The old outdoor version of the Chicago Sting, who played in the now-defunct NASL, played a number of their games at Wrigley Field in the late 1970s.
↵Outdoor soccer may return to Wrigley if a proposed game for the MLS Chicago Fire can come to reality:
↵↵↵According to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Fire and Cubs are kicking around the possibility of having Chicago’s MLS club play Mexico’s Club America in a friendly at the Friendly Confines.
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Sounds like fun (ha, ha, I get it: “kicking around”). I have always liked the soccer term “friendly” for what is essentially an exhibition game. Maybe baseball can borrow that term for spring training games.