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CHICAGO FIRE vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FCTOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill. Saturday, Aug. 26 (Week 25, MLS Game #286)7:30 p.m. CT (CSN-Chi+; WFTC My29)

CHICAGO FIRE 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Jorge Bava GK 6-4 188 08/02/1981 Montevideo, Uruguay 8 8 0 0 8 8 0 02 Matt Polster MF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Milwaukee, WI 14 13 1 4 71 64 3 63 Brandon Vincent DF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Los Angeles, CA 19 19 1 3 45 43 1 64 Johan Kappelhof DF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands 24 24 0 3 57 55 0 35 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 9 9 0 0 249 221 5 196 Dax McCarty MF 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL 20 20 0 5 295 265 19 517 John Goossens MF 5-9 170 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands 1 1 0 0 25 16 3 48 Michael de Leeuw FW 5-10 150 10/07/1986 Goirle, Netherlands 24 21 3 5 42 38 10 89 Luis Solignac FW 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina 24 18 5 3 70 56 10 710 David Arshakyan FW 6-4 190 08/16/1994 St. Petersburg, Russia 4 0 0 0 13 3 0 011 David Accam MF 5-9 174 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana 23 19 13 7 71 61 32 1412 Arturo Alvarez MF 5-9 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX 17 7 3 1 229 140 32 2913 Brandt Bronico MF 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, NC 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 014 Djordje Mihailovic MF 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Jacksonville, FL 9 1 0 0 9 1 0 015 Joey Calistri MF 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL 0 0 0 0 14 2 1 116 Jonathan Campbell DF 6-2 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC 16 3 0 0 49 33 1 117 Collin Fernandez MF 5-8 140 02/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 018 Drew Conner MF 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL 14 4 0 0 14 4 0 019 Juninho MF 5-7 145 01/08/1989 San Jose dos Campos, Brazil 18 15 1 2 205 195 19 2520 Daniel Johnson MF 5-9 140 09/08/1995 Duluth, GA 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 022 Patrick Doody DF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL 5 5 0 4 12 11 0 523 Nemanja Nikolic FW 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Yugoslavia 25 25 16 3 25 25 16 326 Christian Dean DF 6-3 200 03/14/1993 East Palo Alto, TX 5 4 0 0 14 8 0 028 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 190 09/06/1989 Cleveland, TN 17 17 0 0 44 42 0 030 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 031 Bastian Schweinsteiger MF 6-0 175 08/01/1984 Kolbermoor, West Germany 21 21 2 5 21 21 2 533 Matej Dekovic DF 6-1 180 09/19/1993 Zagreb, Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 045 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Mission Hills, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 066 Joao Meira DF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal 24 24 0 2 52 50 0 3

