The Chicago Fire advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night as they beat Austin FC 2-0 at Q2 Stadium.
It wasn’t the most thrilling of contests, but Chicago took the chances they created on the night, and that proved to be the difference when all was said and done. Rafael Czichos put them in front midway through the first half, and then a tap-in from Kacper Przybyu0142ko with 10 minutes to go all but sealed the victory.
What happened
The hosts nearly opened the scoring in the first few minutes. They were awarded a free-kick on the edge of the area, and Emiliano Rigoni’s effort looked good, but it flew just wide of the target.