The winger scored and assisted to power a two-goal comeback in the second half of Chicago's 2-2 draw against Orlando on Wednesday night
CHICAGO (Oct. 29, 2026) – Chicago Fire FC winger Jonathan Bamba was named to the MLS Team of the Matchday bench for Matchday 33 following his performance in Wednesday’s 3-3 draw in the last regular season match of the season at Soldier Field against Orlando City SC.
Bamba received his first weekly honor with Chicago after recording a goal and an assist in the second half against Orlando. With the Fire down 2-0, the winger entered the match at halftime to spark a comeback, heading in a cross from right back Leonardo Barroso in the 57th minute. Just over 10 minutes later, he once again reeled in a ball in the box, this time laying off for fellow winger Maren Haile-Selassie to slam home to tie the match at 2-2.
The MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday 33 is as follows:
F: Kristoffer Velde (POR), Dor Turgeman (NE), Liel Abada (CLT)
M: Antoine Griezmann (ORL), Ryan Gauld (VAN), Santiago Rodríguez (CLB), Carles Gil (NE)
D: Anthony Markanich (MIN), Lucas Halter (HOU), Mathías Laborda (VAN)
GK: Patrick Schulte (CLB)
Coach: Dean Smith (CLT)
Bench: Jonathan Bond (HOU), Maxwell Woledzi (NSH), Samuel Gidi (CIN), Jack Jasinski (SJ), Jonathan Bamba (CHI), David Da Costa (POR), Morgan Guilavogui (RSL), Josh Sargent (TOR), Idan Toklomati (CLT)
Chicago travels to Colorado for the final road game of the regular season against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 31. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. CT and the match will be broadcast globally on Apple TV and transmitted locally on wlsam.com in English and TUDN Chicago 106.7-HD2 and Uforia by TREBEL app in Spanish.
