Columbus Crew vs. Chicago Fire Live Stream Free Online: MLS Standings 2015, Projected Lineups and Tactical Preview

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Two teams in the Eastern Conference of MLS will do battle today in a match between the Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire. The first-division clash scheduled for 5 p.m. ET will be held at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN2.

What They're Saying

Columbus Crew midfielder Ethan Finlay (via MLS): "What's more important is where it puts us in the standings right now. There's a lot of teams bunched up right here and Chicago's a team that's in the lower half of the table and we need to take advantage of those teams right now."

Chicago Fire head coach Frank Yallop: "I'm frustrated as hell as well. It [ticks] me off when we don't play well, it [ticks] me off we don't have our players on the field too. You get judged on what you play like. It's not always the true picture, but I can't say anything because it's excuses."

The In-Form Player

Finlay is proving to a distribution weapon for the Crew this season. In 20 appearances, the 24-year-old has nine assists and is averaging 1.2 key passes.

Projected Lineups

Columbus Crew (4-2-3-1): Clark; Francis, Wahl, Parkhurst, Barson; Tchani, Trapp; Meram, Higuain, Finlay; Kamara

Chicago Fire (4-4-2): Johnson; Doody, Polster, Gehrig, Palmer; Shipp, Ritter, Cocis, Stephens; Igboananike, Magee

Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).

Standings

Western Conference

Rnk
TeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts

1
FC Dallas 20 10 5 5 28 24 4 35

2
LA Galaxy 22 9 7 6 36 25 11 34

3
Sporting Kansas City 18 9 6 3 28 18 10 33

4
Vancouver Whitecaps 21 10 3 8 24 21 3 33

5
Seattle Sounders 21 10 2 9 25 20 5 32

6
Portland Timbers 21 9 5 7 23 24 -1 32

7
Real Salt Lake 21 6 8 7 21 26 -5 26

8
San Jose Earthquakes 19 7 4 8 21 24 -3 25

9
Colorado Rapids 20 5 9 6 18 19 -1 24

10
Houston Dynamo 20 6 6 8 24 26 -2 24
Eastern Conference

Rnk
TeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts

DC United 22 10 6 6 23 18 5 36

2
New York Red Bulls 19 8 5 6 29 23 6 29

3
Toronto FC 18 8 3 7 28 28 0 27

4
Columbus Crew 20 7 6 7 28 29 -1 27

5
New England Revolution 22 7 6 9 27 33 -6 27

6
Orlando City SC 20 6 6 8 23 26 -3 24

7
Philadelphia Union 21 6 4 11 26 34 -8 22

8
New York City FC 20 5 6 9 24 28 -4 21

9
Impact Montreal 17 6 3 8 23 27 -4 21

10
Chicago Fire 18 5 3 10 19 25 -6 18

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