⚽️ Chicago Fire FC vs. Seattle Sounders FC
Date: Tuesday, July 14
Location: ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex - Orlando, FL.
Kickoff: 8 a.m. CT
Broadcast: ESPN
📰 Pre-Match Reading
ChicagoFireFC.com | Seattle Sounders FC Scouting Report
ChicagoFireFC.com | Fire eager to begin MLS is Back Tournament campaign vs. reigning league champion Sounders
ChicagoFireFC.com | Chicago Fire FC Joins Group B in MLS is Back Tournament
Chicago Tribune | The Chicago Fire are back. Here’s what you missed since their last game - and what to watch for in the MLS Is Back Tournament
Seattle Times | Sounders return to play with scoreless draw against Earthquakes
The Athletic | Fitness plans vs. Florida humidity: The ultimate MLS is Back clash
👀 Must-See #Content | "Road to Soldier Field: The Detour"
The latest episode of the Chicago Fire's "Road to Soldier Field" series goes behind the scenes of the team's returning to training in Chicago amid the league's COVID-19 health and safety protocols. Stick around for interviews with 2020 newcomers Gastón Giménez, Boris Sekulić, and Luka Stojanović, as they detail their adjustment to the team and look to make an immediate impact come kickoff on Tuesday morning.
🗣 Sound Off | Black Players for Change
Prior to Wednesday night's opening match of the MLS is Back Tournament between Orlando City SC and Inter Miami CF, over 100 members of the newly formed Black Players for Change organized for a joint protest ahead of kickoff. The message delivered by their eight minute and 46 second demonstration has been echoed in solidarity by the league's clubs and players throughout the opening days of the tournament.
On Tuesday, Chicago Fire captain Francisco Calvo will wear a Black Lives Matter themed armband designed by Chicago-based artist Dwight White.
🆚 #CHIvSEA All-Time
Tuesday’s match will mark the second meeting between the Fire and Sounders FC this season. Chicago previously faced Seattle in its first game of the 2020 MLS regular season on March 1, narrowly falling 2-1 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Forward Robert Berić scored his first career MLS goal to give the Fire the lead early in the second half, but Seattle managed to equalize in the 63rd minute before scoring a second goal in the third minute of second-half stoppage time.
The Fire are 2-9-4 against the Sounders dating back to 2009, Seattle's first year in MLS.
