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Chicago Fire Soccer Club Battles Philadelphia Union to Scoreless Draw in Preseason Action

CLEARWATER, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2018) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club and the Philadelphia Union played to a scoreless draw in their preseason friendly Thursday morning at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex in Clearwater, Fla.

The Union had the first look of the day in the ninth minute when they pounced on a deflected ball in the box but it was easily corralled by Fire ‘keeper Richard Sanchez.

Sanchez again kept the Union off the board with a stop on C.J. Sapong’s shot in the 27th minute.

The Men in Red made ten changes to start the second half, with rookie midfielder Jon Bakero the lone holdover.