Chicago Fire host Philadelphia Union in MLS Matchday 29

Chicago Fire will host Philadelphia Union on 15 October 2026 at 3:30 Damascus time, in Matchday 29 of the 2026 MLS season, with the match broadcast on Apple TV.

Chicago Fire sit third in the Eastern Conference table with 48 points from 28 matches, having won 14, drawn 6 and lost 8, scoring 51 goals and conceding 40. Philadelphia Union, meanwhile, are sixth with 42 points, after 12 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats, scoring 56 goals and conceding 45.

Chicago Fire go into the match on the back of two consecutive wins, having beaten New York City 2-1 on 10 October 2026, and Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 on 7 October 2026, and before that beat Charlotte 1-0, while losing to Nashville 0-3 and to New England Revolution 1-2.

Philadelphia Union, on the other hand, come into the game on a run of 5 consecutive wins, the latest being a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on 11 October 2026, before that a 4-2 win over Orlando City, a 4-3 win over Sporting Kansas City, a 5-0 win over San Diego, and a 5-0 win over Cincinnati.

In the most recent head-to-head meetings between the two sides, Chicago Fire beat Philadelphia Union 2-1 on 21 March 2026, while Chicago Fire lost to Philadelphia 0-3 in a match on 2 November 2025, and the two sides drew 2-2 on 27 October 2025, while Philadelphia also beat Chicago 4-0 on 24 August 2025, and Philadelphia also won 1-0 in a match held on 26 June 2025 on Chicago's ground.

Chicago Fire will be without Andre Franco, R. Lod, A. Mukhapishvili and Samuel Gard Rogers through injury, in addition to the absence of Tah Anj Innocent Davila Jr due to suspension. Philadelphia Union, meanwhile, will be without Augustine Aniello through injury.