HEAD COACH : Veljko Paunovic 08/21/1977 W19 L25 T15

MINNESOTA UNITED FC 2017 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A2 Justin Davis DF 6-0 175 05/06/1988 Southfield, MI 8 5 0 0 8 5 0 03 Jerome Thiesson DF 5-9 155 08/06/1987 Zurich, Switzerland 23 23 1 1 23 23 1 14 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 195 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 11 4 0 0 140 126 1 75 Francisco Calvo DF 5-11 170 07/08/1992 San Jose, Costa Rica 19 19 1 0 19 19 1 06 Vadim Demidov DF 6-1 176 10/10/1986 Riga, Latvia, USSR 3 3 0 0 3 3 0 07 Ibson MF 5-10 168 11/07/1983 Sao Goncalo, Brazil 21 19 0 4 21 19 0 48 Marc Burch DF 6-1 180 05/07/1984 Cincinnati, OH 12 12 0 1 222 181 4 249 Abu Danladi FW 5-10 170 10/18/1995 Takoradi, Ghana 17 9 3 2 17 9 3 210 Miguel Ibarra MF 5-6 145 03/15/1990 Lancaster, CA 22 16 2 3 22 16 2 311 Johan Venegas MF 6-0 168 11/27/1988 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica 16 11 2 4 48 27 4 512 Joseph Greenspan DF 6-6 209 09/12/1992 Summit, NJ 2 2 0 0 6 4 0 013 Ethan Finlay MF 5-9 165 08/06/1990 Duluth, MN 20 15 2 1 151 103 31 3014 Brent Kallman DF 6-2 190 10/04/1990 Omaha, NE 18 18 1 0 18 18 1 015 Ismaila Jome MF 6-1 160 11/04/1994 Banjul, Gambia 11 6 0 0 11 6 0 016 Bashkim Kadrii MF 5-10 175 07/09/1991 Copenhagen, Denmark 11 5 0 0 11 5 0 017 Collin Martin MF 5-11 150 11/09/1994 Chevy Chase, MD 5 1 0 0 20 8 0 118 Kevin Molino MF 5-8 155 06/17/1990 Carenage, Diego Martin, Trinidad 22 22 5 7 59 55 16 1619 Sam Cronin MF 5-10 165 12/12/1986 Atlanta, GA 20 20 0 1 252 239 8 2121 Christian Ramirez FW 6-2 187 04/04/1991 Garden Grove, CA 22 21 11 1 22 21 11 122 Kevin Venegas DF 5-10 165 07/29/1989 Lakewood, CA 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 023 Bernardo Anor MF 5-8 158 05/24/1988 Caracas, Venezuela 0 0 0 0 84 52 12 324 Patrick McLain GK 6-3 205 08/22/1988 Eau Claire, WI 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 025 Michael Boxall DF 6-2 200 08/18/1988 Auckland, New Zealand 4 4 0 0 23 22 0 026 Collen Warner MF 5-10 178 06/24/1988 Denver, CO 16 8 1 0 181 135 4 1128 Sam Nicholson MF 5-9 157 01/20/1995 Edinburgh, Scotland 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 030 Brandon Allen FW 6-1 190 10/08/1993 Old Bridge, NJ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 031 Thomas de Villardi DF 6-1 175 03/27/1994 Nogent sur Marne, France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 032 Alex Kapp GK 6-0 190 10/18/1994 Somers, NY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 033 Bobby Shuttleworth GK 6-2 205 05/13/1987 Tonawanda, NY 23 22 0 0 150 146 0 0 Jose Leiton MF 5-9 158 08/06/1993 Moravia, San Jose, Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0ON LOAN Rasmus Schuller MF 5-10 148 06/18/1991 Espoo, Finland 7 4 0 0 7 4 0 0

HEAD COACH : Adrian Heath 01/11/1961 W22 L33 T20

(W-L-T) LEAD TIED TRAIL SCORE ALLOWCHI 10-0-2 2-2-2 0-6-1 12-1-2 0-7-2MIN 2-0-0 4-5-1 0-9-3 5-2-0 1-12-3

CHICAGO FIRE MINNESOTA UNITED Date Score (Gms since) Date Score (Gms since)Home win 8/05/2017 CHI 4, NE 1 (1) 7/29/2017 MIN 4, DC 0 (1)Road win 6/17/2017 CHI 2, NE 1 (5)Home loss 8/19/2017 CHI 1, TOR 3 (0) 8/05/2017 MIN 0, SEA 4 (0)Road loss 8/16/2017 CHI 0, MTL 3 (0) 8/20/2017 MIN 1, SEA 2 (0)Tie game 7/05/2017 CHI 2, POR 2 (6) 7/19/2017 MIN 0, HOU 0 (4)Shutout for 7/01/2017 CHI 4, VAN 0 (7) 7/29/2017 MIN 4, DC 0 (2)Shutout vs. 8/16/2017 CHI 0, MTL 3 (1) 8/05/2017 MIN 0, SEA 4 (1)

Fire TWLTWWLLTWWWWTWWWWTLLWLLLMNUFC LLTLWLTWLWLLWLLWTLLTLWLL

GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCHI 25 3 8 8 2 4 46 1.84MIN 24 8 7 6 1 2 30 1.25

GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVGCHI 25 9 5 5 5 1 34 1.36MIN 24 5 3 8 4 4 51 2.13

GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CHI 46 11 9 3 9 8 6MIN 30 4 4 2 11 7 2

GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90CHI 34 4 7 5 5 8 5MIN 51 7 7 10 11 5 11

GOALSCORING RECORD

GOALS BY INTERVALS

RECORD AT HALFTIME RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL

THE LAST TIME

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED

FIREG: 16 NikolicA: 7 AccamSHT: 82 NikolicSOG: 41 NikolicFC: 36 de LeeuwFS: 44 McCartyOF: 42 NikolicC: 4 3 players tiedE: 1 Juninho/Kappelhof

MNUFCG: 11 RamirezA: 7 MolinoSHT: 53 RamirezSOG: 28 RamirezFC: 36 MolinoFS: 56 IbsonOF: 19 RamirezC: 6 KallmanE: 1 Danladi/Davis

TEAM LEADERS

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA Fire 25 12-8-5 41 46 34at home 12 10-1-1 31 32 8

MNUFC 24 6-14-4 22 30 51on road 10 0-8-2 2 11 28

2017 SEASON RECORDS

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEADALL-TIME: First meeting.

REFEREESREFEREE: Kevin Stott.

AR1 (bench): Jeffrey Greeson; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Juan Guzman; VAR: Dave Gantar

FIRESat. Sept. 2 at MontrealSat. Sept. 9 Red Bulls

Sat. Sept. 16 D.C. UnitedSat. Sept. 23 at Philadelphia

UPCOMING MATCHES

CHICAGO FIRE vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FCSaturday, Aug. 26; Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Ill., 7:30 p.m. CT

MNUFCSat. Sept. 9 Philadelphia

Wed. Sept. 13 at VancouverSat. Sept. 16 at MontrealSat. Sept. 23 FC Dallas

GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL

RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS

OTHER

OPEN PLAYCROSS

CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES

DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)

OWN GOALS

INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA

OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

F A 30 51 72 42

20 30 4 11 6 10 0 0

16 26 4 7 3 3 2 1 1 7 0 0 2 4 2 3

9 15 18 32 3 4

F A 46 34 49 66

31 19 11 7 4 8 0 0

31 17 7 5 1 3 2 2 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 1

6 8 33 20 7 6

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM

HOW SCORED

TYPE OF PLAY

DISTANCE

FIRE MNUFC

TEAM NEWSSUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS:SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: MIN: IbsonSUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Bastian Schweinsteiger, Joao Meira, Michael de Leeuw, Matt Lampson ... MIN: Collen Warner, Johan Venegas, Ismaila Jome, Bobby Shuttleworth

DISABLED LIST: CHI: Jorge Bava (season-ending), John Goossens ... MIN: Bernardo AnorINTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES

CHICAGO FIRE 1TORONTO FC 3

Scoring Summary:TOR--Delgado 3 (unassisted) 14CHI--Accam 13 (unassisted) 54TOR--Hasler 1 (Vazquez 11) 63TOR--Giovinco 12 (Ricketts 1) 90

CHICAGO FIRE--Matt Lampson, Patrick Doody, Christian Dean, Johan Kappelhof, Drew Conner, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Michael de Leeuw (Luis Solignac 59), Juninho (Djordje Mihailovic 64), David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic (Arturo Alvarez 82).

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2MINNESOTA UNITED 1

Scoring Summary:MIN--Finlay 2 (Ibson 4) 21SEA--Marshall 1 (Lodeiro 9) 31SEA--Dempsey 11 (penalty kick) 94+

MINNESOTA UNITED--Bobby Shuttleworth, Jerome Thiesson, Michael Boxall, Brent Kallman, Francisco Calvo, Sam Cronin, Ethan Finlay, Kevin Molino (Jermaine Taylor 77), Ibson (Collen Warner 90), Sam Nicholson (Miguel Ibarra 82), Abu Danladi.

UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

23 F Nemanja Nikolic 25 25 2153 16 3 82 41 8 17 42 1 1 011 M David Accam 23 19 1677 13 7 49 30 34 42 15 34 2 09 F Luis Solignac 24 18 1422 5 3 28 11 23 23 6 0 1 08 F Michael de Leeuw 24 21 1754 3 5 31 11 36 34 7 0 3 012 M Arturo Alvarez 17 7 584 3 1 15 6 7 17 1 16 0 031 M Bastian Schweinsteiger 21 21 1805 2 5 21 3 22 36 1 17 4 02 M Matt Polster 14 13 1097 1 4 6 3 15 11 2 2 1 03 D Brandon Vincent 19 19 1710 1 3 14 1 24 11 1 3 2 019 M Juninho 18 15 1340 1 2 23 9 12 11 0 20 2 16 M Dax McCarty 20 20 1781 0 5 10 2 18 44 2 0 2 022 D Patrick Doody 5 5 450 0 4 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 04 D Johan Kappelhof 24 24 2071 0 3 3 1 21 2 0 0 4 166 D Joao Meira 24 24 2075 0 2 4 2 31 14 0 0 3 013 M Brandt Bronico 2 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 026 D Christian Dean (CHI) 2 1 175 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 026 D Christian Dean (TOT) 5 4 414 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 020 M Daniel Johnson 8 0 125 0 0 6 3 2 5 0 1 0 010 F David Arshakyan 4 0 24 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 014 M Djordje Mihailovic 9 1 214 0 0 2 0 6 4 0 6 0 018 M Drew Conner 14 4 531 0 0 2 1 8 4 0 0 0 07 M John Goossens 1 1 89 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 016 D Jonathan Campbell 16 3 498 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 01 G Jorge Bava 8 8 720 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 028 G Matt Lampson 17 17 1530 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 4 05 D Michael Harrington 9 9 798 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 1Team totals 25 25 2250 46 47 301 124 285 313 77 107 33 2Opponent totals 25 25 2250 34 25 296 100 313 285 56 110 45 7

2017 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (12-8-5, 41 pts.)

CHICAGO FIRE GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

28 G Matt Lampson 17 17 1530 69 46 22 1.29 3 3 9 5 3 61 G Jorge Bava 8 8 720 31 20 12 1.5 0 0 3 3 2 3

Team totals 25 25 2250 100 66 34 1.36 3 3 12 8 5 9Opponent totals 25 25 2250 124 75 46 1.84 4 5 8 12 5 3

GAME-WINNING GOALS: David Accam 4, Nemanja Nikolic 4, Luis Solignac 2, Bastian Schweinsteiger 1, Juninho 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Matt Polster 2, Luis Solignac 2, Bastian Schweinsteiger 2, Michael de Leeuw 2, Nemanja Nikolic 1, David Accam 1, Patrick Doody 1, Joao Meira 1, Brandon Vincent 1, Johan Kappelhof 1, Dax McCarty 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: David Accam 2-2, Nemanja Nikolic 2-3

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2017 MINNESOTA UNITED STATISTICS (6-14-4, 22 pts.)UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E

