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1. Wizzed on the Fire
Sporting Kansas City used a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Fire on Saturday night at sold-out Children’s Mercy Park to jump back into first place in Major League Soccer's Western Conference. Daniel Salloi and Benny Feilhaber scored first-half goals and Latif Blessing struck shortly after the restart as Sporting KC (9-4-9, 36 points) pushed its club-record home unbeaten streak to 20 regular season matches — the sixth-longest run in MLS history — at the expense of a Chicago side (11-5-5, 38 points) that fielded four MLS All-Stars.