Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Chicago Fire
1 - 0 Full time
San Jose Earthquakes

Toyota Park

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC4-3-3
SJ25Johnson
R13↓79'Rodrigo
JK4Kappelhof
JC16Campbell
BV3Vincent
MS26Stephens
JM66Meira
KT19↓73'Thiam
JG7⚽↓79'Goossens
KI77Igboananike
DA11Accam
DB1Bingham
KS2↓76'Sarkodie
MW4Wynne
FA27Alashe
SF20Francis
AQ91↓70'Quintero
AG30Godoy
SD49Dawkins
MP10↓64'Garcia
CW8Wondolowski
QA25Amarikwa
San Jose Earthquakes4-4-2

Chicago Fire FC substitutes

30 Rezvan Cocis 6.1 ↑73'
5 Michael Harrington 6.3 ↑79'
21 Nick LaBrocca 6.1 ↑79'
12 Arturo Alvarez
6 Eric Gehrig
15 Joey Calistri
28 Matt Lampson

Coach: Veljko Paunovic

San Jose Earthquakes substitutes

6 Shea Salinas 5.8 ↑64'
7 Cordell Cato 6.5 ↑70'
19 Chad Barrett 5.7 ↑76'
28 Andrew Tarbell
11 Innocent Emeghara
38 Matheus Silva
22 Tommy Thompson

Coach: Dominic Kinnear

Match events

10'Simon Dawkins
Second half
49'Shaun Francis
53'Michael Stephens
58'John Goossens 1 - 0⚽
64'↑ Shea Salinas ↓ Matias Pérez Garcia⇄
66'Fatai Alashe
70'↑ Cordell Cato ↓ Alberto Quintero⇄
73'↑ Rezvan Cocis ↓ Khaly Thiam⇄
76'↑ Chad Barrett ↓ Kofi Sarkodie⇄
79'↑ Michael Harrington ↓ Rodrigo⇄
79'↑ Nick LaBrocca ↓ John Goossens⇄
90'Nick LaBrocca

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 2 July 2016, 00:05 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

4Chicago Fire wins2Draws6San Jose Earthquakes wins

12 past meetings on record. Biggest Chicago Fire win: San Jose Earthquakes 5–1 Chicago Fire FC (2014). Biggest San Jose Earthquakes win: San Jose Earthquakes 1–4 Chicago Fire FC (2017).

4 Jul 2022San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
20 Jul 2020Chicago Fire FC 0 - 2 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer Grp. B
18 May 2019San Jose Earthquakes 4 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
3 Jun 2018Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
28 Sep 2017San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 4 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
22 Mar 2015San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
24 Jul 2014San Jose Earthquakes 5 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
4 Jul 2013Chicago Fire FC 3 - 2 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
29 Jul 2012San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
11 Sep 2011San Jose Earthquakes 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
Show all 12 past meetings
29 May 2011Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 San Jose EarthquakesMajor League Soccer
30 Sep 2010San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 3 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer