June 30th features a match where Chicago Fire hosts Philadelphia Union in a clash of the Major League Soccer. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Chicago Fire is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against DC United. Fabian Herbers struck first for Chicago Fire in the 78th minute on a feed from Przybylko, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, DC United couldn’t muster any offence and Chicago Fire ran away with the shutout win. Chicago Fire looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while philadelphia Union sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Cincinnati FC. Bedoya struck first for Philadelphia Union in the 17th minute, then in the 39th minute, Tyler Blackett sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Brandon Vazquez squeezing out at least the one point for Cincinnati FC. Philadelphia Union is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Philadelphia Union won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Philadelphia Union’s most prolific scorer has been Daniel Gazdag. The Hungarian midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Jhon Durán and Xherdan Shaqiri are the top scorers for Chicago Fire in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.