Chicago Fire prevails over Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

VANCOUVER. Chicago Fire prevails over Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1.

By
Luke Meyer
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Chicago Fire prevails over Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. HIGHLIGHTS

VANCOUVER. Chicago Fire beats Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. Chicago Fire was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the BC Place Stadium stadium in Vancouver on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Joe Dickerson with the support of Chantal Boudreau and Jeffrey Swartzel. The 4th official was Alain Ruch. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.4 degrees Celsius or 66.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Vancouver Whitecaps

1 - 3

Team 1

Chicago Fire

  • ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
  • 8 Total 16
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 12
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 82 Attack 103
  • 35 Dangerous attack 47
  • 82 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 4
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 13 Total 9
  • 2 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Chicago Fire had a superior ball possession 61% while Vancouver Whitecaps was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Chicago Fire was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Chicago Fire won the match.​

Vancouver Whitecaps shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Chicago Fire shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Vancouver Whitecaps received 1 yellow card (F. Jungwirth). On the other side, Chicago Fire received 1 yellow card (X. Shaqiri).

Match Timeline

13'
Xherdan Shaqiri(goal)F. Navarro
Ryan Gauld - sub ->J. Gressel
46'
Russell Teibert- sub ->A. Cubas
46'
Tristan Blackmon- sub ->J. Brown
46'
54'
60'
65'
Xherdan Shaqiri- Yellow
Brian White- sub ->L. Cavallini
67'
R. Raposo- sub ->M. Godinho
73'
76'
Rafael Czichos(goal)C. Mueller
82'
84'
Fabian Herbers- sub ->M. Pineda
90'
Chris Mueller(goal)X. Shaqiri
90'
90'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Philadelphia Union
67
34
CF Montréal
65
34
New York City
55
34
New York RB
53
34
Cincinnati
49
34
Inter Miami
48
34
Orlando City
48
34
Columbus Crew
46
34
New England
42
34
Charlotte
42
34
Atlanta United
40
34
Chicago Fire
39
34
Toronto
34
34
DC United
27
34

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Los Angeles FC
67
34
Austin
56
34
Dallas
53
34
Nashville SC
50
34
LA Galaxy
50
34
Minnesota United
48
34
Real Salt Lake
47
34
Portland Timbers
46
34
Colorado Rapids
43
34
Vancouver Whitecaps
43
34
Seattle Sounders
41
34
Sporting KC
40
34
Houston Dynamo
36
34
SJ Earthquakes
35
34

After this match, Vancouver Whitecaps will stay with 26 points to sit in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Chicago Fire will have 26 points like New England and Charlotte to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Vancouver Whitecaps will play away against Minnesota United on the 9th of October with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Minnesota United (3 draws).

Chicago Fire will host New England on the 8th of October with a 23-18 head to head stats in favor of Chicago Fire (13 draws).

Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation

Vancouver Whitecaps
G
I. Boehmer 60.Canada
5.8
D
F. Jungwirth 26.Germany
5.8
82'
D
J. Brown 23.Jamaica
6.3
46'
D
J. Nerwinski 28.United States
6.1
M
Julian Gressel 19.Germany
6.5
46'
M
M. Godinho 2.Canada
6.6
73'
M
A. Cubas 20.Paraguay
7.0
46'
M
Leonard Owusu 17.Ghana
6.4
F
Lucas Cavallini 9.Canada
7.2
67' Goals54'
F
Cristian Dájome 11.Colombia
6.8
F
P. Vite 45.Ecuador
6.7
Substitutes
G
C. Cropper 55.USA
D
Ranko Veselinovic 4.Serbia
D
Tristan Blackmon 6.United States
6.6
46'
M
R. Raposo 27.Canada
6.3
73'
M
Russell Teibert 31.Canada
6.4
46'
M
Ryan Gauld  25.Scotland
6.9
46'
M
Caio Alexandre 8.Brazil
F
T. Ricketts 87.Canada
F
Brian White 24.United States
6.8
67'

Vancouver Whitecaps started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Vanni Sartini decided to play with the following team: .

Vancouver Whitecaps could not rely on the presence of R. Raposo (injured).

Substitutions

Vancouver Whitecaps made 5 changes: J. Gressel for R. Gauld (46′), A. Cubas for R. Teibert (46′), J. Brown for T. Blackmon (46′), L. Cavallini for B. White (67′) and M. Godinho for R. Raposo (73′).

Chicago Fire – Formation

Chicago Fire
G
G. Słonina 1.United States
6.8
D
Rafael Czichos 5.Germany
7.8
Goals76'
D
Boris Sekulic 2.Slovakia
6.4
D
M. Navarro 6.Venezuela
7.4
D
C. Terán 23.Colombia
6.9
M
Mauricio Pineda 22.United States
7.1
84'
M
Xherdan Shaqiri 10.Switzerland
8.7
65' Goals13'
M
Chris Mueller 8.United States
8.1
90' Goals90'
M
Brian Gutierrez 40.United States
6.6
60'
M
F. Navarro 31.Argentina
7.4
F
Jhon Durán 26.Colombia
7.1
90'
Substitutes
G
S. Richey 18.United States
D
A. Reynolds 36.USA
D
J. Bornstein 3.USA
90'
M
Jairo Torres 7.Mexico
6.6
60'
M
J. Casas 37.United States
F
Missael Rodriguez 32.United States
F
Victor Bezerra 33.United States
F
Chinonso Offor 9.Nigeria
90'
F
Fabian Herbers 21.Germany
6.8
84'

Chicago Fire started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ezra Hendrickson played with: .

Chicago Fire could not rely on the presence of J. M. Torres Ramirez I. (injured) and F. Herbers (injured).

Substitutions

Chicago Fire made 4 changes: B. Gutierrez for J. M. Torres Ramirez I. (60′), M. Pineda for F. Herbers (84′), J. Duran for C. Offor (90′) and C. Mueller for J. Bornstein (90′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​