On Sun Jun 19th, Chicago Fire will host DC United in a clash of these two evenly matched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Chicago Fire sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-3 loss against Toronto. Kerr struck first for Toronto in the 13th minute on a feed from Jesús Jiménez, then in the 52nd minute, Xherdan Shaqiri sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Carlos Teran , but Toronto kept scoring and walked away with the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches, while dC United is fresh off their 1-4 loss against New York Red Bulls. Luquinhas scored the first goal for New York Red Bulls in the 54th minute, then Luquinhas added another in the 58th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Mar 13th, DC United hosted Chicago Fire in their last match together. Chicago Fire won by a score of 2 to 0. Stanislav Ivanov scored the first goal for Chicago Fire in the 32nd minute, then Jonathan Rey Bornstein added another in the 80th minute In the end, DC United was frustrated by Chicago Fire’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Chicago Fire ended the match with the shutout victory.
Taxiarchis Fountas has been the most effective weapon for DC United lately. The Greek midfielder has netted three goals in his last 5 matches. Chicago Fire is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Chinonso Nnamdi and Jhon Durán each only have 1 goal in their last five.