The Seattle Sounders will be looking for their first league win in more than 100 days when they host the Chicago Fire at 1:30 PM PT today. The Sounders are coming off a tie against FC Cincinnati last Saturday, their first point in league play since beating the San Jose Earthquakes on May 13.

The Fire come into the match in considerably better form, having gone 6–1–1 in their last eight matches across all competitions. That one loss was on Tuesday, when they fell to CF Monterrey in the Leagues Cup quarterfinals.

Today is expected to be Dejan Joveljić's debut with the Sounders. The striker was acquired from Sporting KC for a fee of $6 million earlier this week.

Notes

The Fire have never won a game in Seattle, going winless in nine visits to Lumen Field across all competitions.
This is expected to be Robert Lewandowski's first-ever appearance in Seattle. The Polish striker has played 10 games for the Fire.
Brian Schmetzer is sitting on 148 career wins in MLS. He is trying to become just the ninth coach in MLS history to reach 150 career wins.

Absences: Injury, international duty and suspension

Sounders

OUT: Pedro de la Vega — Quad; Jesús Ferreira — Hamstring; Yeimar Gómez Andrade — Calf; Peter Kingston — Suspended; Nikola Petković — Knee; Jackson Ragen — Knee

QUESTIONABLE: Paul Arriola — Calf