Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Chicago Fire FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Soldier Field.
- Chicago Fire FC 10 games · 17 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 11 games · 15 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joe Dickerson
- Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
- Assistant 2 Logan Brown
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L 26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W 18 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–3 D 12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W 21 Mar Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W 25 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W 22 Apr New York City FC A 4–4 D 18 Apr Chicago Fire FC H 3–3 D 11 Apr Toronto FC A 1–1 D 04 Apr New York Red Bulls A 2–4 L Season Stats
Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati #4 Position #6 17 Points 15 10 Played 11 5 / 2 / 3 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 4 19 Scored 22 11 Conceded 25 +8 GD -3 1.70 PPG 1.36 50% Win % 36% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonChicago Fire FC are 4th (17 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (15 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and FC Cincinnati.
- 5' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' 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.
- 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 16' What a strike from Hugo Cuypers! The score is 1-0.
- 21' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Chicago Fire FC that had 254 games and scored 375 goals.
- 24' What an equalizer from Evander!
- 28' GOAL! Hugo Cuypers scores on 28.
- 31' Goal! Evander scores his 49 goal in 282 matches.
- 36' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 36.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 46' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 56' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- 61' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 66' Chicago Fire FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 68' Kevin Denkey is having his name booked by the referee on 68.
- 73' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jonathan Dean, as he is very good at scoring at Soldier Field with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
- 78' 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.
- 83' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kenji Mboma made 224 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 88' Bryan Ramirez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 11 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- With this win, FC Cincinnati is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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Chicago Fire FC
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 17
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- 11
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- 24
- 42
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Bench- 19
- 44
- 16
- 22
- 35
- 27
- 20
- 12
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Coach Gregg BerhalterFC Cincinnati
3-4-1-2Starting XI- 10
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- 9
- 24
- 27
- 18
- 22
- 17
- 11
- 29
- 88
Bench- 21
- 13
- 4
- 16
- 37
- 99
- 3
- 66
- 55
Coach Pat Noonan -
Head to Head
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