FC Dallas is back at home tonight as they square off against their old Brimstone Cup rivals, the Chicago Fire.
Both teams are coming in on opposite paths as the Fire won their Wednesday night game at home against Sporting KC, while FC Dallas was blown out on the road in Seattle.
Previews: We have tons of preview material up and ready to read before this one kicks off.
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Kevin Klinger; AR2 (opposite): Chris Strickland; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic MLS Career: 215 games; FC/gm: 24.9; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 73; pens: 76
SUSPENDED: DAL: Maynor Figueroa (through July 17)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DAL: Atiba Harris
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Maynor Figueroa, Walker Zimmerman -- CHI: Joao Meira
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (39 meetings): FC Dallas 20 wins (2 shootout), 70 goals -- Fire 15 wins (1 shootout), 61 goals -- Ties 4
AT DALLAS (18 meetings): FC Dallas 12 wins (1 shootout), 40 goals -- Fire 4 wins (0 shootout), 25 goals -- Ties 2
LAST YEAR (MLS):
8/2: CHI 2, DAL 0 (Accam 4; Maloney 85)
Coaches record: Veljko Paunovic vs.