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Know Your Enemy: Chicago Fire

Related Topics: Bastian Schweinsteiger

The Union will return home for the first time in a month, and the opponent is Chicago Fire, who the Union are facing for the first time in 2017. Kick-off for the match is at 7:00 p.m. ET on The Comcast Network. Get to know a little more about the Fire below.

Team: Chicago Fire
Venue: Talen Energy Stadium
Kick-off: 7:00 p.m. ET (TCN)
2017 Record: 14-9-6, 3-7-4 away, 3rd in Eastern Conference
All-time Record vs. Chicago Fire: 6-7-5
Last League Meeting: 3-0 loss at Toyota Park, September 3, 2016
Projected Starting XI (4-3-3): Matt Lampson - Brandon Vincent, Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof, Matt Polster - Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Drew Conner - Luis Solignac, Nemanja Nikolic, David Accam
Player to Watch: Bastian Schweinsteiger

Schweinsteiger joined the Fire in March after spending two years with Manchester United and 13 years with Bayern Munich before that.