World Football Challenge Preview: Chicago Fire - Manchester United

The Fire will try to avoid the fate of the Sounders, who were demolished 7-0 by United Wednesday night. David de Gea will debut for United. 

PROBABLE LINEUPS

Chicago Fire (4-4-2): Johnson; Anibaba, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares; Pappa, Pause, Paladini, Nyarko; Oduro, Nazarit.

INJURY REPORT

OUT: DF Steven Kinney (R Achilles repair); MF Marko Maric (L deltoid sprain); FW Gabriel Ferrari (R ankle sprain)

Manchester United (4-4-2): De Gea; Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, Rafael; Young, Carrick, Park, Nani; Rooney, Berbatov.

INJURY REPORT

None

DID YOU KNOW?

• This match will mark the Manchester United debut of 20-year-old goalkeeper David de Gea, a summer signing from Atletico Madrid.
• The Fire is 2-0-0 all-time in friendly matches against English Premier League teams. The Men in Red defeated Derby County 1-0 in 1999 at Soldier Field and downed Everton FC 2-0 in 2008 at Toyota Park.

• Manchester United scored six times after halftime, including a Wayne Rooney hat-trick, en route to a 7-0 demolition of the Sounders in Seattle on Wednesday night.

• The match will be the first time the Fire has played at Soldier Field since the 2005 MLS playoffs.

• After this match, United will have two games left on its American tour: the MLS All-Star Game, and then a match against Barcelona on July 30 at FedEx Field in Landover, MD.

• Temperatures are expected to be in the 90s during the match.