Welcome to your match thread for tomorrow night's match-up between Orlando City (6-4-1, 19 points) and the Chicago Fire (3-6-2, 11 points) at Orlando City Stadium. It’s the first of two scheduled meetings between these Eastern Conference opponents with the return leg in Chicago set for Sept. 16.
The Fire are off to a slow start after a good 2017 season that saw the Men in Red finish third in the Eastern Conference behind the scoring prowess of Nemanja Nikoliu0107 — last year’s MLS Golden Boot winner — and star midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. It’s hard to believe the departure of David Accam alone is responsible for Chicago’s slide.