GAME THREAD: Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire

Game Info

• Date: September 23, 2017
• Time: 7:00 PM ET
• Place: Talen Energy Stadium, Chester, PA
• Television: The Comcast Network - JP Dellacamera and Tommy Smyth
• Stream: MLS Live
• All-Time Record: Philadelphia Union have 6 wins, 7 losses, and 5 draws against Chicago Fire
• Know Thy Enemy: Hot Time In Old Town

Starting XI

• Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake; Fabinho, Richie Marquez, Jack Elliott, Keegan Rosenberry; Haris Medunjanin, Warren Creavalle, Alejandro Bedoya; Fafa Picault, C.J. Sapong, Chris Pontius
• Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Brandon Vincent, Joao Meira, Johan Kappelhof, Matt Polster; David Accam, Dax McCarty, Drew Conner, Arturo Alvarez; Nemanja Nikolic, Michael de Leeuw

Bench

• Philadelphia Union: John McCarthy, Oguchi Onyewu, Raymon Gaddis, Roland Alberg, Marcus Epps, Jay Simpson, Charlie Davies
• Chicago Fire: Richard Sanchez, Michael Harrington, Jonathan Campbell, Brandt Bronico, Djordje Mihailovic, Luis Solignac, David Arshakyan

Injuries

Philadelphia Union

• Out: Ken Tribbett
• Questionable: Maurice Edu, Fabian Herbers, Ilsinho, Aaron Jones, Josh Yaro

Chicago Fire

• Out: John Goossens, Jorge Bava, Daniel Johnson, Christian Dean, Patrick Doody, Juninho, Bastian Schweinsteiger

Officials

Referee: Robert Sibiga

Assistant: Adam Wienckowski

Assistant: Kevin Klinger

Fourth: Ted Unkel

Video Assistant Referee: Jonathan Weiner