Chicago look to pick right back up where they left off before pausing the MLS regular season for Leagues Cup 2023. Tonight’s match is the final game of a four-game homestand as they host Orlando City SC.
Today’s technical staff will look slightly different as Head Coach Frank Klopas will not attend the match due to health and safety protocols after testing positive for COVID-19. Assistant coach and Fire legend CJ Brown will serve as acting head coach.
Kickoff at Soldier Field is slated for 7:30 p.m. CT. Join the Fire in honoring our nation's brave military personnel as the Club celebrates Military Night. Alongside the action on the field, we'll show our support and appreciation throughout the evening for the incredible sacrifices and dedication of our military community, plus we'll have exciting activities and giveaways for fans to enjoy. The match will be broadcast on Apple TV, streamed on wlsam.com and transmitted locally in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM.
Learn more about tonight’s starters in the lineup notes below:
- Goalkeeper Spencer Richey will start in goal for Chicago for the 10th time in 2023 across all competitions, including MLS regular season, U.S. Open Cup and Leagues Cup 2023 matches.
- Defender Jonathan Dean starts for the second-straight time in MLS regular season play and third-straight game overall including starts against Club América on Aug. 4 and Club Puebla on July 31 in Leagues Cup 2023.
- Dean joins Mauricio Pineda, Carlos Terán and Miguel Navarro on the backline.
- Ivorian midfielder Ousmane Doumbia will make his first MLS regular season start for the Chicago Fire after making his Club debut as a sub against Minnesota United and starting against Club Puebla and Club América in the Club’s three Leagues Cup 2023 matches.
- Doumbia will link up once again with Gastón Giménez from the outset for the third-straight match overall.
- Maren Haile-Selassie, Xherdan Shaqiri and Brian Gutiérrez start alongside each other for the fifth-straight time in MLS regular season play.
- Shaqiri will don the captain’s armband against Orlando City SC.
- Georgios Koutsias will lead the attack from the outset for the third-straight game across all competitions, and for the fourth-straight regular season game.
- Available off the bench for acting head coach CJ Brown are goalkeeper Jeff Gal, defenders Alonso Aceves, Arnaud Souquet and Wyatt Omsberg; midfielders Fabian Herbers, Federico Navarro and Jairo Torres; and forwards Kei Kamara and Kacper Przybyłko.
- Defender Rafael Czichos (yellow card accumulation), midfielder Chris Mueller (right upper leg), forward Victor Bezerra (right lower leg), and goalkeeper Chris Brady (right lower leg) will not be available for tonight’s match.Â
See Orlando’s lineup below as it becomes available:
