Tonight is Pride night at Soldier Field when the Chicago Fire takes on the Philidelphia Union at 7 PM, and the result is almost irrelevant. The game itself is probably going to be a sloppy affair full of mistakes because it’s a midweek game where the teams have 72 and 48 hours of recovery after games in truly grueling conditions.
But Pride night isn’t really about the game on the field. It’s about giving space to and recognizing the love and humanity in others regardless of who they love. . It’s about celebrating the human condition and letting people different than ourselves know that they are as valid and loved just as any other person deserves to be.