21 F Christian Ramirez 22 21 1844 11 1 53 28 12 27 19 0 1 018 M Kevin Molino 22 22 1918 5 7 39 14 36 51 4 31 4 09 F Abu Danladi 17 9 793 3 2 22 7 18 13 10 0 2 111 M Johan Venegas 16 11 1051 2 4 27 9 24 19 6 1 4 010 M Miguel Ibarra 22 16 1371 2 3 19 10 14 7 2 4 2 03 D Jerome Thiesson 23 23 2055 1 1 8 3 20 13 1 0 4 014 D Brent Kallman 18 18 1524 1 0 4 2 18 14 2 0 6 026 M Collen Warner 16 8 794 1 0 5 1 12 12 0 0 3 013 M Ethan Finlay (MIN) 1 1 90 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 013 M Ethan Finlay (TOT) 20 15 1374 2 1 23 5 19 15 5 21 2 05 D Francisco Calvo 19 19 1710 1 0 13 3 20 8 0 0 3 07 M Ibson 21 19 1760 0 4 10 4 19 56 1 40 5 019 M Sam Cronin (MIN) 17 17 1517 0 1 5 1 16 13 0 0 3 019 M Sam Cronin (TOT) 20 20 1779 0 1 7 1 21 16 0 0 5 016 M Bashkim Kadrii 11 5 422 0 0 12 3 2 1 0 0 0 033 G Bobby Shuttleworth 23 22 1938 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 4 017 M Collin Martin 5 1 183 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 015 M Ismaila Jome 11 6 584 0 0 1 0 7 3 0 0 3 04 D Jermaine Taylor 11 4 505 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 01 G John Alvbage 3 2 222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 012 D Joseph Greenspan 2 2 118 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 02 D Justin Davis 8 5 492 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 122 D Kevin Venegas 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 0 08 D Marc Burch (MIN) 9 9 783 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 1 08 D Marc Burch (TOT) 12 12 1053 0 1 0 0 4 6 1 8 1 025 D Michael Boxall 4 4 360 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 08 M Mohammed Saeid (MIN) 3 3 243 0 0 5 2 2 11 0 7 0 08 M Mohammed Saeid (TOT) 22 21 1788 1 4 14 3 15 32 0 30 1 020 M Rasmus Schuller 7 4 324 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 028 M Sam Nicholson 4 4 309 0 0 4 1 9 9 0 4 0 06 D Vadim Demidov 3 3 270 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0

Own-goals received 2Opponent totals 24 24 2160 51 43 390 134 304 259 36 134 33 1Team totals 24 24 2160 30 23 238 90 259 304 45 96 48 2

MINNESOTA UNITED GOALKEEPING

UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

1 G John Alvbage 3 2 222 15 5 10 4.05 1 1 0 2 1 033 G Bobby Shuttleworth 23 22 1938 119 81 41 1.9 6 6 6 12 3 5

Team totals 24 24 2160 134 86 51 2.12 7 7 6 14 4 5Opponent totals 24 24 2160 90 56 30 1.25 2 3 14 6 4 8

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Christian Ramirez 3, Abu Danladi 2, Miguel Ibarra 1GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Johan Venegas 2, Ibson 2, Miguel Ibarra 1, Kevin Molino 1PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Kevin Molino 2-3


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Sat. Mar. 4 at Columbus T 1-1 15023 0-0-1 1 1 CHI: Accam (73); CLB: Finlay (17)Sat. Mar. 11 Real Salt Lake W 2-0 13024 1-0-1 2 4 CHI: Nikolic (11) Alvarez (15); Sat. Mar. 18 at Atlanta L 0-4 45922 1-1-1 7 4 ATL: own goal (4) Martinez (60,82) Villalba (67)Sat. Apr. 1 Montreal T 2-2 15103 1-1-2 7 5 CHI: Schweinsteiger (17) Solignac (93+); MTL: Mancosu

(61) Tabla (90)Sat. Apr. 8 Columbus W 1-0 16434 2-1-2 3 8 CHI: Nikolic (22); Sat. Apr. 15 New England W 3-0 16914 3-1-2 3 11 CHI: Schweinsteiger (45) Nikolic (47,73); Fri. Apr. 21 at Toronto FC L 1-3 27097 3-2-2 3 11 CHI: Accam (88); TOR: Giovinco (28,82) Zavaleta (32)Sat. Apr. 29 at New York Red

BullsL 1-2 22814 3-3-2 7 11 CHI: Nikolic (59); NYR: Wright-Phillips (37) Lawrence

(71)Sat. May 6 at Los Angeles T 2-2 24256 3-3-3 6 12 CHI: Accam (13) Nikolic (16); LA: Steres (56) dos

