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New York Red Bulls vs. Chicago Fire: Live Match Thread, I'm Bored at Work Edition

Take this attendance, and cut it by 80 percent and you might get close to how many people will be at today's game.
Take this attendance, and cut it by 80 percent and you might get close to how many people will be at today's game.

Wednesday, July 18th, 1 PM EDT
Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ
Form: NY DWDLD | CHI WWDLW
Moving Picture Box Coverage: MSG+
SB Nation Fire Perspective: Hot Time in Old Town


Fire up that illegal stream completely legitimate video feed from an official, reputable source, hide this thread behind your Excel spreadsheet and open wide for some soccer. The Fire sit one point behind the Red Bulls in the East (who sit one point behind D.C. United and four points behind Sporting Kansas City), so today's matinee raises more questions than just "how badly will Dax McCarty get sunburned?" and "how embarrassingly low will attendance be?"

Lineups

Red Bulls (4-4-2): Gaudette; Barklage, Conde, Holgersson, Miller; Palsson, McCarty, Ballouchy, Lindpere; Le Toux, Henry.

Bench: Vuolo, Borrajo, Keel, Cooper, Arteaga, Ruthven, Lade

Fire (4-4-2): Johnson; Anibaba, Oduro, Segares, Monteiro; Rolfe, Pardo, Gargan, Pause; Berry, Pappa

Bench: Nolly, Barouch, Nyarko, Jumper, Bone, Robayo, Paladini