Chicago goes on the road for the first of back-to-back away matches beginning with a midweek encounter against Nashville SC at GEODIS Park tonight. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. CT, the match will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass and transmitted locally on wlsam.com (English) and WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish).
The previous encounter between the two foes resulted in a 2-1 Fire win on July 8, 2023, at Soldier Field, which was the first victory in Club history against Nashville. Wednesday’s match is the sixth all-time meeting between the two teams since they first met in 2020.
With five matches remaining in Chicago’s 2024 regular season, tonight’s contest is an important Eastern Conference matchup for both teams as they battle for one of the remaining playoff spots.
- Frank Klopas has made three changes to the lineup that faced the New York Red Bulls on Sept. 14.
- Gastón Giménez makes his 15th straight regular season start, and 101st career start for the Men in Red. He wears the captain’s armband for the 11th straight match.
- Chris Brady starts for the 29th time in the 2024 MLS regular season. With a save against the Red Bulls on Saturday night, he notched his 95th save of the season and surpassed his previous single-season save record (94).
- Tom Barlow makes his fourth start of the 2024 MLS regular season after scoring his first goal of the year in the Club’s match against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
- Georgios Koutsias makes his third start of the 2024 MLS regular season. Koutsias scored the game-winning goal against the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night, increasing his tally to four goals in the last five Fire matches across all competitions for the young Greek.
- Maren Haile-Selassie starts for the 14th regular season match and the 16th straight match in all competitions for the Fire.
- Arnaud Souquet starts his 13th straight match, and 18th match overall across all competitions for the Fire in 2024.
- Ariel Lassiter makes his second straight start for the Fire since joining the Club in August. Lassiter started against the New York Red Bulls after returning from the Concacaf Nations Cup in which he participated with Costa Rica.
- Fabian Herbers makes his second-straight start for the Fire, and his 22nd start of 2024. The German stalwart is taking the field from the outset for the 103rd time for the Men in Red, playing in his 202nd overall MLS match.
- Tobias Salquist makes his eighth start of the regular season for the Fire, returning to the XI for the first time since Aug. 31 against Inter Miami.
- Wyatt Omsberg starts for a second straight match after having spelled Rafael Czichos in the starting lineup against the New York Red Bulls when Czichos sustained an injury in warmups. Omsberg starts for the eighth time this regular season.
- Acosta starts for the 24th time for the Fire in the 2024 regular season.
- Defenders Rafael Czichos (leg), Chase Gasper (leg), Andrew Gutman (leg) and Carlos Terán (leg) are unavailable for today’s match. Forward Hugo Cuypers is also unavailable for today’s match due to an excused absence. Cuypers and his wife Pauline recently welcomed a new addition to their family with the birth of their son.
- Available off the bench for Coach Klopas are goalkeeper Spencer Richey, defenders Allan Arigoni, Jonathan Dean and Justin Reynolds; defender/midfielder Mauricio Pineda; and midfielders Javier Casas Jr., Brian Gutiérrez, Federico Navarro and Chris Mueller.
