Blackhawks winger Brendan Perlini, who is English, and a supporter for Manchester United — one of Chicago Fire midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger’s former teams — missed out on meeting the German legend at the United Center in March.
Schweinsteiger has developed a friendship this year with Blackhawks winger Dominik Kahun, who won silver in hockey for Germany at the 2018 Winter Olympics, and has attended a few home games, but Perlini wasn’t able to meet with him.
Schweinsteiger extended an offer for Perlini to attend a Fire game in a story by Scott Powers of The Athletic, and Perlini took him up on his offer last weekend at Seat Geek Stadium in Bridgeview.