Another rematch of two teams that have played recently, Sporting Kansas City last played Chicago at Soldier Field in 2005 when they were still the Kansas City Wizards. The Fire rebranded and moved their home field back to Solder Field.
Sporting KC came into the match fresh off a frustrating loss at FC Dallas on Wednesday while Chicago Fire FC had the week off when their game versus Minnesota United was postponed.
The visitors got on the board first when Gadi Kinda deftly stole the ball from Mauricio Pineda in the middle of the field.