A game more than eight months in the making lived up to expectations and then some, as the Chicago Fire and FC Bayern Munich came together Tuesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich to honor the legacy of Bastian Schweinsteiger and provide the German icon a proper sendoff in front of the FC Bayern faithful.
The first-of-its-kind friendly involving an MLS side ended with the scoreboard showing a 4-0 victory for the hosts, but the focus of the 75,000-plus spectators -- a crowd that featured many Fire fans from the U.S. and abroad -- following the match was on showing Schweinsteiger their appreciation for 13 years of memories, trophies and service to the club.