Chicago travels once again to the Buckeye State, this time taking on FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. CT, the match will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass and transmitted locally on 890 WLS-AM (English) and WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish).
Head Coach Frank Klopas looks to lead the team to its first win at TQL Stadium since the 2022 season when Chicago defeated Cincinnati 3-2 on Oct. 1.
The Fire face a Cincinnati side currently leading the Supporters’ Shield race with 48 points. Most recently, FC Cincinnati fell 3-1 at home to Charlotte FC and will be looking to retain three points on their home turf tonight against Chicago.
- Frank Klopas has made two changes to the lineup that shut out New York City FC at Soldier Field on Saturday night.
- Gastón Giménez starts for the ninth time this season and will don the captain’s armband for the third straight match in 2024.
- Fabian Herbers returns to the XI after serving a one-game suspension due to yellow card accumulation. His appearance against Cincinnati is his 100th start for the Fire, making him the first German-born player to start 100 games for the Men in Red.
- Hugo Cuypers starts his 24th 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 so far this season, including six in his last eight games.
- Maren Haile-Selassie starts for the 15th time this season, and the 51st time overall since joining the Club in 2023.
- Rafael Czichos starts for the fifth straight match, and the 21st overall in 2024.
- Chris Brady starts for the 23rd time in the 2024 MLS regular season, having missed only one game due to international duty. The Naperville native became the Fire’s all-time winningest Homegrown goalkeeper with three saves in the 2-1 victory against the LA Galaxy on June 1 and registered his third shutout of the season in the team’s previous match against NYCFC.
- Jonathan Dean starts his ninth match of 2024, returning to the lineup for the first time since facing the Philadelphia Union on July 3.
- Wyatt Omsberg makes his fourth consecutive start for the Fire in 2024, playing his fourth match of the season.
- Allan Arigoni starts for the 21st time this season. Arigoni has started every game in which he has played for the Fire.
- Arnaud Souquet starts his fifth straight match, and his 11th overall of the 2024 MLS regular season.
- Chris Mueller starts his 11th match for the Fire, and his 42nd overall for the Men in Red.
- Defenders Chase Gasper (leg), Andrew Gutman (leg), and Carlos Terán (leg); and midfielders Federico Navarro (leg) and Xherdan Shaqiri (not due to injury) are unavailable for today’s match.
- Available off the bench for Coach Klopas are goalkeeper Spencer Richey; defender Tobias Salquist; defender/midfielder Mauricio Pineda; midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Javier Casas Jr., Brian Gutiérrez and David Poreba; and forwards Tom Barlow and Georgios Koutsias.
