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FT Saturday, February 28, 2026
CF Montréal LWDLL 0
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Chicago Fire FC DWLLL 3
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Match Report

Bamba, Cuypers and Lod score as Fire beat Montréal 3-0

Jonathan Bamba scored in the first half, and the Chicago Fire scored twice in stoppage time to secure a 3-0 win over CF Montréal in their home opener on Saturday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
2
56.4
Possession
43.6
4
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
11
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
335
Accurate Passes
237
428
Passes
326
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
14
0.1
Cross %
0.4
58
Long Balls
58
23
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
8
20
Tackles
15
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
18
Interceptions
8
17
Effective Clearances
19
17
Clearances
19

Head to Head

CHI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

CHI · 4-3-3

  1. 1Chris BradyG
  2. 4Mbekezeli MbokaziCD-L
  3. 3Jack ElliottCD-R
  4. 24Jonathan DeanLB
  5. 2Leonardo BarrosoRB
  6. 22Mauricio PinedaCM
  7. 11Philip ZinckernagelLM
  8. 6Anton SaletrosRM
  9. 9Hugo CuypersF
  10. 19Jonathan BambaLF
  11. 7Maren Haile-SelassieRF

MTL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Thomas GillierG
  2. 24Efraín MoralesCD-L
  3. 2Jalen NealCD-R
  4. 4Brayan VeraLB
  5. 39Aleksandr GubogloRB
  6. 10Iván JaimeAM
  7. 22Victor LoturiLM
  8. 8Matthew LongstaffRM
  9. 9Prince OwusuF
  10. 17Dagur ThórhallssonAM-L
  11. 18Hennadii SynchukAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! Chicago Fire FC 1, CF Montréal 0. Jonathan Bamba (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  2. 30' Brayan Vera (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Philip Zinckernagel (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, CF Montréal. Brandan Craig replaces Jalen Neal.
  5. 53' Iván Jaime (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 56' Jonathan Dean (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the red card.
  7. 57' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Joel Waterman replaces Jonathan Bamba.
  8. 63' Substitution, CF Montréal. Dawid Bugaj replaces Aleksandr Guboglo.
  9. 63' Substitution, CF Montréal. Noah Streit replaces Brayan Vera.
  10. 72' Substitution, CF Montréal. Daniel Ríos replaces Iván Jaime.
  11. 78' Substitution, CF Montréal. Wiki Carmona replaces Matty Longstaff.
  12. 89' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Dje Tah D'Avilla replaces Mauricio Pineda.
  13. 90'+2' Thomas Gillier (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Chicago Fire FC 2, CF Montréal 0. Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  15. 90'+6' Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Robin Lod replaces Philip Zinckernagel.
  16. 90'+10' Goal! Chicago Fire FC 3, CF Montréal 0. Robin Lod (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.

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