Thursday , 2 July 2026

Chicago Fire FC vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
2 – 1
Full Time
D.C. United SC
Sun 11 Oct 2020 · 23:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'
Mike Azira 59' Y
C.J. Sapong 89' Y
Alvaro Medran 90' Y
Bobby Shuttleworth 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Chicago Fire FC vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Soldier Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Andrew Bigelow
  • Referee C. Blanchard
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Malik Badawi
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

4
8
6
Chicago Fire FC 18 games · Avg 2.6 goals D.C. United SC
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC 2019-07-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2019-05-30 D.C. United SC 3–3 Chicago Fire FC 2018-10-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2018-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Oct D.C. United SC H 2–1 W
08 Oct Sporting Kansas City A 0–1 L
03 Oct Montreal Impact FC A 2–2 D
27 Sep Atlanta United FC H 2–0 W
23 Sep Houston Dynamo H 4–0 W
19 Sep Orlando City SC A 1–4 L
D.C. United SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Oct Chicago Fire FC A 1–2 L
08 Oct New York City FC A 1–4 L
03 Oct Atlanta United FC H 0–4 L
27 Sep New England Revolution H 0–2 L
24 Sep Nashville SC A 0–1 L
19 Sep Toronto FC H 2–2 D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC D.C. United SC
#3 Position #9
26 Points 18
14 Played 15
8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 4 / 6 / 5
27 Scored 21
16 Conceded 25
+11 GD -4
1.86 PPG 1.20
57% Win % 27%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
40% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (18 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/1
61-75
4/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
D.C. United SC
0-15
2/1
16-30
3/2
31-45
1/2
46-60
2/3
61-75
1/2
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Soldier Field. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 3' What a moment for C.J. Sapong! That strike on 3 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 8' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 13' D.C. United SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 18' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past D.C. United SC's compact .
  • 23' Kevin Paredes has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 28' It looks surprising D.C. United SC does not make any changes. Donovan Pines has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 33' Bobby Shuttleworth has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 38' Chicago Fire FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 43' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. D.C. United SC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 46' A stunning finish from Boris Sekulic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 51' D.C. United SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 56' Jonathan Bornstein makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
  • 59' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Mike Azira.
  • 59' A change in the D.C. United SC ranks — Gelmin Rivas exits the field as Ola Kamara enters on 59.
  • 63' Another substitution for Chicago Fire FC to replace Przemyslaw Frankowski by Ignacio Aliseda on 63 minute.
  • 68' It’s high time Raphaël Wicky made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 73' Chicago Fire FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 75' The crowd applauds Fabian Herbers as he leaves the pitch. Elliot Collier steps in for Chicago Fire FC.
  • 80' Another substitution for D.C. United SC to replace Chris Odoi-Atsem by Kevin Paredes on 80 minute.
  • 84' Griffin Yow is ready to make an impact after coming on for Julian Gressel at the 84 minute mark.
  • 89' C.J. Sapong picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 90' That is a Yellow card for Chicago Fire FC. Alvaro Medran will be fuming at that decision.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Chicago Fire FC players.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ola Kamara 6
Christian Benteke 4
Tom Barlow 3
Hugo Cuypers 2
Ulises Segura 2
C.J. Sapong 2
Jonathan Bornstein 2
Wayne Rooney 2

Head to Head

2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC 2019-07-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2019-05-30 D.C. United SC 3–3 Chicago Fire FC 2018-10-28 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC 2018-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-08 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-10-03 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-09-27 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2020-09-23 Chicago Fire FC 4–0 Houston Dynamo W 2020-09-19 Orlando City SC 4–1 Chicago Fire FC L

D.C. United SC Form

2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC L 2020-10-08 New York City FC 4–1 D.C. United SC L 2020-10-03 D.C. United SC 0–4 Atlanta United FC L 2020-09-27 D.C. United SC 0–2 New England Revolution L 2020-09-24 Nashville SC 1–0 D.C. United SC L 2020-09-19 D.C. United SC 2–2 Toronto FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.16 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.9 D.C. United SC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 63% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC63% Draw21% D.C. United SC16%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 3.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 36%
64%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
85%
Draw or D.C. United SC
37%
Chicago Fire FC or D.C. United SC
79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC46% Draw41% D.C. United SC13%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.8%
1 – 1
9.9%
1 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
Actual
3 – 0
7.6%
3 – 1
6.8%
0 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
4.3%
4 – 0
4.1%
1 – 2
4%
4 – 1
3.8%
0 – 1
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push D.C. United SC covers
-2.5 22% — 78%
-2 22% 20% 58%
-1.5 42% — 58%
-1 42% 23% 35%
-0.5 65% — 35%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 9% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
41% ✓
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.