When: 8:30 p.m. Thursday
Where: Toyota Park; Bridgeview, Illinois
TV: Ch. 6.2 (MyTV Columbus), Time Warner Cable SportsChannel
Radio: WWCD-FM (102.5), WVKO-FM (103.1, in Spanish)
Records: Fire 6-16-9, 27 points (10th in Eastern Conference); Crew 8-12-11, 35 points (eighth in Eastern Conference)
Last game: Crew defeated Fire 3-0 on Oct. 1 in Mapfre Stadium
Series: Chicago leads 24-17-16.
Projected starters: Crew — GK Clark; D Jimenez, Parkhurst, Sauro, Afful; MF Finlay, Trapp, Tchani, Saeid, Meram; F Kamara.