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The Chicago Fire have a bad defense, so maybe it's good for their sake that the Seattle Sounders top two scorers are out for this match. In 56% of Fire matches the opposition scores two or more goals, where the Seattle side only allows more than one goal 21% of the time. Sigi Schmid will not have his starting keeper, nor one of his starting CBs, but he will have Alonso and Marshall leading a defense that swarms the ball and maintains possession. That should be enough of an advantage for the lacking Sounders offense to steal a road point against a team that's never beat them.
Tune in at 5:30 PM on JOEtv
Referee: Allen Chapman
MLS Career: 60 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 16; pens: 27
AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Mark Kadlecik
Suspended: None
Suspended next yellow: Fire: Adailton, do Prado | SSFC: Alonso
International Absence: Fire: Jones |SSFC: Dempsey, Evans, Pappa
Disabled List: SSFC: Correa
Simple Injury Report
Fire OUT: Maloney, Larentowicz
Questionable: Adailton, Harden, Accam
Sounders OUT: Martins, Frei
Questionable: None
Keys to Game:
- Score early, score often
- Pounce on loose balls
- Steer the Shipp
- Be like water
How to Watch
Match date/time: Saturday 11 July at 5:30 PM
Venue: Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois, Midwest
Local TV: JOEtv 10/22/110 (Fletcher, Keller)
Radio: KIRO 97.3 FM (Fletcher, Keller)
Online: MLS Live
Spanish Radio: El Rey 1360 AM (Rodriguez, Maqueda)
Also on TV in Middle East & North Africa: Abu Dhabi Sports; China: LETV; Europe (excluding UK & Ireland): Eurosport; Australia: BeIN Sports (AUS); Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong & Philippines: BeIN Sports (ASIA)
How I'm watching
Kit: You Will Hear Us shirt from the Sounder at Heart store
Scarf: Enemy's Goal Is Down
Where: Home
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