The goal, when it came, was one of those moments where triage meets inspiration.
None of the Chicago players who figured in the build up to the goal appeared to be operating in the positions they’d started the game in — the run of substitutions that Veljko Paunovic was forced into, in the wake of Jorges Corrales’ red card, saw to that.
But in a game of difficult conditions, where miscommunication rather than skill looked like it would be the most likely determining factor for most of the match, the morale-boosting goal to seize a point looked like more than just a smash-and-grab.