Week 3 features a match on Sat Mar 5th, where Chicago Fire hosts Orlando City in a meeting of these two closely matched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 9th placed Chicago Fire, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Inter Miami. Neither Inter Miami nor Chicago Fire could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 18 and 17 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Chicago Fire looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Orlando City, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Montreal Impact. Alexandre Pato scored the first goal for Orlando City in the 49th minute, then Benji Michel added another in the 59th minute In the end, Montreal Impact couldn’t muster any offence and Orlando City ran away with the shutout win. Orlando City is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Orlando City is glad to have D. Dike in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Chicago Fire’s most prolific scorer has been Robert Berić. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.