Chicago Fire Defeat Chivas USA 2-1

Earlier this morning the Fire took care of business by beating Chivas USA 2-1. Justin Mapp started the scoring in the 19th minute, off a pass from William Conde(playing center mid). Less than 10 minutes later Chicago would add to their lead. Brian McBride scores the quote, "preseason goal of the year" assisted by Patrick Nyarko.

Halftime Score: Chicago Fire 2 - Chivas USA 0

In the 70th minute, Sacha Kljestan scored on a Penalty Kick, but it wasn't enough to comeback. This is the Fire's 6th preaseason victory, including their 6-0 win a couple days ago against a local California squad. In today's game the Chicago Fire only made two substitutions.

Final Score: Chicago Fire 2 - Chivas USA 1

This was the Chicago Fire lineup with subs:

GK Nick Noble (Andrew Dykstra 59), Gonzalo Segares, Dasan Robinson, Bakary Soumare, Tim Ward, Justin Mapp, William Conde, Logan Pause, Marco Pappa (Cuauhtemoc Blanco 59), Brian McBride, Patrick Nyarko


This was the Chivas USA lineup with subs:

Dan Kennedy (Lance Parker 45), Carey Talley, Jim Curtin, Shavar Thomas, Ante Jazic (Mariano Trujillo 53), Mike Lahoud (Justin Braun 45), Diego Scotti, Paulo Nagamura, Bojan Stepanovic (Jamie Franks 82), Sacha Kljestan, Eduardo Lillingston (Maykel Galindo 60)


Scoring Summary

Chicago(19') - Justin Mapp - Assisted by William Conde
Chicago(26') - Brian McBride - Assisted by Patrick Nyarko
Chivas USA(70') - Sacha Kljestan - PK (Unassisted)