Major League Soccer announced Wednesday that the Chicago Fire are one of five teams taking part in Thursday's weight lottery for Brian "Cobi" Span.
Span is a 21-year-old midfielder who was teammates with Fire defender Hunter Jumper for two years at the University of Virginia. Span left UVa after the 2011 season and signed with Swedish Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens.
Thursday's lottery will take place at 9:00am CT with the announcement shortly after.
See below the odds for each team that elected to take part. Odds are determined in reverse order of the standings from the previous 34 games, in this case, the 2013 MLS season:
<strong>Club</strong> |
<strong>Odds</strong> |
FC Dallas |
41.1% |
Chicago Fire |
27% |
San Jose Earthquakes |
18.7% |
New England Revolution |
12.3% |
Real Salt Lake |
0.9% |