BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (Sept. 16, 2018) ā Orlando City SC (7-18-3, 24 points) dropped a 4-0 decision to the Chicago Fire (7-15-6, 27 points) on Sunday at Toyota Park. The match closed out a two-game road swing for the Lions, who return to Orlando City Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 22 to host the Houston Dynamo at 7:30 p.m. ET.
āI think when you look at the energy levels there is a lack of energy, a lack of commitment. And then when you look at the goals, the goals we gave them were really, really poor. At any level when you give away goals like that itās impossible to expect to get anything in the end,ā Lions head coach James OāConnor said. āOur supporters and our ownership donāt deserve that level of commitment. We expect to have much more commitment and we certainly expect to have way more energy than that.ā
OāConnor featured the same back line for the third consecutive game, with Joe Bendik in net and Jonathan Spector, Carlos Ascues, Shane OāNeill and Scott Sutter across the back. Uri Rosell, Yoshimar YotĆŗn, JosuĆ© ColmĆ”n, Sacha Kljestan and Mohamed El-Munir made up the midfield, with Dom Dwyer as Cityās lone striker.
The match marked the return of both YotĆŗn and El-Munir, who recently completed international duty with Peru and Libya, respectively.
The Fire took a 2-0 lead into the halftime break. Nemanja NikoliÄ put the home side up three minutes into the match, deflecting a low, driven cross past Bendik. Alexsander Katai doubled the lead in the 28th minute after a heavy touch by Bendik led to an open net opportunity.
After assisting on the first two Chicago goals, Michael de Leeuw added one of his own in the 56th minute. NikoliÄ added his second in the 70th minute.
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Match Notes
- M Pierre Da Silva made his second appearance of the season
- D Mohamed El-Munir made his seventh MLS appearance at midfield
Scoring Summary:
CHI - Nemanja NikoliÄ (Michael de Leeuw, Dax McCarty) 3ā
CHI - Alexsander Katai (Djordje Mihailovic, Michael de Leeuw) 28ā
CHI - Michael de Leeuw (Johan Kappelhof, Djordje Mihailovic) 56ā
CHI - Nemanja NikoliÄ (Raheem Edwards) 70ā
Misconduct Summary:
CHI - Alexsander Katai (Yellow Card) 58ā
Lineups/Substitutions:
Chicago Fire - GK Richard Sanchez, D Brandon Vincent, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Johan Kappelhof, Nicolas Hasler, M Brandt Bronico, Dax McCarty, Michael de Leeuw (Raheem Edwards 64ā), Djordje Mihailovic (Drew Connor 73ā), Aleksandar Katai (Daniel Johnson 80ā), F Nemanja Nikolic
Substitutes Not Used: GK Stefan Cleveland, D Jorge Corrales, Jonathan Campbell, F Alan Gordon
Orlando City SC - GK Joe Bendik, D ā Jonathan Spector, Carlos Ascues, Shane OāNeill (Chris Mueller 46ā), Scott Sutter, M Yoshimar YotĆŗn, Uri Rosell, Mohamed El-Munir, Sacha Kljestan, JosuĆ© ColmĆ”n (Pierre Da Silva 70ā), F Dom Dwyer
Substitutes Not Used: GK Adam Grinwis, D RJ Allen, Lamine SanƩ, M Will Johnson, F StƩfano Pinho
Details of the Game:
Time: 5 p.m. ET
Weather: Clear
Date: Sept. 16, 2018
Attendance: 16,287
Stats:
Possession:
CHI - 54.2%
ORL - 45.8%
Shots:
CHI - 16
ORL - 11
Saves:
CHI - 2
ORL - 2
Fouls:
CHI - 12
ORL - 11
Corners:
CHI - 12
ORL - 3
