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Chicago Fire Defeats CF Montreal in Hard-Fought Match in Montreal
Montreal, Quebec – In a match filled with intensity and cards, the Chicago Fire prevailed over CF Montreal at Stade Saputo. The match, part of the 24th matchday of the Major League Soccer regular season, ended with a victory for the visiting team.
H. Cuypers opened the scoring for the Chicago Fire in the 13th minute, giving his team the lead. J. Elliott extended the difference in the 54th minute, solidifying Chicago Fire’s dominance.
The match was marked by a high number of fouls and yellow cards. Referee Jon Freemon issued seven yellow cards to CF Montreal and three to the Chicago Fire. Ball possession was split, with a slight dominance by CF Montreal (51%) over the Chicago Fire (49%). However, Chicago Fire’s effectiveness in front of goal was decisive, converting two of their four shots on target. CF Montreal attempted 17 shots in total, but only 4 of them were on target. The match concluded with a result that reflects the Chicago Fire’s effectiveness.
Substitutions cf montreal: at minute 16 S. Piette came in and C. Clark went out., at minute 46 L. Petrasso came in and T. Pearce went out., at minute 46 F. Herbers came in and D. Bugaj went out., at minute 64 G. Synchuk came in and G. Vrioni went out., at minute 83 F. Alvarez came in and O. Escobar went out.
Substitutions chicago fire: at minute 42 S. Rogers came in and O. Gonzalez went out., at minute 63 A. Gutman came in and J. Dean went out., at minute 63 B. Gutierrez came in and K. Acosta went out., at minute 80 R. Kouame came in and D. D’Avilla went out., at minute 80 P. Zinckernagel came in and J. Bamba went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
CF Montreal

Chicago Fire

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