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Starting XI and Roster Notes: Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United

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Atlanta United Starting XI:

Rocco RĆ­os Novo; Caleb Wiley (Marcelino Moreno ā€“ 82ā€™), Alan Franco, Juanjo Purata, George Campbell (Aiden McFadden ā€“ HT); Santiago Sosa, Matheus Rossetto (Franco Ibarra ā€“ 81ā€™); Thiago Almada, Luiz AraĆŗjo (Andrew Gutman ā€“ 75ā€™), Ronaldo Cisneros (Dom Dwyer ā€“ 82ā€™); Josef MartĆ­nez (C)

Atlanta United substitutes not used:

Raul GudiƱo, Alex De John, Amar Sejdic, Machop Chol

Chicago Fire Starting XI:

Gabriel Slolina; Boris Sekulić, Rafael Czichos (C), Miguel Navarro, Carlos Teran (Gaston Gimenez ā€“ 76ā€™); Mauricio Pineda, Federico Navarro; Jairo Torres (Fabian Herbers ā€“ 88ā€™), Chris Mueller (Brian Gutierrez ā€“ 88ā€™), Xherdan Shaqiri; Jhon DurĆ”n (Kacper Przybylko ā€“ 62ā€™)

Chicago Fire substitutes not used:

Spencer Richey, Kendall Burks, Andre Reynolds II, Javier Casas, Chinoso Offor

Yellow Cards

Jhon DurĆ”n (41ā€™), Xherdan Shaqiri (63'), Santiago Sosa (81'), Dom Dwyer (90+5ā€™)

Roster notes:

  • Andrew Gutman made his first appearance since May 21. He missed several weeks due to a quadriceps tendon injury he suffered against Nashville SC.
  • Santiago Sosa makes his first start since the match against Inter Miami CF on April 24, 2022. It was his fourth start of 2022.
  • Rocco Rios Novo secured his second clean sheet of the season.

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