Football
Chicago Fire vs Houston Dynamo. American MLS MLS.
1:30am, Sunday 7th April 2024.
Soldier FieldAttendance: Attendance18,844.
Match ends, Chicago Fire FC 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
Second Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Allan Arigoni.
Attempt missed. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tate Schmitt with a cross.
Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Gabriel Segal replaces Artur.
Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Mauricio Pineda replaces Kellyn Acosta.
Hand ball by Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
Foul by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC).
Georgios Koutsias (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Latif Blessing replaces Sebastian Kowalczyk.
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Tate Schmitt replaces Erik Sviatchenko.
Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Hugo Cuypers.
Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Federico Navarro replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Attempt saved. Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Rafael Czichos.
Attempt blocked. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Fabian Herbers.
Attempt blocked. Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Allan Arigoni (Chicago Fire FC).
Goal! Chicago Fire FC 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Maren Haile-Selassie.
Attempt missed. Brad Smith (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sebastian Kowalczyk following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Ethan Bartlow.
Attempt saved. Brian Gutiérrez (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hugo Cuypers.
Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Brian Gutiérrez replaces Chris Mueller.
Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Dean replaces Arnaud Souquet.
Attempt missed. Ethan Bartlow (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Franco Escobar following a set piece situation.
Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC).
Goal! Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
Allan Arigoni (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Ján Gregus.
Attempt missed. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross following a corner.
Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC).
Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Hugo Cuypers.
Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Bartlow.
Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC).
Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Ibrahim Aliyu is caught offside.
Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
Second Half begins Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
First Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a through ball.
Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey.
Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ján Gregus (Houston Dynamo FC).
Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Tobias Salquist is caught offside.
Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
Attempt missed. Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.
Foul by Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC).
Attempt saved. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
Foul by Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC).
Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Chris Brady.
Attempt saved. Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hugo Cuypers.
Attempt blocked. Ján Gregus (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Kellyn Acosta.
Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC).
Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC).
Goal! Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0. Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty Chicago Fire FC. Rafael Czichos draws a foul in the penalty area.
Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
