Seattle Sounders FC vs Chicago Fire FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Seattle Sounders FC

2 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sun 30 Jun 2024 · 02:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Mauricio Pineda

Y 56' Jonathan Dean

Jackson Ragen 77' Y

Albert Rusnak 90' Y

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Lumen Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 7 games · Avg 3.1 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2024-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2022-07-17 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC 2020-03-01 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-16 Chicago Fire FC 2–4 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–1	W
23 Jun	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
20 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	2–2	D
16 Jun	Minnesota United FC	H	2–0	W
09 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
30 May	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
22 Jun	Orlando City SC	A	2–4	L
15 Jun	Toronto FC	A	4–1	W
02 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
30 May	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
25 May	D.C. United SC	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Chicago Fire FC
#24	Position	#5
35	Points	42
26	Played	26
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
33	Scored	46
34	Conceded	38
-1	GD	+8
1.35	PPG	1.62
35%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Seattle Sounders FC gets underway.
5' Jonathan Dean, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' The 28-year-old Mauricio Pineda has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
20' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
25' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' What a strike from Maren Haile-Selassie! The score is 0-1.
35' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Chicago Fire FC backline.
39' Chicago Fire FC ring the changes. Carlos Teran has done his job and it is now time for Mauricio Pineda to step up.
42' Poor challenge from Mauricio Pineda. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
46' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Alex Roldan has done his job and it is now time for Paul Rothrock to step up.
51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
56' Poor challenge from Jonathan Dean. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
57' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Albert Rusnak makes no mistake. 1-1!
62' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
67' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
72' It’s high time Frank Klopas made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
76' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Pedro De la Vega is hanging Leo Chu on the field on 76 minute.
77' Seattle Sounders FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 77.
82' Chicago Fire FC is showing some good football. However, Chicago Fire FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
85' Chris Mueller is replacing Allan Arigoni for the Chicago Fire FC side.
87' The Chicago Fire FC manager makes a substitution. Maren Haile-Selassie departs to be replaced by Georgios Koutsias.
90' Albert Rusnak catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
2-1 the final result. Chicago Fire FC will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

5
Rafael Czichos
21
Fabian Herbers
2
Arnaud Souquet
30
Gaston Gimenez
7
Maren Haile-Selassie ↓ Georgios Koutsias 87'
17
Brian Gutierrez ↓ Kellyn Acosta 85'
4
Carlos Teran ↓ Mauricio Pineda 39'
34
Chris Brady
9
Hugo Cuypers ↓ Tom Barlow 85'
24
Jonathan Dean
27
Allan Arigoni ↓ Chris Mueller 85'

Bench

23
Kellyn Acosta ↑ 85'
16
Wyatt Omsberg
18
Spencer Richey
12
Tom Barlow ↑ 85'
22
Mauricio Pineda ↑ 39'
37
Javier Casas
19
Georgios Koutsias ↑ 87'
8
Chris Mueller ↑ 85'
25
Jeffrey Gal

Coach Frank Klopas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jordan Morris	3
Dejan Joveljic	2
Maren Haile-Selassie	2
Albert Rusnak	2
Robert Beric	2
Raul Ruidiaz	1
Rafael Czichos	1
Victor Rodriguez	1

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2024-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-06-23 Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-06-20 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2024-06-16 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Minnesota United FC W 2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D

Chicago Fire FC Form

2024-06-30 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-06-22 Orlando City SC 4–2 Chicago Fire FC L 2024-06-15 Toronto FC 1–4 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-06-02 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-05-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2024-05-25 D.C. United SC 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.71 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.46 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw25% Chicago Fire FC29%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.17

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	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

54%

Seattle Sounders FC or Chicago Fire FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC32% Draw43% Chicago Fire FC25%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.4%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.3%

2 – 0

6.1%

0 – 0

5.8%

0 – 1

5.4%

3 – 1

4.9%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 2

3.6%

1 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	20%	58%
-0.5	42%	—	58%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	17%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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