Chicago looks to extend their two-game game winning streak to three on the road against Orlando City SC at INTER&Co Stadium in Orlando, Fla. Beginning at 6:30 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).
It’s the second game of a three-game road stretch for the Men in Red, who are coming off a 4-1 win against Toronto FC at BMO Field last weekend. The Fire saw four different players contribute to the scoreline, with Maren Haile-Selassie opening the scoring in the game, Hugo Cuypers adding to his team-leading tally, and Mauricio Pineda and Allan Arigoni scoring their first goals of 2024.
Orlando is coming off a 2-2 midweek tie with Charlotte FC, with goals coming from Duncan McGuire and Facundo Torres.
- Head Coach Frank Klopas sticks to the same lineup that defeated Toronto FC at BMO Field last Saturday.
- Fabian Herbers once again dons the captain’s armband after a Team of the Matchday performance against Toronto FC, in which he patrolled the midfield and assisted on Maren Haile-Selassie’s goal.
- With his fifth straight start of 2024, Mauricio Pineda becomes the first Homegrown Player to earn 100 starts for the Chicago Fire. Pineda scored his first goal of 2024 against Toronto FC, and his seventh career goal for the Fire.
- Hugo Cuypers starts his 19th game of 2024, making him the only player to start every game for the Fire in the 2024 regular season. Cuypers leads the team with six goals and one assist.
- Chris Brady and Kellyn Acosta start for the 17th time in the 2024 MLS regular season. Brady has only missed one game this season due to international duty.
- Jonathan Dean will start his fourth straight match for the Fire, and the sixth overall in 2024.
- Allan Arigoni returns to the starting XI for the 17th straight time this season having scored his first goal for the Men in Red last weekend in Toronto.
- Carlos Terán starts his eighth straight game of the regular season and his ninth overall in 2024. With 74 appearances, Terán surpasses compatriot Wilman Conde for the most all-time appearances by a Colombian-born player in Fire history.
- Arnaud Souquet makes his sixth start of 2024 for the Men in Red.
- Brian Gutiérrez starts for the 15th time in 2024. Gutiérrez’s assist on Pineda’s goal against Toronto increased his assist tally to two in 2024, and 19 overall.
- Maren Haile-Selassie starts for the 11th time in the 2024 regular season. His goal against Toronto increased his goal-contribution record to two goals and four assists in 2024.
- Defenders Chase Gasper (leg), Andrew Gutman (leg), Tobias Salquist (leg); and midfielders Xherdan Shaqiri (national team) and Federico Navarro (leg) are unavailable for today’s match.
- Available off the bench for Coach Klopas are goalkeeper Spencer Richey; defenders Rafael Czichos and Wyatt Omsberg; midfielders Javier Casas Jr., Gastón Giménez and Chris Mueller; and forwards Tom Barlow and Georgios Koutsias.
