Chicago City Wire

Chicago hosts New York City FC tonight in the club’s second home game of July at Soldier Field. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the match will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass and transmitted locally on wlsam.com (English) and WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish).

Head Coach Frank Klopas looks to lead the Fire to their first win against NYCFC at Soldier Field after defeating the Philadelphia Union 4-3 in their last game at home last Wednesday, July 3. The Fire face a New York City side that is playing its second straight road game. New York fell 2-1 to Austin FC at Q2 Stadium last Saturday before traveling to Chicago.

Frank Klopas will use the same Chicago Fire lineup that faced the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday, July 7, at PayPal Park.

Gastón Gimenéz returns to the XI for the eighth time this season and will don the captain’s armband for the second consecutive match in 2024. Hugo Cuypers starts his 23rd game of the season, making him the only player to start every game for the Fire in 2024. Cuypers leads the team with nine goals, two of which were scored in the team’s previous match at home against Philadelphia Union on July 3.

Maren Haile-Selassie starts for the 15th time this season, making his 50th appearance for Chicago since joining in 2023. Rafael Czichos starts for the fourth straight game and his 20th overall in 2024. Chris Brady starts for the 22nd time in this MLS regular season, having missed only one game due to international duty.

Kellyn Acosta starts for his 20th time in 2024 for Chicago. Wyatt Omsberg makes his third consecutive start and plays his third match of this season. Allan Arigoni starts for his 20th time this season, having started every game he has played for Chicago. Arnaud Souquet starts his fourth straight match and tenth overall of this MLS regular season.

Brian Gutiérrez starts his 19th MLS regular-season match of 2024 and plays in his overall match number110 for his hometown club. Chris Mueller makes his tenth start for Chicago in 2024 and has started a total of forty-one times overall.

Defenders Chase Gasper (leg), Andrew Gutman (leg), Carlos Terán (leg); midfielders Fabian Herbers (yellow card accumulation) and Federico Navarro (leg) are unavailable for today’s match.

Available off the bench are goalkeeper Spencer Richey; defenders Jonathan Dean, Diego Konincks, Tobias Salquist; defender/midfielder Mauricio Pineda; midfielders Javier Casas Jr., David Poreba; forwards Tom Barlow and Georgios Koutsias.

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