The Swedish midfielder recorded a goal and an assist in Chicago's first league win on the road at Atlanta United
CHICAGO (Oct. 26, 2026) – Chicago Fire FC midfielder Anton Salétros was named to the MLS Team of the Matchday bench for Matchday 32 following his performance in Saturday’s 3-2 road victory against Atlanta United FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Salétros received his first weekly honor with Chicago after recording a goal and an assist in Atlanta. After the home side took a lead in the fourth minute, the Swedish midfielder equalized with a superb shot beyond the box in the 30th minute. Once Anzor Mekvabishvili tallied the go-ahead strike for Chicago, the Fire won an indirect kick in the box that Salétros took to set up Philip Zinckernagel’s fifth game-winning goal of the season. Despite a late goal from the 5-Stripes, the Men in Red came away with the 3-2 win, their first win in Atlanta in MLS regular season play.
The MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday 32 is as follows:
F: Sergi Solans (RSL), Petar Musa (DAL), Cédric Bakambu (SD)
M: Joseph Paintsil (LA), Dylan Chambost (CLB), Evander (CIN), Myrto Uzuni (ATX)
D: Osaze Urhoghide (DAL), Malte Amundsen (CLB), Dominik Marczuk (RSL)
GK: Matt Turner (NE)
Coach: B.J. Callaghan (NSH)
Bench: Jonathan Bond (HOU), Adri Mehmeti (RBNY), Anton Salétros (CHI), Jonathan Shore (NYC), Eric Izoita (POR), Carles Gil (NE), Morgan Whittaker (COL), Ariel Lassiter (POR), Martín Ojeda (ORL)
Chicago kicks off the final two-game match week of the regular season by playing host to Orlando City SC on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT and the match will be broadcast globally on Apple TV, and transmitted locally on WLS 890 AM in English and TUDN Chicago 106.7-HD2 and Uforia by TREBEL app in Spanish.
