Chicago Fire FC will wrap up the Club's 25th season on Sunday afternoon when long-time Eastern Conference rivals the New England Revolution visit SeatGeek Stadium for a 1:30 p.m. CT kickoff.
Head Coach Ezra Hendrickson and his side will look to close the season on a high note with a second-straight win coming out of last weekend's 3-2 victory at FC Cincinnati. These two sides last met at the end of August, and played to a 0-0 draw in Foxborough. New England enters the match outside of MLS Cup Playoffs contention, but were 2-1 winners at home against Atlanta United last Saturday.
Tune in for an Anniversary-themed broadcast when coverage begins on WGN-TV, CF97 Live, Univision Radio, and MLS LIVE's out-of-market package on ESPN+ at 1:30. In the meantime, take a look at today's starting XI and bench below:
- Four changes have been made to the lineup that was victorious in Cincinnati last weekend.
- 18-year-old Homegrown goalkeeper Chris Brady gets his first career MLS start today in lieu of the injured Gabriel Slonina. Brady has been a regular for the United States Men's Under-20 side this year, and has appeared 12 times in 2022 for Chicago Fire II in MLS Next Pro. Among all 'keepers in MLS Next Pro with at least 10 appearances this season, Brady's 0.83 goals against average leads the league.
- Designated Player Xherdan Shaqiri is back in the starting squad today after spending time with the Swiss National Team during the recent FIFA international window. He'll serve as today's captain.
- After stealing the show in last weekend's win at Cincinnati, forward Jhon Durán and midfielder Brian Gutiérrez will look to continue their connection as part of today's starting XI. Gutiérrez assisted Durán twice last weekend, and scored a goal of his own. Both players featured on the MLS Team of the Week coming out of the performance.
- Schaumburg native Chris Mueller got the assist on Gutiérrez's aforementioned goal, and earns his 23rd start of the campaign.
- In holding midfield today, Mauricio Pineda will partner with Federico Navarro.
- Also back in the starting XI is Kendall Burks, who makes his second career start. The rookie from the University of Washington made his first Fire start in the Club's Sept. 17 match against Charlotte FC. He'll replace Rafael Czichos, who will serve a one-match suspension for yellow card accumulation today. Starting alongside Burks will be Colombian defender Carlos Terán.
- Fullback Miguel Navarro is today's fourth change, who recently returned from nursing a hamstring injury. He'll lineup opposite Boris Sekulić to round out today's defensive back line.
- Available to Hendrickson as substitutions today are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defender Jonathan Bornstein, defender Jhon Espinoza, midfielder Javier Casas Jr., midfielder Sergio Oregel Jr., forward Victor Bezerra, forward Stanislav Ivanov, forward Alex Monis, and forward Kacper Przybylko.
- Goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina (head), defender Wyatt Omsberg (left foot), defender Andre Reynolds II (right knee), midfielder Gastón Giménez (right thigh), midfielder Jairo Torres (left lower leg), forward Fabian Herbers (right hip), and forward Kacper Przybyłko (back) are unavailable for selection due to injury tonight.
Get a look at New England's starting lineup below as it becomes available:
