Two clubs looking to return to form will do battle today in a friendly between the Chicago Fire and Tottenham. The match scheduled for 8 p.m. ET will be held at Toyota Park in Chicago and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN.
Tottenham return to the pitch this evening after having endured 90 minutes in Toronto during the week. Manager Mauricio Pochettino, however, will be looking for more than a 3-2 victory in Chicago this evening. He'll be after much more than that once the Premier League season kicks off as well.
"All managers want the best and want to be the best," Pochettino told The Sun (via ESPN UK). "I knew from the first day I came here that Spurs are a big club. My challenge is to win the Premier League, eventually. This is our goal, to win the title one day."
"Our target at the moment is to provide a team capable of creating our philosophy on the pitch," he added. "To develop and improve the style of football we want to play. We have an unbelievable squad with some unbelievable players. We need to work to get the players ready to start the season playing with our philosophy. This is our only target at the moment. Afterwards we will see. Tottenham are expected to play well and win. Results are important and we will target a position later. But for the moment, our aim is to get the squad playing the way we want."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Rookie standout Harrison Shipp has been one of the few bright spots in Chicago this season. The 22-year-old has six goals and five assists in 18 league appearances..
Chicago's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Reynish; Segares, Ianni, Cochrane, Palmer; Shipp, Witter, Watson, Alex; Amarikwa, Fondy
Tottenham's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): McGee; Fryers, Kaboul, Veljkovic, Naughton; Capoue, Mason, Eriksen; Falque, Soldado, Lamela
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