Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

DC United
6 - 2 Full time
Chicago Fire FC

RFK Memorial Stadium

Lineups

DC United4-1-4-1
BH28Hamid
SF5Franklin
SB15Birnbaum
BB32Boswell
TK2Kemp
MS7↓76'Sarvas
LS8Sam
JJ25↓37'Jeffrey
LA11⚽Acosta
PN12⚽↓80'Nyarko
PM16⚽×3Mullins
SJ25Johnson
JK4Kappelhof
JC16Campbell
JM66Meira
BV3Vincent
KT19Thiam
MP2↓70'Polster
JG7↓46'Goossens
MD8⚽↓55'de Leeuw
RC30⚽Cocis
LS9Solignac
Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1

DC United substitutes

26 Rob Vincent 6.7 ↑37'
14 Nick DeLeon 7.6 ⚽↑76'
77 Kennedy Igboananike 6.1 ↑80'
20 Jalen Robinson
13 Lamar Neagle
34 Luke Mishu
48 Travis Worra

Coach: Ben Olsen

Chicago Fire FC substitutes

11 David Accam 6.6 ↑46'
10 David Arshakyan 5.1 ↑55'
26 Michael Stephens 6.0 ↑70'
12 Arturo Alvarez
15 Joey Calistri
28 Matt Lampson
5 Michael Harrington

Coach: Veljko Paunovic

Match events

19'Jared Jeffrey
25'Luciano Acosta assist: Marcelo Sarvas 1 - 0⚽
31'Michael de Leeuw 1 - 1⚽
34'Khaly Thiam
36'Johan Kappelhof
37'↑ Rob Vincent ↓ Jared Jeffrey⇄
40'Patrick Mullins assist: Patrick Nyarko 2 - 1⚽
45'Patrick Mullins assist: Luciano Acosta 3 - 1⚽
45'Rezvan Cocis assist: Michael de Leeuw 3 - 2⚽
Second half
46'↑ David Accam ↓ John Goossens⇄
47'Michael de Leeuw
51'Patrick Nyarko assist: Steven Birnbaum 4 - 2⚽
55'↑ David Arshakyan ↓ Michael de Leeuw⇄
70'↑ Michael Stephens ↓ Matt Polster⇄
74'Patrick Mullins assist: Sean Franklin 5 - 2⚽
76'↑ Nick DeLeon ↓ Marcelo Sarvas⇄
80'↑ Kennedy Igboananike ↓ Patrick Nyarko⇄
89'Nick DeLeon assist: Luciano Acosta 6 - 2⚽

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 27 August 2016, 23:05 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

8DC United wins12Draws9Chicago Fire FC wins

29 past meetings on record. Biggest DC United win: DC United 4–0 Chicago Fire FC (2015). Biggest Chicago Fire FC win: DC United 0–3 Chicago Fire FC (2013).

2 Apr 2023Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
19 Jun 2022Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
13 Mar 2022DC United 0 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
16 Sep 2021DC United 3 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2021Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
14 May 2021DC United 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
12 Oct 2020Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
28 Jul 2019Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
30 May 2019DC United 3 - 3 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
28 Oct 2018Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
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7 Oct 2018DC United 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
17 Sep 2017Chicago Fire FC 3 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
20 May 2017DC United 0 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
17 Sep 2016Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
30 Apr 2016Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
18 Oct 2015DC United 4 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
25 Jun 2015Chicago Fire FC 0 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
4 Jun 2015DC United 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
19 Oct 2014DC United 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
21 Sep 2014Chicago Fire FC 3 - 3 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
29 Mar 2014DC United 2 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
5 Oct 2013DC United 0 - 3 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
21 Jul 2013Chicago Fire FC 4 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
2 Jun 2013Chicago Fire FC 2 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
27 Oct 2012Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
23 Aug 2012DC United 4 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
16 Oct 2011DC United 1 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
19 Aug 2011Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer
16 Oct 2010Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 DC UnitedMajor League Soccer