Santos (65)Sat. May 13 Seattle W 4-1 20153 4-3-3 6 15 CHI: Nikolic (25,76) Accam (60) Solignac (73); SEA:

Dempsey (28)Wed. May 17 Colorado W 3-0 11244 5-3-3 4 18 CHI: Nikolic (15,74) Accam (57); Sat. May 20 at D.C. United W 1-0 20618 6-3-3 2 21 CHI: Accam (52); Thu. May 25 FC Dallas W 2-1 12584 7-3-3 2 24 CHI: Nikolic (3) Accam (9); DAL: Lamah (6)Sun. June 4 at Orlando City

SCT 0-0 24469 7-3-4 2 25

Sat. June 10 Atlanta W 2-0 18453 8-3-4 2 28 CHI: Solignac (29) Nikolic (70); Sat. June 17 at New England W 2-1 21548 9-3-4 2 31 CHI: Nikolic (18) Solignac (61); NE: Mlinar (70)Sat. June 24 Orlando City SC W 4-0 20000 10-3-4 2 34 CHI: Accam (3,8,63) Nikolic (52); Sat. July 1 Vancouver W 4-0 20187 11-3-4 1 37 CHI: Nikolic (14,18) Alvarez (25) de Leeuw (84); Wed. July 5 at Portland T 2-2 21144 11-3-5 1 38 CHI: Alvarez (34) Vincent (61); POR: Adi (24) Blanco

(70)Sat. July 22 at New York

City FCL 1-2 26025 11-4-5 2 38 CHI: Accam (54); NYC: Villa (47) Brillant (50)

Sat. July 29 at Sporting KC L 2-3 20313 11-5-5 2 38 CHI: own goal (28) Accam (78); KC: Salloi (23) Feilhaber (46+) Blessing (51)

Sat. Aug. 5 New England W 4-1 20214 12-5-5 2 41 CHI: Polster (8) Gomes (39) de Leeuw (49) Solignac (92+); NE: Kamara (24)

Sat. Aug. 12 at Columbus L 1-3 18690 12-6-5 3 41 CHI: de Leeuw (13); CLB: Manneh (18) Meram (73) Kamara (88)

Wed. Aug. 16 at Montreal L 0-3 19894 12-7-5 3 41 MTL: Piatti (6,38) Mancosu (37)Sat. Aug. 19 Toronto FC L 1-3 21891 12-8-5 3 41 CHI: Accam (54); TOR: Delgado (14) Hasler (63)

Giovinco (90)Sat. Aug. 26 MinnesotaSat. Sep. 2 at MontrealSat. Sep. 9 New York Red

BullsSat. Sep. 16 D.C. UnitedSat. Sep. 23 at PhiladelphiaWed. Sep. 27 at San JoseSat. Sep. 30 New York City

FCSun. Oct. 15 PhiladelphiaSun. Oct. 22 at Houston

CHICAGO FIRE 2017 SCHEDULE


DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT W-L-T POS PTS NOTES:

Fri. Mar. 3 at Portland L 1-5 21144 0-1-0 11 0 MIN: Ramirez (79); POR: Olum (14) Valeri (47,82) Adi (91+,93+)

Sun. Mar. 12 Atlanta L 1-6 35043 0-2-0 11 0 MIN: Molino (30); ATL: Martinez (3,27,75) Almiron (13,52) Peterson (94+)

Sat. Mar. 18 at Colorado T 2-2 14013 0-2-1 11 1 MIN: Molino (50) Ramirez (58); COL: Badji (17) Hairston (59)

Sat. Mar. 25 at New England L 2-5 11571 0-3-1 11 1 MIN: Warner (15) Kallman (49); NE: Agudelo (4,41) Kamara (21) Nguyen (32) Tierney (53)

Sat. Apr. 1 Real Salt Lake W 4-2 17728 1-3-1 9 4 MIN: Molino (16) Ramirez (52,62) Venegas (68); RSL: Mulholland (4) Movsisyan (87)

