Even though Chicago leads the all-time series, Sporting KC earned a 2-0 victory over the Fire at Children’s Mercy Park last September in the only meeting between the two sides in 2021 and Sporting has won five of the last won six games of the team against the Fire. with a 5-0-1 record in match-up dates back to 2017. Manager Peter Vermes has led Sporting Road results in the club’s last two trips to Chicago with a 4-3 win in 2018 and a 2-2 draw. 2020, but Sporting is 5-18-3 all the time on the road against Chicago in the regular season including a 1-7-2 mark at Soldier Field – the team’s lowest winning percentage in any current MLS stadium in which Sporting has played. at least two regular season matches.
Sporting Kansas City defender Graham Zusi, who scored his final goal for the U.S. men’s national team at Soldier Field during the Copa America Centenario, is on top to become the club’s all-time minute leader in MLS regular season action. With 25,474 minutes played, Zusi beat Matt Besler by just 27 minutes for this distinction and his next start is the 300th. The first player in MLS history to play 14 seasons each with a club, Zusi’s 323 career regular Season appearances are fifth most in the MLS history of a player for a club and most of all active players in that category.
Zusi is one of four starters for every minute to play for Sporting KC this season – along with Tim Melia, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin and Remi Walter – as Sporting takes care of injuries with several key players. In addition to the long-term absences of Designated Players Alan Pulido and Gadi Kinda, midfielder Uri Rosell was injured in the season opener and midfielder Felipe Hernandez was forced to leave the team’s last game as Sporting vs. Colorado without MLS All-Star Daniel Salloi and starting shot Khiry Shelton due to injury.
Newcomers Marinos Tzionis and Nikola Vujnovic made their first start for Sporting last Saturday in place of Salloi and Shelton on the front line, while defenders Kortne Ford and Ben Sweat returned from long knee injuries to make their club debut as replacements in the second half. to do. Kayden Pierre also came off the bench to make his first MLS appearance at the age of 19, becoming the 14th Sporting KC Academy product to sign as a homegrown player and appear in an MLS match.
Saturday’s showdown in Windy City will be the last in a long history between Kansas City and Chicago. Above all, Kansas City defeated Chicago by 1-0 scorelines in the 2000 MLS Cup and 2004 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup finals, while also setting the fire for the 2000 Supporters’ Shield title.
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