On the 13th of August, Philadelphia Union plays host to Chicago Fire in a meeting of these two mismatched Major League Soccer teams. In their last match, 1st placed Philadelphia Union, recorded a 1-3 loss against Cincinnati FC. Brandon Vazquez scored the first goal for Cincinnati FC in the 50th minute, then Brenner added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Luciano Acosta. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Philadelphia Union should be reasonably happy with their performance, while chicago Fire is fresh off their 3-2 win against Charlotte. Yordy Reyna scored the first goal for Charlotte in the 1st minute, then Kacper Przybylko tied it up for Chicago Fire in the 21st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 52nd minute on a goal by Kacper Przybylko to cap off a wild match. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Chicago Fire should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Chicago Fire and Philadelphia Union last played eachother at the Toyota Park on the 30th of June. Chicago Fire was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Federico Navarro struck first for Chicago Fire in the 68th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Philadelphia Union couldn’t manage to score, and Chicago Fire took the shutout win.
Both Jhon Durán and Rafael Czichos have been the hottest scorers for Chicago Fire in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Philadelphia Union is fortunate enough to have Daniel Gazdag in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.