CHICAGO (Sept. 2, 2024) – Chicago Fire FC today announced that two players were called to represent their respective national teams during the FIFA international match window in September. Forward Georgios Koutsias travels to join the Greece U-21 National Team and winger Ariel Lassiter joins the Costa Rica National Team.
The Greece U-21 National Team was placed into Group G of UEFA Euro U-21 qualifying, along with Andorra, Belarus, Croatia, the Faroe Islands and Portugal. Currently in second place in the group with 14 points, Koutsias and Greece will travel to face the Faroe Islands at 11:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Djupumyru Stadium in Klaksvik, Faroe Islands.
Lassiter and Costa Rica will kick off the Concacaf Nations League by hosting Guadeloupe at 7:00 p.m. CT on Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Ticos will then travel to face Guatemala at 9:00 p.m. CT on Monday, Sept. 9, at the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Chicago will continue a three-game homestand against D.C. United on Saturday, Sept. 7, at SeatGeek Stadium. The match is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass, and transmitted locally in Spanish on WRTO 1200 AM and in English on 890 WLS-AM.
