
Philadelphia Union vs Chicago Fire FC, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
· MLS2 - 2
Gazdag's late goal earns Philadelphia draw with Chicago
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Daniel Gazdag scored in the third minute of stoppage time to allow the host Philadelphia Union to complete a 2-2 draw against Chicago Fire FC on Saturday in Chester, Pa.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Delay in match because of an injury Andrew Gutman (Chicago Fire FC).
- 5': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Chase Gasper replaces Andrew Gutman because of an injury.
- 5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 6': Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 6': José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC).
- 7': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Chase Gasper (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 9': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chase Gasper.
- 18': Foul by Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union).
- 18': Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 20': Foul by Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC).
- 20': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 21': Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Foul by Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC).
- 24': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by José Martínez (Philadelphia Union).
- 25': Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Mauricio Pineda.
- 27': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 28': Attempt blocked. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Maren Haile-Selassie.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 29': Attempt missed. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maren Haile-Selassie with a cross.
- 31': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Dániel Gazdag is caught offside.
- 32': Foul by Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC).
- 32': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 34': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Mauricio Pineda.
- 35': Attempt missed. Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) header from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack McGlynn following a corner.
- 37': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Mikael Uhre is caught offside.
- 39': Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Chicago Fire FC 1. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabian Herbers.
- 41': Foul by Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 41': Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hugo Cuypers.
- 44': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Damion Lowe.
- 45': Foul by José Martínez (Philadelphia Union).
- 45': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Hand ball by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Damion Lowe.
- 45'+3': Foul by Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+3': Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Philadelphia Union 0, Chicago Fire FC 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Philadelphia Union 0, Chicago Fire FC 1.
- 46': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Dániel Gazdag is caught offside.
- 46': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 48': VAR Decision: No Goal Philadelphia Union 0-1 Chicago Fire FC.
- 49': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 51': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chase Gasper.
- 52': Attempt blocked. José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack McGlynn.
- 52': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 52': Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 53': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Hugo Cuypers is caught offside.
- 55': Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Chicago Fire FC 1. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
- 57': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
- 60': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Kai Wagner.
- 61': Attempt missed. Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 62': Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 63': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC).
- 64': Allan Arigoni (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 66': Delay in match because of an injury Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 67': Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC).
- 68': Attempt saved. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Harriel with a cross.
- 68': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Brady.
- 69': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union).
- 69': Chris Brady (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 71': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jack McGlynn.
- 72': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union).
- 73': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Kellyn Acosta replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
- 73': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Dean replaces Chase Gasper.
- 74': Attempt saved. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Gazdag.
- 74': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Brady.
- 76': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jonathan Dean.
- 78': Attempt missed. Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Maren Haile-Selassie with a cross.
- 79': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya replaces Jack McGlynn.
- 81': Foul by Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union).
- 81': Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt saved. Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brian Gutiérrez.
- 82': Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Chicago Fire FC 2. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brian Gutiérrez.
- 84': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Jonathan Dean.
- 85': Offside, Philadelphia Union. Damion Lowe is caught offside.
- 85': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 86': José Martínez (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card.
- 86': VAR Decision: No Goal Philadelphia Union 1-2 Chicago Fire FC.
- 88': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Federico Navarro replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
- 88': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Tom Barlow replaces Hugo Cuypers.
- 89': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jakob Glesnes.
- 90'+1': Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
- 90'+3': Goal! Philadelphia Union 2, Chicago Fire FC 2. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Martínez with a cross.
- 90'+5': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Rafael Czichos.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+5': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Nathan Harriel following a corner.
- 90'+5': Attempt saved. Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabian Herbers with a through ball.
- 90'+7': Attempt saved. Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Martínez.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
- 90'+9': Foul by Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
- 90'+9': Julián Carranza (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+10': Attempt saved. Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 90'+10': Corner, Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Chris Brady.
- 90'+11': Attempt blocked. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner.
- 90'+11': Second Half ends, Philadelphia Union 2, Chicago Fire FC 2.
- 0': Match ends, Philadelphia Union 2, Chicago Fire FC 2.
- 0': Match ends, Philadelphia Union 2, Chicago Fire FC 2.
Statistics
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PHI![]() |
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12 | Fouls | 13 |
2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 4 |
3 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
4 | Saves | 2 |
45.8 | Possession | 54.2 |
10 | SHOTS | 16 |
4 | ON GOAL | 6 |
0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
304 | Accurate Passes | 360 |
393 | Passes | 444 |
0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
2 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
14 | Crosses | 34 |
0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
53 | Long Balls | 62 |
17 | Accurate Long Balls | 40 |
0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
6 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
9 | Tackles | 18 |
0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
7 | Interceptions | 4 |
31 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
31 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Venue: Subaru Park
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Attendance: 18,734
MLS Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Philadelphia Union | 16 | +14 | 33 |
2 | FC Cincinnati | 16 | +2 | 30 |
3 | Nashville SC | 16 | +9 | 28 |
4 | Columbus Crew | 16 | +7 | 28 |
Line-Ups
Philadelphia Union (4-1-2-1-2)
No. | Name |
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1 | Oliver Semmle (GK) |
17 | Damion Lowe |
5 | Jakob Glesnes |
8 | José Andrés Martínez ![]() |
27 | Kai Wagner |
26 | Nathan Harriel |
10 | Dániel Gazdag |
16 | Jack McGlynn |
33 | Quinn Sullivan |
7 | Mikkel Uhre |
9 | Julián Carranza |
Chicago Fire FC (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
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34 | Chris Brady (GK) ![]() |
5 | Rafael Czichos |
22 | Mauricio Pineda ![]() |
15 | Andrew Gutman |
27 | Allan Arigoni |
10 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
21 | Fabian Herbers |
30 | Gastón Giménez |
9 | Hugo Cuypers |
17 | Brian Gutiérrez |
7 | Maren Haile-Selassie |
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