Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Chicago Fire
1 - 0 Full time
Sporting Kansas City

Toyota Park

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1
SJ25Johnson
MH5↓83'Harrington
JC16Campbell
JM66Meira
BV3Vincent
KT19Thiam
MP2Polster
AA12↓68'Alvarez
RC30Cocis
DA11Accam
MD8⚽↓89'de Leeuw
TM29Melia
SA17Abdul-Salaam
MB5Besler
NA12↓21'Coelho
JM94Medranda
BF10Feilhaber
SM93↓82'Mustivar
RE27Espinoza
CH22↓58'Hallisey
JP37Peterson
DD14Dwyer
Sporting Kansas City4-3-3

Chicago Fire FC substitutes

7 John Goossens 6.1 ↑68'
13 Rodrigo ↑83'
4 Johan Kappelhof ↑89'
6 Eric Gehrig
77 Kennedy Igboananike
28 Matt Lampson
21 Nick LaBrocca

Coach: Veljko Paunovic

Sporting Kansas City substitutes

3 Ike Opara 6.6 ↑21'
11 Brad Davis 6.3 ↑58'
21 Justin Mapp ↑82'
25 Alec Kann
9 Diego Rubio
16 Lawrence Olum
15 Seth Sinovic

Coach: Peter Vermes

Match events

19'Michael de Leeuw assist: Rezvan Cocis 1 - 0⚽
21'↑ Ike Opara ↓ Nuno André Coelho⇄
26'Khaly Thiam
29'Sonny Mustivar
Second half
58'↑ Brad Davis ↓ Connor Hallisey⇄
68'↑ John Goossens ↓ Arturo Alvarez⇄
68'Arturo Alvarez
71'Dominic Dwyer
79'Joao Meira
82'↑ Justin Mapp ↓ Sonny Mustivar⇄
83'↑ Rodrigo ↓ Michael Harrington⇄
85'Jimmy Medranda
89'↑ Johan Kappelhof ↓ Michael de Leeuw⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Thursday, 14 July 2016, 02:15 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

6Chicago Fire wins4Draws10Sporting Kansas City wins

20 past meetings on record. Biggest Chicago Fire win: Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City (2022). Biggest Sporting Kansas City win: Chicago Fire FC 0–2 Sporting Kansas City (2010).

19 Mar 2022Chicago Fire FC 3 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
12 Sep 2021Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
17 Oct 2020Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
8 Oct 2020Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
7 Jul 2019Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
10 Mar 2018Chicago Fire FC 3 - 4 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
30 Jul 2017Sporting Kansas City 3 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
3 May 2015Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
11 Oct 2014Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
6 Jul 2014Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
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18 May 2014Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
24 Aug 2013Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
7 Jul 2013Chicago Fire FC 1 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
16 Mar 2013Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
29 Sep 2012Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
30 Jun 2012Sporting Kansas City 0 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
13 May 2012Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
10 Jun 2011Sporting Kansas City 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
26 Mar 2011Chicago Fire FC 3 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
13 Oct 2010Chicago Fire FC 0 - 2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer