Chicago Fire vs New York City FC predicted line-ups
MLS · Sat 10 Oct
Chicago Fire4-4-2 · Home
New York City FC4-3-3 · AwayStarting XI
Predicted XI · confirmed about 60 minutes before kick-off
Chicago Fire
4-4-2Formation· Coach: G. Berhalter

New York City FC
4-3-3Formation· Coach: P. Jansen
- 49M. Freese
- 2Nico Cavallo
- 23Maxwell Murray
- 22K. O'Toole
- 35M. Ilenič
- 7N. Fernández Mercau
- 21A. O'Neill
- 6J. Sands
- 20Luighi Hanri
- 16A. Martínez
- 29S. Reid
- 12P. Dithejane
- 18J. Gómez
- 42T. D'Avilla
- 7M. Haile-Selassie
- 6A. Salétros
- 29D. Poręba
- 2Leonardo Barroso
- 22M. Pineda
- 25A. Hanche-Olsen
- 30J. Sandmeyer
- 1C. Brady
Bench
- 44J. Cohen
- 37R. Turdean
- 9R. Lewandowski
- 25J. Gal
- 2J. Waterman
- 5A. Mekvabishvili
- 47Samuel Williams
Out
- P. Zinckernagel · Lower-Body Injury
- C. Cupps · International duty
- M. Mbokazi · Lower-Body Injury
- D. D'Avilla · Yellow Cards
- A. Saletros · Lower-Body Injury
- S. Oregel · Lower-Body Injury
- R. Lod · Face Injury
- L. Barroso · Lower-Body Injury
Bench
- 30T. Romero
- 32J. Shore
- 26A. Ojeda
- 9B. Traoré
- 18G. Ranjitsingh
- 45K. Acito
- 38A. Baiera
Out
- Thiago Martins · Leg Injury
- N. Mercau · Yellow Cards
- A. Farnos · Injury
- Raul Gustavo · Leg Injury
- T. Gray · Red Card
- A. Perea · Leg Injury
- K. Trewin · Ankle Injury
- A. O'Neill · Ankle Injury
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Line-up questions
When are the official Chicago Fire vs New York City FC line-ups published?
Clubs in the MLS release the team sheet about 60 minutes before kick-off. This page refreshes every few minutes inside that window and swaps the predicted XI for the confirmed one.
How is the probable XI predicted?
We start from each side's last confirmed starting eleven, remove injured and suspended players from the fixture injury feed, and adjust for the coach's recent formation pattern and press-conference team news.
Does the line-up change the prediction?
Yes. Line-ups feed the prediction model: when a key starter is confirmed out, the win probabilities, expected goals and the projected score are regenerated.
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