MLS Regular Season Veljko Paunovic, Chicago Fire Head Coach
Chicago Fire (4-8-5, 17 points) 1:0 Sporting Kansas City (8-9-4, 28 points)
July 13, 2016 – Toyota Park
On the impact of Michael de Leeuw
“On the way over here we were just talking about how important the goal was for us but Michael also mentioned how Sean Johnson saved us. Of course I would say that Sean also deserves to be here as one of the players who had a fantastic game. But that is what we were looking for, a guy who can score goals, a guy like Michael who will keep the work rate up for the team and the commitment to our style which is to be a good team that is tough to play and that is building and waiting for opportunities to take advantage of.