When former FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski arrived in MLS with the Chicago Fire, it looked as though he would form one of the league’s most intense attacking partnerships with Golden Boot leader Hugo Cuypers.
Yet, less than two months after making his debut, the two are instead set to meet in an awkward single-game Leagues Cup quarterfinal clash between Aug. 25–27. It’s a far cry from the publicly harmonious welcome Cuypers gave when announcing he’d swap to the No. 99 shirt to allow Lewandowski the No. 9.
