The Chicago Fire are set to spend a sunny Saturday afternoon on the pitch in Bradenton, Fla., resuming their slate of 2018 preseason friendlies with a contest against Florida Gulf Coast University (3:30 p.m. CT | STREAM) at the IMG Academy.
With March 10th's regular season opener against Sporting Kansas City getting nearer by the day, here's what you need to know ahead of Saturday's next opportunity to do some fine-tuning:
Scouting FGCU:
Coming off of an 8-6-3 season, the FGCU Eagles saw their 2017 campaign come to an end in the semifinals of the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament after falling 2-1 to Lipscomb.