Sunday , 16 August 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
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

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
#4 Position #9
29 Points 23
17 Played 18
9 / 2 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 8 / 5
32 Scored 26
23 Conceded 29
+9 GD -3
1.71 PPG 1.28
53% Win % 28%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
32% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (23 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/4
31-45
1/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
6/–
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
D.C. United SC
0-15
2/1
16-30
3/2
31-45
1/5
46-60
3/4
61-75
2/2
76+
7/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
Hugo Cuypers 11 G
Philip Zinckernagel 5 G 4 A
D.C. United SC
Tai Baribo 9 G
Louis Munteanu 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Chicago Fire FC and D.C. United SC is underway.
  • 3' C.J. Sapong has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 3 minutes.
  • 8' The energy levels are beginning to show. might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 13' The travelling D.C. United SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 18' It looks surprising D.C. United SC does not make any changes. Russell Canouse has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 23' D.C. United SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 28' Erik Sorga has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 33' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 38' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 43' Julian Gressel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 46' Assisted by Alvaro Medran with the perfectly-timed delivery and Boris Sekulic makes no mistake. 2-0!
  • 51' France international Frederic Brillant has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 56' Magnificent from Jonathan Bornstein! That is 3 goals in 278 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 59' Mike Azira picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 59' Ola Kamara is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gelmin Rivas at the 59 minute mark.
  • 63' Ignacio Aliseda is replacing Przemyslaw Frankowski for the Chicago Fire FC side.
  • 68' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Chicago Fire FC and D.C. United SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 73' The home supporters are growing impatient. Chicago Fire FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 75' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Fabian Herbers departs to be replaced by Elliot Collier.
  • 80' The D.C. United SC bench stirs into life. Chris Odoi-Atsem is withdrawn and Kevin Paredes gets his opportunity.
  • 84' The D.C. United SC manager makes a substitution. Julian Gressel departs to be replaced by Griffin Yow.
  • 89' C.J. Sapong was booked on 89.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Alvaro Medran.
  • The points are shared — Chicago Fire FC 2-1 D.C. United SC. Honours even.

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
Jonathan Bornstein 2
Wayne Rooney 2
Wayne Rooney 2
Hugo Cuypers 2
Ulises Segura 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
2.12 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.02 D.C. United SC xG
I would bet for: Chicago Fire FC to win 61% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC61% Draw22% D.C. United SC17%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes56% 0% No44%
Avg goals/match: 3.14
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw
83%
Draw or D.C. United SC
39%
Chicago Fire FC or D.C. United SC
78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Chicago Fire FC44% Draw41% D.C. United SC15%
Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.2%
2 – 0
9.6%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
8.6%
3 – 1
6.7%
3 – 0
6.7%
0 – 0
5.9%
2 – 2
4.9%
1 – 2
4.6%
0 – 1
3.7%
4 – 1
3.6%
4 – 0
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push D.C. United SC covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 19% 61%
-1.5 39% — 61%
-1 39% 22% 39%
-0.5 61% — 39%
+0.5 84% — 16%
+1 84% 10% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

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