MLS

CF Montréal vs Chicago Fire FC, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
CF Montréal
  • 21': Josef Martínez
  • 74': Caden Clark
FT
2 - 0
Chicago Fire FC

    CF Montreal blank Fire 2-0, extend unbeaten streak

    CF Montreal extended their unbeaten streak to three with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by George Campbell.
    • 3': Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 3': Foul by Jonathan Dean (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 4': Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 4': Foul by Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 7': Foul by Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 7': Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Caden Clark.
    • 16': Caden Clark (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Mueller.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gastón Giménez with a through ball.
    • 21': Goal! CF Montréal 1, Chicago Fire FC 0. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nathan Saliba with a through ball.
    • 25': Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 25': Foul by Bryce Duke (CF Montréal).
    • 26': Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 26': Foul by Bryce Duke (CF Montréal).
    • 27': Hand ball by Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 29': Offside, CF Montréal. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is caught offside.
    • 31': Offside, CF Montréal. Bryce Duke is caught offside.
    • 33': Foul by Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 33': Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Josef Martínez (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Caden Clark.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Fernando Álvarez.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Dean (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian Gutiérrez.
    • 37': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Gabriele Corbo.
    • 40': Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by George Campbell (CF Montréal).
    • 40': George Campbell (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 41': Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by Bryce Duke (CF Montréal).
    • 45': Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, CF Montréal 1, Chicago Fire FC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins CF Montréal 1, Chicago Fire FC 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Maren Haile-Selassie replaces Chris Mueller.
    • 47': Foul by Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 47': Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 47': Offside, CF Montréal. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty is caught offside.
    • 48': Foul by Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal).
    • 48': Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Caden Clark (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Samuel Piette.
    • 50': Foul by Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 50': George Campbell (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Bryce Duke (CF Montréal).
    • 51': Wyatt Omsberg (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Raheem Edwards (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Fernando Álvarez.
    • 55': Attempt missed. Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
    • 55': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Federico Navarro is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt blocked. Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian Gutiérrez with a headed pass.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Caden Clark (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Bryce Duke.
    • 62': Foul by George Campbell (CF Montréal).
    • 62': Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 63': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Gabriele Corbo.
    • 63': Attempt missed. Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
    • 66': Caden Clark (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 68': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Fabian Herbers replaces Federico Navarro.
    • 69': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Giorgos Koutsias replaces Jonathan Dean.
    • 72': Foul by Giorgos Koutsias (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 72': George Campbell (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 72': Substitution, CF Montréal. Matías Cóccaro replaces Josef Martínez.
    • 72': Substitution, CF Montréal. Joel Waterman replaces George Campbell.
    • 72': Substitution, CF Montréal. Kwadwo Opoku replaces Bryce Duke.
    • 73': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Kellyn Acosta replaces Gastón Giménez.
    • 74': Goal! CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0. Caden Clark (CF Montréal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
    • 75': Caden Clark (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brian Gutiérrez.
    • 79': Foul by Tobias Salquist (Chicago Fire FC).
    • 79': Matías Cóccaro (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Justin Reynolds replaces Brian Gutiérrez.
    • 80': Foul by Fernando Álvarez (CF Montréal).
    • 80': Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Fernando Álvarez (CF Montréal).
    • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Justin Reynolds (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wyatt Omsberg with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 85': Attempt saved. Matías Cóccaro (CF Montréal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Edwards with a headed pass.
    • 87': Attempt saved. Tom Barlow (Chicago Fire FC) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Justin Reynolds with a cross.
    • 89': Substitution, CF Montréal. Dominik Yankov replaces Caden Clark.
    • 89': Substitution, CF Montréal. Tom Pearce replaces Samuel Piette.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Tom Barlow.
    • 90': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Jonathan Sirois.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Tobias Salquist (Chicago Fire FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Arnaud Souquet with a cross.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 90'+3': Ariel Lassiter (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (CF Montréal).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Fernando Álvarez.
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0.
    • 0': Match ends, CF Montréal 2, Chicago Fire FC 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 9
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    5 Corner Kicks 0
    1 Saves 3
    54.9 Possession 45.1
    12 SHOTS 10
    3 ON GOAL 3
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    535 Accurate Passes 434
    612 Passes 509
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 2
    24 Crosses 6
    0.1 Cross % 0.3
    58 Long Balls 43
    29 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    6 Blocked Shots 1
    10 Effective Tackles 12
    15 Tackles 18
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 9
    9 Effective Clearances 30
    9 Clearances 30

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Stade Saputo
    Location: Montreal, Canada
    Attendance: 19,619

    MLS Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Nashville SC 27 +34 60
    2 New England Revolution 27 +9 46
    3 Inter Miami CF 27 +14 46
    4 Charlotte FC 27 +9 43
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    MTL CF Montréal (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    40 Jonathan Sirois (GK)
    25 Gabriele Corbo
    4 Fernando Álvarez
    24 George Campbell Yellow Card
    19 Nathan Saliba
    6 Samuel Piette
    44 Raheem Edwards
    11 Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
    17 Josef Martínez
    10 Bryce Duke
    23 Caden Clark
    CF Montréal Substitutes:
    Sunusi Ibrahim, Joaquín Sosa, Sébastian Breza, Tom Pearce, Matías Cóccaro, Kwadwo Opoku, Dominik Iankov, Joel Waterman, Dawid Bugaj.

    CHI Chicago Fire FC (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    34 Chris Brady (GK)
    14 Tobias Salquist
    16 Wyatt Omsberg
    2 Arnaud Souquet
    30 Gastón Giménez
    31 Federico Navarro
    11 Ariel Lassiter
    24 Jonathan Dean
    12 Tom Barlow
    17 Brian Gutiérrez
    8 Chris Mueller
    Chicago Fire FC Substitutes:
    Maren Haile-Selassie, Javier Casas, Mauricio Pineda, Spencer Richey, Kellyn Acosta, Georgios Koutsias, Justin Reynolds, Fabian Herbers.

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