BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – When Bastian Schweinsteiger leads the MLS All-Stars out on Wednesday (8:30 pm ET | FS1, Univision, TSN, TVAS), it will be his first time captaining a team in Chicago.
Despite his stature, the German is not one of the three players who have worn the captain’s armband for the Chicago Fire thus far in the club’s resurgent 2017 season. Those duties instead have fallen to Juninho, Dax McCarty and Michael de Leeuw.
“Obviously for us it’s very important it’s not only who wears the band, it’s what you do on the field,” Fire head coach Veljko Paunovic said.