The Bayern Tribute Match.
Schweinsteiger and the rest of his Chicago Fire teammates have traveled to Munich ahead of his Bayern Munich tribute match on Tuesday; the German legend will play 45 minutes with the Fire and 45 minutes with Bayern, pulling on the Bavarian clubs famous shirt in a match for the first time since 2015, when he made the last of his 500 appearances for the club.
Chicago head coach Veljko Paunovic is honored to be a part of Schweinsteigers big day and feels a burden of responsibility for his side to represent themselves, and Schweinsteiger, well against the German champions.
I think thats something that tells a lot and that propels a kind of responsibility for us to be very competitive and represent our club, represent Basti and represent ourselves in the best possible way.
Basti represents all of the values that our club has always had, has now and will have in the future, Paunovic said.
Schweinsteiger, a Bayern youth product, played for the Bavarian giants for 13 years and helped the club win the UEFA Champions League in 2013, the same year in which he earned Bundesliga Player of the Year honors.