MLS

FT Saturday, June 24, 2023
Chicago Fire FC LLLWW 1
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Sporting Kansas City DWLDL 0
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Match Report

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Chicago Fire beat Sporting KC for 300th all-time win

Fabian Herbers scored early in the second half as the Chicago Fire defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Saturday night in Kansas City.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
4
34
Possession
66
12
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
287
Accurate Passes
604
351
Passes
673
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
27
0.7
Cross %
0.1
42
Long Balls
40
20
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
7
34
Effective Clearances
3
34
Clearances
3

Highlights

00:54 Fabian Herbers' goal proves decisive for Chicago Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

SKC leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 22Kendall McIntoshG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 19Robert CastellanosCD-R
  4. 14Tim LeiboldLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM
  7. 54Rémi WalterLM
  8. 26Erik ThommyRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Substitutes

  1. 4Robert VoloderSUB
  2. 21Felipe HernàndezSUB
  3. 30Stephen AfrifaSUB
  4. 11Khiry SheltonSUB
  5. 15Roger EspinozaSUB
  6. 10Gadi KindaSUB
  7. 1John PulskampSUB
  8. 82Chris RindovSUB
  9. 77Marinos TzionisSUB

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 34Chris BradyG
  2. 5Rafael CzichosCD-L
  3. 22Mauricio PinedaCD-R
  4. 3Daniel AcevesLB
  5. 2Arnaud SouquetRB
  6. 17Brian GutiérrezAM
  7. 30Gastón GiménezLM
  8. 31Federico NavarroRM
  9. 23Kei KamaraF
  10. 20Jairo TorresAM-L
  11. 21Fabian HerbersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Kendall BurksSUB
  2. 7Maren Haile-SelassieSUB
  3. 24Jonathan DeanSUB
  4. 10Xherdan ShaqiriSUB
  5. 19Georgios KoutsiasSUB
  6. 16Wyatt OmsbergSUB
  7. 18Spencer RicheySUB
  8. 11Kacper PrzybylkoSUB
  9. 4Carlos TeránSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 47' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, Chicago Fire FC 1. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 55' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Johnny Russell.
  4. 55' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gadi Kinda replaces Erik Thommy.
  5. 58' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Maren Haile-Selassie replaces Fabian Herbers.
  6. 59' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Gastón Giménez.
  7. 64' Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 70' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Dean replaces Alonso Aceves because of an injury.
  10. 70' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Carlos Terán replaces Jairo Torres.
  11. 84' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Jake Davis.
  12. 88' Khiry Shelton (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 89' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
  14. 90'+2' Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.

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