Sat. Apr. 8 at FC Dallas L 0-2 16048 1-4-1 11 4 DAL: Morales (43) Barrios (49)Sat. Apr. 15 at Houston T 2-2 16125 1-4-2 10 5 MIN: Ramirez (47) Venegas (59); HOU: Manotas (14) Elis

(43)Sun. Apr. 23 Colorado W 1-0 17491 2-4-2 8 8 MIN: Ibarra (72); Sat. Apr. 29 San Jose L 0-1 17605 2-5-2 9 8 SJ: Jungwirth (54)Sun. May 7 Sporting KC W 2-0 17709 3-5-2 7 11 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39); Sat. May 13 at Toronto FC L 2-3 27249 3-6-2 7 11 MIN: Molino (52,62); TOR: Giovinco (20) own goal (54)

Ricketts (77)Sun. May 21 Los Angeles L 1-2 19107 3-7-2 9 11 MIN: Ramirez (66); LA: dos Santos (38) own goal (84)Sat. May 27 Orlando City SC W 1-0 18896 4-7-2 9 14 MIN: Ramirez (56); Sat. June 3 at Sporting KC L 0-3 20361 4-8-2 9 14 KC: Opara (47+) Medranda (54) Abdul-Salaam (87)Sat. June 17 at Real Salt

LakeL 0-1 19256 4-9-2 11 14 RSL: Movsisyan (84)

Wed. June 21 Portland W 3-2 18442 5-9-2 9 17 MIN: own goal (7) Ramirez (47) Danladi (64); POR: Valeri (37)

Sat. June 24 Vancouver T 2-2 19017 5-9-3 9 18 MIN: Calvo (50) Thiesson (63); VAN: Techera (17) Tchani (47+)

Thu. June 29 at New York City FC

L 1-3 21572 5-10-3 9 18 MIN: Ramirez (9); NYC: Callens (38) Harrison (52) Villa (63)

Tue. July 4 Columbus L 0-1 18564 5-11-3 11 18 CLB: Manneh (58)Wed. July 19 Houston T 0-0 19456 5-11-4 11 19Sat. July 22 New York Red

BullsL 0-3 20022 5-12-4 11 19 NYR: Royer (16) Wright-Phillips (67) Muyl (90)

Sat. July 29 D.C. United W 4-0 20146 6-12-4 10 22 MIN: Ramirez (7) Danladi (40) own goal (58) Ibarra (92+);

Sat. Aug. 5 Seattle L 0-4 22649 6-13-4 10 22 SEA: Bruin (9) Dempsey (18,73) Morris (71)Sun. Aug. 20 at Seattle L 1-2 40312 6-14-4 11 22 MIN: Finlay (21); SEA: Marshall (31) Dempsey (94+)Sat. Aug. 26 at Chicago

Sat. Sep. 9 PhiladelphiaWed. Sep. 13 at VancouverSat. Sep. 16 at MontrealSat. Sep. 23 FC DallasSat. Sep. 30 at HoustonTue. Oct. 3 at AtlantaSat. Oct. 7 Sporting KCSun. Oct. 15 at Los AngelesSun. Oct. 22 at San Jose

MINNESOTA UNITED 2017 SCHEDULE


FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

3 David Accam 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-0Assists

3 Patrick Doody 08/05/2017 vs NE W 4-1Shots

7 Nemanja Nikolic 04/29/2017 vs NYR L 1-27 Nemanja Nikolic 05/20/2017 vs DC W 1-07 Nemanja Nikolic 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-0Shots on Goal

5 Nemanja Nikolic 04/29/2017 vs NYR L 1-2Fouls Committed

5 Michael de Leeuw 08/05/2017 vs NE W 4-1Fouls Suffered

6 Dax McCarty 04/29/2017 vs NYR L 1-2Offside

4 Nemanja Nikolic 03/04/2017 vs CLB T 1-14 Nemanja Nikolic 05/20/2017 vs DC W 1-0Saves

7 Matt Lampson 07/05/2017 vs POR T 2-2Shots Faced

9 4 times 04/21/2017 vs TOR L 1-3Goals Allowed

4 Jorge Bava 03/18/2017 vs ATL L 0-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

6 03/11/2017 vs RSL W 2-06 03/18/2017 vs ATL L 0-46 07/05/2017 vs POR T 2-2Shots on Goal

