Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Columbus Crew
1 - 1 Full time
Chicago Fire FC

Columbus Crew Stadium

Lineups

Columbus Crew4-2-3-1
ZS23Steffen
HA25Afful
NN24Næss
JM4Mensah
JR2Raitala
MA8↓76'Abu
WT20Trapp
EF13⚽Finlay
FH10Higuain
JM9Meram
OK11↓70'Kamara
JR1Bava
MH5Harrington
JK4Kappelhof
JM66Meira
BV3Vincent
DM6McCarty
JG7↓90'Goossens
AA12↓74'Alvarez
MD8de Leeuw
DA11⚽Accam
NN23↓90'Nikolic
Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1

Columbus Crew substitutes

12 Adam Jahn 5.8 ↑70'
7 Artur 5.9 ↑76'
21 Alex Crognale
41 Brad Stuver
31 Connor Maloney
16 Hector Jimenez
28 Niko Hansen

Coach: Gregg Berhalter

Chicago Fire FC substitutes

9 Luis Solignac 6.7 ↑74'
10 David Arshakyan ↑90'
18 Drew Conner ↑90'
13 Brandt Bronico
16 Jonathan Campbell
28 Matt Lampson
22 Patrick Doody

Coach: Veljko Paunovic

Match events

17'Ethan Finlay assist: Justin Meram 1 - 0⚽
41'Federico Higuain
Second half
70'↑ Adam Jahn ↓ Ola Kamara⇄
73'David Accam 1 - 1⚽
74'↑ Luis Solignac ↓ Arturo Alvarez⇄
76'↑ Artur ↓ Mohammed Abu⇄
81'John Goossens
90'↑ David Arshakyan ↓ Nemanja Nikolic⇄
90'↑ Drew Conner ↓ John Goossens⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 4 March 2017, 19:05 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

14Columbus Crew wins10Draws12Chicago Fire FC wins

36 past meetings on record. Biggest Columbus Crew win: Columbus Crew 3–0 Chicago Fire FC (2020). Biggest Chicago Fire FC win: Chicago Fire FC 1–2 Columbus Crew (2023).

11 Jun 2023Chicago Fire FC 1 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
3 Sep 2022Columbus Crew 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
10 Jul 2022Chicago Fire FC 2 - 3 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
7 Nov 2021Columbus Crew 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
15 Aug 2021Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
20 Jun 2021Columbus Crew 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
12 Sep 2020Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
21 Aug 2020Columbus Crew 3 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
1 Sep 2019Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
18 Jul 2019Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
Show all 36 past meetings
24 Aug 2018Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
7 Jun 2018Columbus Crew 2 - 2 Chicago Fire FCUS Open Cup
13 May 2018Columbus Crew 3 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
8 Apr 2018Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
13 Aug 2017Columbus Crew 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
8 Apr 2017Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
14 Oct 2016Chicago Fire FC 2 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
2 Oct 2016Columbus Crew 3 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
29 Jun 2016Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 Columbus CrewUS Open Cup
19 Mar 2016Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
19 Jul 2015Columbus Crew 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
16 Jul 2015Chicago Fire FC 0 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
23 May 2015Columbus Crew 2 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
3 Aug 2014Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
26 Jun 2014Chicago Fire FC 4 - 2 Columbus CrewUS Open Cup
25 May 2014Columbus Crew 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
22 Sep 2013Columbus Crew 3 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
23 Jun 2013Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
21 Apr 2013Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
23 Sep 2012Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
24 Jun 2012Chicago Fire FC 2 - 1 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
27 May 2012Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
23 Oct 2011Chicago Fire FC 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
12 Jun 2011Columbus Crew 0 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
9 Oct 2010Chicago Fire FC 2 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
4 Jul 2010Columbus Crew 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer