{"id":1044700,"date":"2026-09-05T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044700\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:06:16","slug":"matchday-chicago-fire-fc-wraps-up-four-game-league-road-trip-at-toronto-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044700\/","title":{"rendered":"Matchday | Chicago Fire FC Wraps Up Four-Game League Road Trip at Toronto FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n      Match Information<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Fire FC<\/strong> (11-6-4, 37 points) <strong>at Toronto FC<\/strong> (5-7-10, 25 points)<br \/>Saturday, September 5, 2026<br \/>6:30 p.m. CT<br \/>BMO Field \u2013 Toronto<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Watch:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/channel\/mls\/tvs.sbd.7000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a><br \/>English: Mike Watts &amp; Jalil Anibaba<br \/>Spanish: Jes\u00fas Acosta<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Listen:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlsam.com\/chicago-fire-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wlsam.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofirefc.com\/fans\/radio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TUDN Chicago 106.7-HD2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>English: Max Anderson &amp; Joe Chatz<br \/>Spanish: Omar Ramos &amp; Teresa Limon<\/p>\n<p>\n      <strong>Match Preview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Fire FC wraps up a four-game league road trip in Canada, facing Toronto FC on Saturday, Sept. 5 at BMO Field.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago resumed league play on Saturday in the Pacific Northwest against Seattle Sounders FC. The hosts took a quick lead via Dejan Jovelji\u0107 in his first match with the squad. Before the half came to an end, forward Robert Lewandowski displayed his iconic hold-up play in the box before laying off to Maren Haile-Selassie, who leveled with a low shot. Jovelji\u0107 regained the lead for Seattle, but Chicago pulled even in the 82nd as Haile-Selassie played a ball up the right side for Puso Dithejane, who sent the ball to the far post. Lewandowski timed his run to head the equalizer in with half his body out of the box, giving the Fire their fifth-straight match without a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago will face a similarly hot Toronto side that also has not lost in five games. After stunning defending champions Inter Miami CF in Miami on Aug. 22, the Reds returned to Toronto last Saturday to open a three-game homestand against New York City FC. Although the visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first half, Toronto held on to equalize the match in the 70th minute thanks to leading scorer D\u00e1niel Sall\u00f3i. They now hope to avenge a 2-1 loss in their first meeting this year on May 23 at Soldier Field and end an eight-game winless streak against the Fire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All-Time Major League Soccer Record vs. TOR:<\/strong>\u00a0(14-14-14)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last Match vs. TOR:<\/strong>\u00a0May 23, 2026 (2-1 W) \u2013 Soldier Field \u2013 Chicago (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofirefc.com\/news\/match-recap-andrew-gutman-tallies-game-winning-header-in-2-1-victory-over-toronto-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Match Recap<\/a>)<br \/><strong>Last Match at TOR:<\/strong>\u00a0March 15, 2025 (2-1 W) \u2013 BMO Field \u2013 Toronto (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofirefc.com\/news\/match-recap-chicago-fire-fc-comes-back-to-earn-2-1-road-win-at-toronto-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Match Recap<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\n      <strong>Hyundai Keys to the Match:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Back to Back:<\/strong>\u00a0Robert Lewandowski showed off in Seattle, using his iconic hold-up play to assist the Fire\u2019s opening goal before making it look easy on a game-tying header. Can he make it back-to-back games with a goal contribution?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Runnin&#8217; Through the 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Anton Sal\u00e9tros has been a key cog in the midfield this season. Since recording two assists in Leagues Cup, Chicago\u2019s No. 6 has been in the middle of a five-game unbeaten streak in league play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Just Hold On&#8230;<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;re going home! The Fire wrap up their four-game league road trip in Toronto before hosting two in a row at Soldier Field next week. Three points in Canada would set the stage for a busy week on the lakefront.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Information Chicago Fire FC (11-6-4, 37 points) at Toronto FC (5-7-10, 25 points)Saturday, September 5, 20266:30 p.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1044701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,12420,5386,1818,12419,249917,50,412743,12421],"class_list":["post-1044700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-fire-fc","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-match-preview","tag-matchday-guide","tag-news","tag-seavschi-08-29-2026","tag-us-major-league-soccer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117217878547167884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}