A voice of the Phillies’ World Series and Eagles’ Super Bowl runs will call the Union-Fire game

Adrian Garcia-Márquez has gotten to know Philadelphia well in recent months.

As one of Fox Deportes’ lead play-by-play voices for baseball and the NFL playoffs, he called the Phillies’ run to the World Series in the fall, then the Eagles’ NFC championship game win and the Super Bowl in the winter.

On Saturday, he’ll add the Union to his list, calling their game at the Chicago Fire for Apple TV in Spanish (8:30 p.m., paywalled).

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“Philadelphia has a special vibe,” Garcia-Márquez told The Inquirer as he prepared to head to Chicago for the weekend. “It’s about sports, and it’s about the loyalty to those teams. As a broadcaster, when you hear this, you know that’s what they’re looking forward to that night, you turn it up a notch. Why? Because Philadelphia expects you to turn it up a notch now.”

Garcia-Márquez grew up in a Mexican American family in San Diego, joining countless members of that community in regularly crossing the border to and from Tijuana. But he’s been coming east for a while, including for the Phillies’ 2008 World Series triumph. (He noted that was the first time he ate crab fries.)

“Whatever happens in the end, win or lose, the energy’s going to be there, and, as a broadcaster, you can tap into that well,” Garcia-Márquez said. “I love that energy for Philadelphia, the ‘Fightin’ Phils’ energy. ... Us Mexicans, we’re very much like that as well — we fight for everything we have, and everything we want.“

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This game will present another roster-depth challenge for the Union as they come off the high of Wedneday’s historic tie at Mexico’s Atlas that clinched a ticket to the Concacaf Champions League semifinals. Garcia Márquez appreciates manager Jim Curtin’s willingness to sacrifice a few regular-season games to succeed on the continent’s biggest stage.

“I wouldn’t want to be Jim Curtin — but, then again, I think they expected this. I think they want this,” Garcia-Marquez said. “The vibe that you get is no excuses. They understand that to be considered a big team in Concacaf, you’ve got to do big-team types of things.”

Tony Husband and Ross Smith will have the call in English. They worked together in recent years on Nashville SC’s local TV broadcasts. Before then, Husband worked for the BBC, and Smith worked on the Portland Timbers’ local broadcasts.

Radio coverage of the game will be on 97.5 The Fanatic, with Dave Leno and Lisa Roman on the call.

» READ MORE: Julián Carranza shows again that he’s a big-time player in historic tie at Atlas

Apple and MLS are offering six games free each week this year, with each team in the league expected to average 14 free games over the season.

Five are on Saturday: Charlotte FC vs. Colorado Rapids (7:30 p.m.), Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution (7:30 p.m.), Toronto FC vs. Atlanta United (7:30 p.m.), Minnesota United vs. Orlando City (8:30 p.m.) and San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sporting Kansas City (10:30 p.m.).

The sixth is on Sunday, as MLS returns to having a national TV game at a separate time. And it’s a big one: the Los Angeles Galaxy vs. LAFC “El Tráfico” rivalry clash (4:30 p.m., Fox29, Fox Deportes).

We still don’t know when the Union’s next free game will be. MLS and Apple have set the free games through the end of April, and the Union don’t have any — though they do have a bye on the last weekend of the month.

If you have Apple TV+ but not MLS Season Pass, you can watch the “MLS 360″ live highlights show for no extra charge.

Apple is starting to test a multigame viewing option, with up to four games on a screen at the same time. Fans who participate in Apple TV’s beta testing program and have Apple TV 4K devices will get to to try it this weekend. Apple also is changing how it displays full-game replays, making them easier to find for fans.

The Union’s next game on traditional TV will be their Champions League semifinal series opener against Los Angeles FC on April 26 at Subaru Park. It will be a 9 p.m. kickoff because FS1 has a replay of a Philadelphia Stars USFL game before then.

» READ MORE: How to watch Union games in the Apple MLS Season Pass streaming package

Charlotte FC vs. Colorado Rapids, 7:30 p.m. (free): Jenn Hildreth and Lori Lindsey in English; Diego Pessolano and Walter Roque in Spanish

Columbus Crew vs. New England Revolution, 7:30 p.m. (free): Max Bretos and Brian Dunseth in English; Francisco X. Rivera and Claudio Suárez in Spanish

CF Montréal vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.: Stefano Fusaro and Greg Sutton in English; Moisés Linares and Diego Tabares in Spanish; Frédéric Lord and Vincent Destouches in French

New York City FC vs. Nashville SC, 7:30 p.m.: Kevan Egan and Kyndra de St. Aubin in English; Bruno Vain and Jaime Macías in Spanish

New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo, 7:30 p.m.: Steve Cangialosi and Danny Higginbotham in English; Juan Arango and Carlos Suárez in Spanish

Toronto FC vs. Atlanta United, 7:30 p.m. (free): Keith Costigan and Maurice Edu in English; Jose Hernandez and Pablo Mariño in Spanish; Matt Cullen and Sébastien Le Toux in French

Austin FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps, 8:30 p.m.: Adrian Healey and Cobi Jones in English; Raúl Guzmán and Sonny Guadarrama in Spanish; Jeremy Filosa and Gavino de Falco in French

Chicago Fire vs. Union, 8:30 p.m.: Tony Husband and Ross Smith in English; Adrian Garcia-Márquez and Francisco Pinto in Spanish

FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m.: Mark Rogondino and Heath Pearce in English; Jesús Acosta and Iván Kasanzew in Spanish

Minnesota United vs. Orlando City, 8:30 p.m. (free): Callum Williams and Calen Carr in English; Alejandro Figueredo and Luis Gerrardo Bucci in Spanish

St. Louis City SC vs. FC Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.: Tyler Terens and Devon Kerr in English; Jorge Perez-Navarro and Marcelo Balboa in Spanish

Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders, 10:30 p.m.: Jake Zivin and Taylor Twellman in English; Sergio Ruiz and Mariano Trujillo in Spanish

San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sporting Kansas City, 10:30 p.m. (free): Chris Wittyngham and Danielle Slaton in English; Oscar Salazar and Maximiliano Cordaro in Spanish

Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Los Angeles FC, 4:30 p.m. (free): John Strong and Stuart Holden on Fox29 in English; Jake Zivin and Taylor Twellman on Apple in English; Rodolfo Landeros, Alvaro Izquierdo and Martín Zuñíga in Spanish on Fox Deportes; Pablo Ramírez and Carlos Ruiz in Spanish on Apple