ESPN: Chicago Fire’s opening match against Nashville SC likely to be postponed

Things aren’t looking good for the Chicago Fire’s MLS is Back opener against Nashville SC. With reports emerging that Nashville had five players test positive for COVID-19, ESPN’s Stefano Fusaro says it’s likely the July 8 match will be pushed back.

The Fire just postponed a scheduled news conference this morning, where Raphael Wicky, Francisco Calvo and Robert Berić were supposed to talk to the media ahead of the match.

The Fire are planning to hold a Drive-In watch party for the match at Soldier Field, so clearly that could be on hold, as well. We’ll let you know more as we learn it.