CHICAGO (Jan. 4, 2018) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club unveiled its 2018 regular season schedule in conjunction with Major League Soccer on Thursday. The Fire begin regular season play when they host Opening Day at Toyota Park by welcoming Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, March 10 at 5 p.m. CT.

The Fire’s original season opener on the road against the Colorado Rapids has been rescheduled to June 13 to accommodate the Rapids’ involvement in the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.

The full season slate can be found at Chicago-Fire.com/schedule and downloaded to mobile devices and calendars by clicking here.

During the 2018 MLS regular season, each club will play 34 games, including 17 home games and 17 away games. Teams will face each of their respective conference opponents (10 teams in the East, 11 teams in the West) twice during the season with one game at home and one game away. Western Conference teams will play one additional intra-conference game and Eastern Conference teams will play two. All teams will face each non-conference opponent once.

The national broadcast lineup includes seven matches. The Fire are slated to appear on Univision Deportes four times in addition to one game each on UniMas, Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. The club’s local television schedule will be announced at a later date.

In Eastern Conference action, the Fire face Columbus Crew SC and Toronto FC three times, hosting Columbus twice while traveling two times to Toronto. The Fire will take on the reigning MLS Cup champions in consecutive weeks, hosting Toronto on Saturday, July 21 before traveling to BMO Field on Saturday, July 28. Chicago will also play home-and-away sets against Atlanta United, D.C. United, Montreal Impact, New England Revolution, New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, Orlando City SC and the Philadelphia Union.

The Fire’s Western Conference lineup will see the Men in Red hosting the Houston Dynamo, LA Galaxy, Los Angeles FC, Sporting KC, Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes. Chicago will travel to face the Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Minnesota United, Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Chicago Fire group ticket options will be available on Wednesday, Jan. 10 by emailing tickets@chicago-fire.com. The single game ticket presale begins on Wednesday, Jan. 17 via Ticketmaster. Single game tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, Jan. 19 and will be available by calling 888-MLS-Fire or visiting Chicago-Fire.com/tickets.

Fans looking to secure tickets before then can take advantage of the club’s Opening Day Holiday Pack offer, one of three 2018 Mini-Plans, or securing a 2018 season ticket package.

Additionally, current season ticket holders can begin making exchanges on Wednesday, Jan. 10. Match selection for Mini-Plan Holders will begin on Friday, Jan. 12.

Chicago Fire 2018 Regular Season Schedule: