The Chicago Fire and St. Louis City SC will square off on Tuesday night in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup.
Chicago has struggled this season, especially as of late. Their last win in the league came about a month ago, and they’ve only won two out of their first 10 MLS matches. The Fire are now the 2nd-worst team in the entire Eastern Conference. Frank Klopas will lead Fire after Ezra Hendrickson was sacked due to Chicago's poor start to the season.
St. Louis' experience has been extremely different, despite the fact that they are simply an expansion team. They had a fantastic start to their time in this competition, winning their first five games. Although they have since lost steam, City are still second in the Western Conference.
Fire had a Chicago derby in the previous round, as they hosted amateur side Chicago House AC. Fire entered the match as strong favourites, and they handled business with a resounding victory. Midway through the first half, Kacper Przybylko gave the hosts the lead, and goals from Kendall Burks either side of halftime gave them the victory.
St. Louis had a slightly tougher matchup since they were at home to USL League One outfit Union Omaha, but they won in even more emphatic fashion. St Louis won 5-1 thanks to a two-goal showing by Aziel Jackson.
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Chicago vs St. Louis kick-off time
| Date: | May 9, 2023 |
| Kick-off time: | 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT |
| Venue: | Soldier Field |
Chicago Fire and St Louis City face off at Soldier Field on May 9. The kickoff for the game is set for 8:00 pm Eastern Time (ET), or 5:00 pm Pacific Time (PT).
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Team news & squads
Chicago team news
Jairo Torres, Victor Bezerra and Federico Navarro will once again be unavailable for selection this weekend due to injuries. Kei Kamara is expected to start up front having claimed the number nine spot for himself.
Chicago Fire possible XI: Brady; Souquet, Burks, Czichos, M. Navarro; Pineda, Gimenez; Haile-Selassie, Shaqiri, Mueller; Kamara
| Position | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | Gal, Brady |
| Defenders | Souquet, Czichos, M. Navarro, Ornsberg, Teran, Dean, Burks, Reynolds |
| Midfielders | Haile-Selassie, Gutierrez, Herbers, Gimenez, Oregel, Casas, Pineda, A. Rodriguez |
| Forwards | Kamara, M. Rodriguez, Mueller |
St. Louis team news
St. Louis City will have Joakim Nilsson and Njabulo Blom unavailable for selection. Their top scorer so far Joao Klauss will miss the next couple of games having suffered a thigh injury.
St Louis City possible XI: Burki; Nerwinski, Parker, Hiebert, Nelson; Alm, Vassilev, Lowen, Stroud; Ostrak, Gioacchini
| Position | Players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | Burki, Lundt |
| Defenders | Parker, Pidro, Nervenski, Nelson, Watts, Yaro, Hiebert |
| Midfielders | Blom, Vassilev, Lowen, Ostrak, Stroud, Perez, Martins, Sneijder, O'Malley, Pompeu |
| Forwards | Gioacchini, Adeniran, Alm, Jackson |
Head-to-Head Record
This will be the first matchup between St Louis City and Chicago Fire.