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Sports

Scores, Analysis & Game-Changers

American Major League Soccer

Chicago Fire

2 – 1Full time

Portland Timbers

Sunday 16 August · Soldier Field · Matchday 18 · MLS table

How it unfolded

3 goals

9'Robin Lod1 – 0
14'D'Avilla Dje Tah2 – 0
85'Finn Surman2 – 1

Goals, scorers and red cards as reported by ESPN.

The ground

Soldier Field

Capacity62,500CityChicago, IllinoisOpened1924TimezoneUTC -06:00 Central Standard Time (CST)ArchitectLohan Caprile Goettsch

Top of the table

MLS · leading five

Top of the table
Team	P	GD	Pts
1Houston Dynamo	19	+4	35
1Nashville SC	19	+24	43
2Vancouver Whitecaps	17	+21	34
2Inter Miami	19	+10	38
3Los Angeles FC	20	+15	34

The two clubs

Chicago Fire

Founded1997GroundSoldier FieldCapacity20,000

Portland Timbers

Founded1975GroundProvidence ParkCapacity22,000

More on these clubs

2 from our desk

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