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St. Louis CITY SC will travel to face Chicago Fire FC on Saturday, August 16, at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview, Illinois. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. CT. Fans can watch the game live on MLS Season Pass via the Apple TV app or listen locally on KYKY Y98.1 FM (English) and KXOK 102.9 FM (Spanish).

The broadcast team for the English-language stream on Apple TV includes Josh Eastern as play-by-play announcer and Ricky Lopez-Espin as analyst, while Nacho Garcia and Ivan Kasanzew will handle Spanish commentary. On radio, Joey Zanaboni and Dale Schilly provide English coverage, with Santiago Beltran and Hector Vega covering the Spanish broadcast.

Supporters in St. Louis can join other fans at Helen Fitzgerald's in Sunset Hills for a CITY Street Team event featuring drink specials, giveaways, and opportunities to win autographed items. Additional official CITY on Tap locations are available for those unable to attend.

In their last match, St. Louis CITY SC secured a 3-1 win over Nashville SC, ending a two-game winless run. Defender Jaziel Orozco scored his first MLS goal in the 23rd minute. Klauss added another goal after an assist from Eduard Löwen, and Sangbin Jeong scored his first goal for the club to seal the result.

The rivalry between St. Louis CITY SC and Chicago Fire FC is still developing; this weekend marks only their third regular season meeting since St. Louis joined Major League Soccer in 2023. In their inaugural year, St. Louis lost 1-0 away to Chicago but responded with a 3-1 home victory last season behind two goals from Klauss. Against Eastern Conference teams since entering MLS, St. Louis holds a record of seven wins, seven losses, and four draws.

Three new players recently joined St. Louis during the transfer window: Sangbin Jeong and Devin Padelford arrived from Minnesota United while Fallou Fall came from Fredrikstad FK in Norway’s top division (https://www.fredrikstadfk.no/). The latest fixture against Nashville was notable as it marked Fall’s league debut and featured all three newcomers together for the first time with the club—Padelford recorded his first assist while Sangbin registered his first goal for St. Louis; Fall contributed defensively with high pass accuracy and multiple recoveries.

Chicago Fire FC currently sits ninth in Major League Soccer’s Eastern Conference standings with ten wins, nine losses, and six draws so far this season (https://www.mlssoccer.com/clubs/chicago-fire-fc/). Their home form has been inconsistent—three wins compared to four losses and five draws at Soldier Field—but they enter Saturday’s contest unbeaten in their last four matches with two clean sheets recorded over that span. Hugo Cuypers leads Chicago’s scoring charts with eighteen goals this year; Philip Zinckernagel has contributed ten goals along with twelve assists.