Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1
Columbus Crew
3 - 1
Full time
Chicago Fire
Columbus Crew Stadium
Lineups
Columbus Crew3-4-3ZS
23Steffen
23SteffenJM
4Mensah
JW
3Williams
LA
17Abubakar
HA
25↓46'Afful
A
7Artur
WT
20Trapp
20TrappWF
14Francis
KM
19⚽↓65'Manneh
OK
11⚽Kamara
JM
9⚽↓90'Meram
9⚽↓90'MeramML
28Lampson
MP
2Polster
2PolsterJK
4Kappelhof
JM
66Meira
PD
22Doody
BS
31Schweinsteiger
DM
6McCarty
6McCartyDA
11↓90'Accam
MD
8⚽de Leeuw
LS
9↓60'Solignac
NN
23Nikolic
Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1Columbus Crew substitutes
16 Hector Jimenez ↑46'
18 Christian Martinez ↑65'
12 Adam Jahn ↑90'
41 Brad Stuver
2 Jukka Raitala
8 Mohammed Abu
24 Nicolai Næss
Coach: Gregg Berhalter
Chicago Fire FC substitutes
12 Arturo Alvarez ↑60'
16 Jonathan Campbell ↑90'
26 Christian Dean
14 Djordje Mihailovic
18 Drew Conner
19 Juninho
30 Stefan Cleveland
Coach: Veljko Paunovic
Match events
13'Michael de Leeuw assist: Dax McCarty 0 - 1⚽
18'Kekuta Manneh 1 - 1⚽
26'Joao Meira
Second half
46'↑ Hector Jimenez ↓ Harrison Afful⇄
59'Justin Meram
60'↑ Arturo Alvarez ↓ Luis Solignac⇄
65'↑ Christian Martinez ↓ Kekuta Manneh⇄
67'Jonathan Mensah
73'Justin Meram assist: Waylon Francis 2 - 1⚽
73'Matt Polster
88'Ola Kamara (penalty) 3 - 1⚽
89'Matt Lampson
90'↑ Jonathan Campbell ↓ David Accam⇄
90'↑ Adam Jahn ↓ Justin Meram⇄
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Match details
| Competition | Major League Soccer |
|---|---|
| Kick-off (UTC) | Saturday, 12 August 2017, 23:40 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page |
| Status | Finished |
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
13Columbus Crew wins11Draws12Chicago Fire wins36 past meetings on record. Biggest Columbus Crew win: Columbus Crew 3–0 Chicago Fire FC (2020). Biggest Chicago Fire 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
8 Apr 2017Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
4 Mar 2017Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor 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
