Chicago vs Salt Lake 2024 MLS, Regular Season
0 - 4
Real Salt Lake rout Fire behind Cristian Arango brace
Cristian Arango scored twice, leading Real Salt Lake to a 4-0 victory over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday night.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 15': Kellyn Acosta (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 24': Goal! Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 1. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandros Katranis with a cross.
- 28': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Georgios Koutsias replaces Xherdan Shaqiri because of an injury.
- 31': Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
- 33': Goal! Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 2. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 37': Goal! Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 3. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Oviedo with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 3.
- 45': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Gastón Giménez replaces Federico Navarro.
- 56': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Diego Luna replaces Andrés Gómez.
- 60': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Tom Barlow replaces Gastón Giménez because of an injury.
- 73': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Philip Quinton replaces Alexandros Katranis because of an injury.
- 74': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Nelson Palacio replaces Braian Ojeda.
- 82': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang replaces Fidel Barajas.
- 82': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Matt Crooks.
- 90'+3': Goal! Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 4. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Arango following a fast break.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 0, Real Salt Lake 4.
Game Information
Venue: Soldier Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 14,247
Statistics
 RSL |
CHI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 15 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 53.1 | Possession | 46.9 |
| 16 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 420 | Accurate Passes | 350 |
| 503 | Passes | 429 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 8 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 31 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 23 | Effective Tackles | 20 |
| 28 | Tackles | 29 |
| 0.8 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 21 | Clearances | 7 |
Chicago Fire FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 34 | Chris Brady (GK) |
| 5 | Rafael Czichos |
| 4 | Carlos Terán |
| 27 | Allan Arigoni |
| 2 | Arnaud Souquet |
| 10 | Xherdan Shaqiri |
| 31 | Federico Navarro |
| 23 | Kellyn Acosta  |
| 9 | Hugo Cuypers |
| 21 | Fabian Herbers |
| 8 | Christopher Mueller |
Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 35 | Gavin Beavers (GK) |
| 3 | Bryan Oviedo |
| 19 | Bode Hidalgo |
| 98 | Alexandros Katranis |
| 2 | Andrew Brody |
| 25 | Matt Crooks |
| 6 | Braian Ojeda |
| 14 | Emeka Eneli |
| 9 | Cristian Arango |
| 17 | Fidel Barajas |
| 11 | Andres Gomez |
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