MLS 2026 | Matchday 16 | 2026-10-07 09:30 JST
3–1
- 9' J. Bamba
- 50' P. Zinckernagel
- 88' M. Haile-Selassie
- 73' M. Laborda
Match summary
The MLS 2026 Matchday 16 fixture between Chicago Fire and Vancouver Whitecaps was played on October 7. Chicago Fire beat Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. Chicago Fire led 1-0 at half-time. In the second half, Chicago Fire scored 2 and Vancouver Whitecaps scored 1.
Possession: Chicago Fire 48%, Vancouver Whitecaps 52%. Shots: Chicago Fire 22, Vancouver Whitecaps 15. Chicago Fire scored 3 from 7 shots on target. Yellow cards: Chicago Fire 2, Vancouver Whitecaps 1.
Team stats
4-4-2
4-2-3-1
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| Chicago Fire | Stat | Vancouver Whitecaps |
|---|---|---|
| 4-4-2 | Formation | 4-2-3-1 |
| 48% | Possession | 52% |
| 3.86 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.09 |
| 22 | Shots | 15 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 9 | Shots off target | 6 |
| 6 | Blocked shots | 7 |
| 15 | Shots inside the box | 12 |
| 7 | Shots outside the box | 3 |
| 2 | Corner kicks | 8 |
| 3 | Offsides | 5 |
| 8 | Fouls | 11 |
| 445 | Passes | 473 |
| 357 | Accurate passes | 371 |
| 1 | Goalkeeper saves | 3 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Referee: Sergiy Boyko, Ukraine
Player stats
Chicago Fire
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Josh Cohen | 0 | 26(68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 90 | ||||||||||
| DF | ジョナタン ジュニオール Dean | 0 | 2 | 28(74%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 5(3) | |||||
| DF | Jack Elliott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1(100%) | 3 | 5 | 45(76%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 5(5) | ||
| DF | Mbekezeli Mbokazi | 0 | 3 | 35(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 90 | 1 | 4 | 8(5) | |||||
| DF | L.リベイロ Barroso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3(75%) | 4 | 1 | 26(84%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 90 | 2 | 12(7) | |||
| MF | Philip Zinckernagel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2(40%) | 22(81%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 16(5) | ||
| MF | Anton Salétros | 1 | 0 | 14(82%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 45 | 1 | 3(1) | ||||||
| MF | Dje Tah D'Avilla | 0 | 4(100%) | 2 | 1 | 53(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 90 | 1 | 10(7) | |||
| MF | ジョナタン ジュニオール Bamba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2(100%) | 23(79%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 76 | 5(3) | ||||
| FW | Johan Gomez | 1 | 0 | 1(100%) | 2 | 15(79%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7.7 | 89 | 1 | 12(6) | |||
| FW | Maren Haile-Selassie | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28(85%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 90 | 3 | 2 | 10(4) | ||
| DF | Mauricio Pineda | 0 | 5 | 28(85%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.9 | 45 | 1 | 8(6) | ||||||
| FW | ロベルト Lewandowski | 0 | 8(73%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5(1) | ||||||||
| FW | Puso Dithejane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5(62%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 14 | 1 | 4(2) | |||||
| MF | David Poreba | 0 | 1(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| GK | Jeff Gal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Andreas Hanche Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Andrew Gutman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Samuel Rogers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Sergio Oregel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Whitecaps
| Pos | Player | Shots | Shots on target | Goals | Dribbles (success) | Tackles (success) | Blocks | Passes (accuracy) | Assists | Yellow cards | Red cards | Fouls | Fouled | Rating | Min | Key passes | Interceptions | Duels (won) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Yohei Takaoka | 0 | 26(68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 90 | 2(1) | |||||||||
| DF | Rui Modesto | 0 | 1(50%) | 2 | 34(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 10(4) | ||||
| DF | Mathías Laborda | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1(100%) | 2 | 1 | 41(72%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.2 | 90 | 1 | 10(6) | ||
| DF | Tristan Blackmon | 0 | 2 | 3 | 52(91%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.3 | 90 | 2 | 9(5) | |||||
| DF | Tate Johnson | 0 | 3 | 42(86%) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 10(5) | ||||
| MF | Oliver Larraz | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41(82%) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.3 | 89 | 2 | 9(5) | ||||
