BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (April 1, 2017) – Bastian Schweinsteiger didn’t wait long to leave his mark in MLS, scoring in the 17th minute as the Chicago Fire drew with the Montreal Impact 2-2 on Saturday at Toyota Park.
Schweinsteiger became the ninth Fire player to score on his debut. Montreal tallied twice after that initial strike from Schweinsteiger, but Luis Solignac equalized in stoppage-time to rally the home side to a point.
Schweinsteiger’s breakthrough came from some improvisation on a short corner. Juninho initially looked to find Arturo Alvarez on a horizontal run after the corner kick, but Montreal closed the passing lane.