Chicago Fire FC vs Houston Dynamo FC, 2024 MLS, Regular Season
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2 - 1
2 - 1
Brian Gutierrez's goal carries Fire past Dynamo
Brian Gutierrez scored his third goal of the season in the 78th minute on a finish of Xherdan Shaqiri's service to lift the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Houston Dynamo on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC).
- 1': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 2': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
- 8': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
- 9': Penalty Chicago Fire FC. Rafael Czichos draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 9': Penalty conceded by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 10': 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.
- 11': Foul by Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC).
- 11': Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Hugo Cuypers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 14': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Kellyn Acosta.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Ján Gregus (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 15': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC).
- 16': 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.
- 17': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Chris Brady.
- 17': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 17': Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
- 19': Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 22': 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.
- 24': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Foul by Chris Mueller (Chicago Fire FC).
- 27': Attempt missed. Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right following a fast break.
- 28': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC).
- 28': Sebastian Kowalczyk (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Foul by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 32': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Tobias Salquist is caught offside.
- 33': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Ján Gregus (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 35': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 35': Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Arnaud Souquet (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 39': Attempt missed. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey.
- 44': Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 44': Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': 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.
- 45'+1': Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Chicago Fire FC 1, Houston Dynamo FC 0.
- 47': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
- 48': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
- 49': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Ethan Bartlow.
- 50': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Foul by Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire FC).
- 51': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Ibrahim Aliyu is caught offside.
- 52': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 52': Foul by Maren Haile-Selassie (Chicago Fire FC).
- 53': Attempt blocked. Ibrahim Aliyu (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ethan Bartlow.
- 53': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Hugo Cuypers.
- 54': 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.
- 58': Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 58': Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Allan Arigoni.
- 60': 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.
- 61': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Ján Gregus.
- 63': Allan Arigoni (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 65': 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.
- 68': Foul by Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC).
- 68': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Rafael Czichos (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': 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.
- 69': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Jonathan Dean replaces Arnaud Souquet.
- 69': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Brian Gutiérrez replaces Chris Mueller.
- 72': 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.
- 75': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Ethan Bartlow.
- 75': 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.
- 75': 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.
- 76': 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.
- 78': 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.
- 80': Foul by Allan Arigoni (Chicago Fire FC).
- 80': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Artur (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi.
- 81': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Fabian Herbers.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross.
- 81': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Rafael Czichos.
- 82': 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.
- 83': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Federico Navarro replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
- 83': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Hugo Cuypers.
- 84': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Tate Schmitt replaces Erik Sviatchenko.
- 84': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Latif Blessing replaces Sebastian Kowalczyk.
- 87': Foul by Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC).
- 87': Georgios Koutsias (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Hand ball by Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
- 88': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Mauricio Pineda replaces Kellyn Acosta.
- 90': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Gabriel Segal replaces Artur.
- 90'+2': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Federico Navarro (Chicago Fire FC).
- 90'+2': 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.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 90'+7': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Allan Arigoni.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
- 90'+7': Ethan Bartlow (Houston Dynamo FC) is shown the yellow card.
- 0': Match ends, Chicago Fire FC 2, Houston Dynamo FC 1.
Statistics
 HOU |
CHI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 59.4 | Possession | 40.6 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 464 | Accurate Passes | 284 |
| 554 | Passes | 375 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 19 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 69 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 36 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 18 |
| 17 | Tackles | 23 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 20 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 20 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Soldier Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 18,844
Venue: Soldier Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 18,844
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LA Galaxy | 29 | +17 | 55 |
| 2 | LAFC | 27 | +14 | 48 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 28 | +9 | 47 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 28 | +14 | 47 |
Line-Ups
Chicago Fire FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 34 | Chris Brady (GK) |
| 5 | Rafael Czichos  |
| 14 | Tobias Salquist |
| 27 | Allan Arigoni |
| 2 | Arnaud Souquet |
| 10 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
| 21 | Fabian Herbers |
| 23 | Kellyn Acosta |
| 9 | Hugo Cuypers |
| 8 | Christopher Mueller |
| 7 | Maren Haile-Selassie |
Houston Dynamo FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Steve Clark (GK) |
| 28 | Erik Sviatchenko |
| 4 | Ethan Bartlow |
| 2 | Franco Escobar |
| 25 | Griffin Dorsey |
| 27 | Sebastian Kowalczyk |
| 6 | Artur |
| 21 | Jan Gregus |
| 8 | Amine Bassi |
| 18 | Ibrahim Aliyu |
| 20 | Adalberto Carrasquilla |
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