started all four of the Fire's first matches of the season together. Midfielder Federico Navarro will replace defender Rafael Czichos, who is unavailable tonight due to health and safety protocols.
- Navarro appeared 12 times for the Fire after arriving late in the 2021 season, and has made three appearances as a substitute so far this season. He'll join Gastón Giménez as a tandem midfield this afternoon.
- With Czichos sidelined, midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri will wear the captain's armband today. Shaqiri scored his first goal for the Fire in the team's 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City last time out, and has returned from the international break with Switzerland where he registered an assist in a friendly against England last week. He'll take his usual spot in the center of the Fire midfield, flanked by forwards Stanislav Ivanov and Fabian Herbers.
- Forward Kacper Przybyłko leads the attacking line today for the fifth-straight match. Przybyłko scored his first two Fire goals in the team's win against Kansas City two weekends ago, and will look to make it a streak this afternoon.
- Today's defensive back line will consist of Boris Sekulić, Mauricio Pineda, Wyatt Omsberg, and Miguel Navarro. Sekulić and Navarro were also involved in international competition over the last week with Slovakia and Venezuela, respectively.
- 17-year-old Homegrown goalkeeper Gaga Slonina will take his usual spot between the sticks this afternoon, looking for his fourth clean sheet of the young season.
- Available to Hendrickson as substitutions tonight are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defender Kendall Burks, defender Jonathan Bornstein, defender Carlos Terán, defender Jhon Espinoza, midfielder Javier Casas Jr., midfielder Brian Gutiérrez, forward Jhon Durán and forward Chinonso Offor.
Get a look at Dallas' starting lineup below as it becomes available:
