White and the Vancouver Whitecaps visit the Chicago Fire
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1:03 AM on Wednesday, July 15
By The Associated Press
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (10-2-2, second in the Western Conference) vs. Chicago Fire (8-4-2, second in the Eastern Conference)
Chicago; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Vancouver +127, Chicago +174, Draw +274; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Brian White leads the Vancouver Whitecaps into a matchup with the Chicago Fire fresh off of a two-goal showing against San Diego FC.
The Fire are 5-3-0 in home games. The Fire have a 17-0-1 record in games they record more than two goals.
The Whitecaps are 3-1-2 in road games. The Whitecaps are third in the league with 34 goals led by Thomas Muller with four.
Thursday's game is the first time these teams meet this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Hugo Cuypers has scored 11 goals for the Fire. Philip Zinckernagel has five goals and seven assists over the last 10 games.
Muller has four goals and two assists for the Whitecaps. White has scored five goals over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Fire: 24-3-3, averaging 6.6 goals, 15.6 shots on goal and 12.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.6 goals per game.
Whitecaps: 20-4-6, averaging 6.0 goals, 20.1 shots on goal and 16.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Fire: Leonardo Barroso (injured), Sergio Oregel (injured), Andre Franco (injured), Jonathan Bamba (injured), Anton Jonsson Saletros (injured).
Whitecaps: Belal Halbouni (injured), Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly (injured), Emmanuel Sabbi (injured), Sam Adekugbe (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
