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Chicago Fire vs Philadelphia Union: Gameday Primer, How To Watch, & Open Thread

Saturday, August 17th, 2019

MLS Week 24 | SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview IL

Kickoff: 6:30pm CT

Referee: Joe Dickerson

Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn, TJ Zablocki

4th Official: Dave Gantar

VAR: Younes Marrakchi

Whether this is truly a make-or-break game for the Men In Red depends, in large part, on how willing you are to have your heart broken yet again. In theory, the Fire can keep their playoff hopes alive with a win over the top ranked team in the conference. In theory, a loss won’t completely kill them off quite yet. In practice, we’re not sure if that passes the sniff test.