The Chicago Fire are back at home at Soldier Field this afternoon, hosting the first place Columbus Crew (2:30 p.m. CT, Univision & TUDN).
These two teams met a little more than three weeks ago in Columbus, with the Crew soundly defeating the Fire 3-0. After that last meeting, Fire coach Raphael Wicky said he felt the match was far closer than the score indicated. He wasn’t wrong—the score was only 1-0 Columbus through 81 minutes, when a Darlington Nagbe golazo ended up in the back of the net, doubling the Crew’s lead, and killing Chicago’s chances of a comeback.