{"id":807714,"date":"2026-07-17T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807714\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:24:23","slug":"chicago-fire-vs-vancouver-whitecaps-rescheduled-due-to-air-quality-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/807714\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps rescheduled due to air quality conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/chicago-fire-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Fire FC<\/a> have rescheduled Thursday&#8217;s match with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/vancouver-whitecaps-fc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Whitecaps FC<\/a> at Soldier Field for Tuesday, Oct. 6, due to poor air quality conditions in the Chicago area resulting from wildfire smoke.<\/p>\n<p>The club is also rescheduling the post-match concert featuring the electronic music duo Two Friends, with more details to come.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to reschedule the match was reached in close consultation with local health experts, MLS, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and the City of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We share our fans&#8217; disappointment, especially given the excitement surrounding our first match back following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/fifa-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> break and the anticipation of welcoming more than 40,000 fans to Soldier Field,&#8221; said Chicago president of business operations Dave Baldwin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a marquee matchup against Vancouver, the anticipated home debut of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/robert-lewandowski\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Lewandowski<\/a>, and the Two Friends post-match concert, tonight was expected to be a special evening at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we know this decision is disappointing, health and safety must come first. We appreciate our fans\u2019 understanding and look forward to welcoming them back soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets purchased for the originally scheduled match will remain valid for the rescheduled date. Additional ticketing information will be communicated directly to ticket holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire FC have rescheduled Thursday&#8217;s match with Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Soldier Field for Tuesday, Oct. 6,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,16532,283652,95469,24855,82,16534],"class_list":["post-807714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-fire-fc","tag-chivsvan-07-16-2026","tag-league-club-news","tag-sendtonews","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-whitecaps-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}