| MF | Aleksa Cvetković | 0 | 1 | 19(83%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 45 | 3(1) | |||||||
| MF | Cheick Tidiane Sabaly | 0 | 6(46%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.2 | 58 | 3(None) | ||||||||
| MF | Ryan Gauld | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43(90%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 90 | 1 | 12(5) | ||||||
| MF | Emmanuel Sabbi | 0 | 1 | 12(71%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 57 | 1 | 6(1) | ||||||
| FW | Brian White | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16(80%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 7(3) | |||
| FW | T. Müller | 0 | 2(100%) | 1 | 15(68%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 45 | 1 | 9(4) | ||||||
| FW | Bruno Quiñonez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5(62%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 33 | 1 | 3(None) | ||||||
| FW | Yadaly Diaby | 0 | 1(100%) | 13(59%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 32 | 3 | 2(1) | |||||||
| DF | Sam Adekugbe | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4(67%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 17 | 1 | 7(6) | ||||||
| FW | ラヤン Elloumi | 0 | 1(100%) | 2(100%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1(1) | |||||||||
| GK | I.ロメロ Boehmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Ranko Veselinović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| DF | Nikola Djordjevic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| MF | Sebastián Ramírez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lineups
Chicago Fire
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 44 | J. Cohen |
| Starter | DF | 24 | J. Dean |
| Starter | DF | 3 | J. Elliott |
| Starter | DF | 4 | M. Mbokazi |
| Starter | DF | 2 | L. Barroso |
| Starter | MF | 11 | P. Zinckernagel |
| Starter | MF | 6 | A. Saletros |
| Starter | MF | 42 | D. D'Avilla |
| Starter | MF | 19 | J. Bamba |
| Starter | FW | 18 | J. Gomez |
| Starter | FW | 7 | M. Haile-Selassie |
| Bench | DF | 22 | M. Pineda |
| Bench | MF | 29 | D. Poreba |
| Bench | FW | 9 | R. Lewandowski |
| Bench | FW | 12 | P. Dithejane |
Show unused substitutes (5)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 25 | J. Gal |
| Bench | DF | 5 | S. Rogers |
| Bench | DF | 21 | A. Hanche-Olsen |
| Bench | DF | 15 | A. Gutman |
| Bench | MF | 35 | S. Oregel |
Vancouver Whitecaps
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | GK | 1 | Y. Takaoka |
| Starter | DF | 70 | R. Modesto |
| Starter | DF | 2 | M. Laborda |
| Starter | DF | 33 | T. Blackmon |
| Starter | DF | 28 | T. Johnson |
| Starter | MF | 8 | O. Larraz |
| Starter | MF | 23 | A. Cvetkovic |
| Starter | MF | 7 | C. Sabaly |
| Starter | MF | 25 | R. Gauld |
| Starter | MF | 11 | E. Sabbi |
| Starter | FW | 24 | B. White |
| Bench | DF | 3 | S. Adekugbe |
| Bench | FW | 14 | B. Caicedo |
| Bench | FW | 13 | T. Muller |
| Bench | FW | 77 | Y. Diaby |
| Bench | FW | 19 | R. Elloumi |
Show unused substitutes (4)
| Role | Pos | No. | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bench | GK | 32 | I. Boehmer |
| Bench | DF | 4 | R. Veselinovic |
| Bench | DF | 41 | N. Djordjevic |
| Bench | MF | 15 | S. Ramirez |
Match events
| Time | Team | Event | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1H 9' | Chicago Fire | ⚽ Goal | J. Bamba | 1-0 |
| 1H 19' | Chicago Fire | 🟨 Yellow card | Philip Zinckernagel | |
| 1H 27' | Chicago Fire | ❌ Penalty missed | Philip Zinckernagel | |
| 2H 1' | Chicago Fire | 🔄 Substitution | OUT A. Saletros → IN M. Pineda | |
| 2H 1' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🔄 Substitution | OUT A. Cvetkovic → IN T. Muller | |
| 2H 5' | Chicago Fire | ⚽ Goal | P. Zinckernagel | 2-0 |
| 2H 10' | Chicago Fire | 🟨 Yellow card | ジョナタン ジュニオール Dean | |
| 2H 12' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🔄 Substitution | OUT C. Sabaly → IN Y. Diaby | |
| 2H 13' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🔄 Substitution | OUT E. Sabbi → IN B. Caicedo | |
| 2H 16' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🟨 Yellow card | Tate Johnson | |
| 2H 28' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🔄 Substitution | OUT T. Johnson → IN S. Adekugbe | |
| 2H 28' | Vancouver Whitecaps | ⚽ Goal | M. Laborda | 2-1 |
| 2H 31' | Chicago Fire | 🔄 Substitution | OUT J. Bamba → IN R. Lewandowski | |
| 2H 31' | Chicago Fire | 🔄 Substitution | OUT P. Zinckernagel → IN P. Dithejane | |
| 2H 43' | Chicago Fire | ⚽ Goal | M. Haile-Selassie | 3-1 |
| 2H 44' | Vancouver Whitecaps | 🔄 Substitution | OUT O. Larraz → IN R. Elloumi | |
| 2H 45+3' | Chicago Fire | 🔄 Substitution | OUT J. Gomez → IN D. Poreba |
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