Chicago Fire hit for three goals in the first half, then attempted a fennel return by visiting Charlett FC before winning 3–2 on Saturday evening.
Philip Ginkernegel had a target and a support, and Brian Gutirez and Hugo Cupepers added their own goals, as the fire (8-7-4, 28 points) lost two matches despite seeing a 3–0 lead.
Charlotte (8–11-1, 25 points) has now lost three consecutive matches and nine out of their last 11 (2-9–0).
Chicago opened scoring through Zincarnegel in the 23rd minute, which dropped the pitch down, developed a pair of Charlotte defenders and made the ball a 1-0 to goalkeeper Christian Kahliya. This was Zincarnegel’s ninth goal of the season.
The lead increased to 2–0 in the 25th minute as a zinccarnegel, an MLS all-star selection on Wednesday, an inch-perfect pass for the facials inside the box slipped, and the United States International made no mistake to double the benefits of the fire. This was the eighth goal of the gutirez season, in which Zincarnegel’s aid gave him eight a year.
Cuypers made it 3–0 in the 33rd minute, as they focused on a mistake by Charlotten defender Edilson Malanda and brought it to his team-high total of 11 goals from behind the net.
Charlotte, however, survived in the second half. Pep Beel ended the Chicago’s shutout dialect in the 56th minute, leading to a 3–1 lead with its sixth goal of the season. A moment later, Idan Tokolomi made it 3–2 in the 59th minute.
But Chicago eventually saw cases, won only the second home match (2-3-4) of the season.
With disadvantage, Charlotte was forced into an early replacement in the 18th minute as Sillman Dowmbia closed after appearing as a perfect hamstring injury.
On Saturday, he also marked the 100th presence in all competitions for Malanda, which was the first player in Charlotte history to achieve milestones.
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