1 04/21/2017 vs TOR L 1-3Fouls Committed

5 08/12/2017 vs CLB L 1-3Fouls Suffered

6 08/12/2017 vs CLB L 1-3Corner Kicks

0 06/17/2017 vs NE W 2-1Offside

0 03/18/2017 vs ATL L 0-40 08/12/2017 vs CLB L 1-3Saves

0 05/06/2017 vs LA T 2-20 05/25/2017 vs DAL W 2-10 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-0Shots Faced

0 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-0

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

4 05/13/2017 vs SEA W 4-14 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-04 07/01/2017 vs VAN W 4-04 08/05/2017 vs NE W 4-1Assists

6 05/13/2017 vs SEA W 4-1Shots

23 07/22/2017 vs NYC L 1-2Shots on Goal

12 07/01/2017 vs VAN W 4-0Fouls Committed

22 06/24/2017 vs ORL W 4-0Fouls Suffered

23 05/25/2017 vs DAL W 2-1Corner Kicks

9 06/04/2017 vs ORL T 0-0Offside

6 08/16/2017 vs MTL L 0-3Saves

7 07/05/2017 vs POR T 2-2Shots Faced

9 04/21/2017 vs TOR L 1-39 07/05/2017 vs POR T 2-29 07/29/2017 vs KC L 2-39 08/19/2017 vs TOR L 1-3Goals Allowed

4 03/18/2017 vs ATL L 0-4

UNITED INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

2 Christian Ramirez 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-22 Kevin Molino 05/13/2017 at TOR L 2-3Assists

2 Kevin Molino 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-22 Miguel Ibarra 05/07/2017 at KC W 2-02 Kevin Molino 07/29/2017 at DC W 4-0Shots

6 Christian Ramirez 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-2Shots on Goal

4 Christian Ramirez 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-24 Christian Ramirez 05/21/2017 at LA L 1-2Fouls Committed

6 Kevin Molino 03/12/2017 at ATL L 1-66 Johan Venegas 05/27/2017 at ORL W 1-0Fouls Suffered

7 Mohammed Saeid 03/12/2017 at ATL L 1-6Offside

4 Christian Ramirez 06/29/2017 at NYC L 1-3Saves

8 Bobby Shuttleworth

06/17/2017 at RSL L 0-1

Shots Faced


06/03/2017 at KC L 0-3

Goals Allowed

5 John Alvbage 03/03/2017 at POR L 1-55 John Alvbage 03/12/2017 at ATL L 1-65 Bobby

Shuttleworth03/25/2017 at NE L 2-5

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)Shots

4 07/19/2017 at HOU T 0-0Shots on Goal

1 06/03/2017 at KC L 0-31 06/17/2017 at RSL L 0-11 07/04/2017 at CLB L 0-11 08/20/2017 at SEA L 1-2Fouls Committed

4 03/25/2017 at NE L 2-5Fouls Suffered

6 08/20/2017 at SEA L 1-2Corner Kicks

0 03/18/2017 at COL T 2-20 03/25/2017 at NE L 2-5Offside

0 04/08/2017 at DAL L 0-20 05/13/2017 at TOR L 2-30 06/24/2017 at VAN T 2-20 07/22/2017 at NYR L 0-3Saves

1 03/03/2017 at POR L 1-51 03/18/2017 at COL T 2-21 03/25/2017 at NE L 2-51 05/13/2017 at TOR L 2-3Shots Faced

3 03/18/2017 at COL T 2-23 04/23/2017 at COL W 1-03 05/13/2017 at TOR L 2-33 07/04/2017 at CLB L 0-1

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)Goals

4 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-24 07/29/2017 at DC W 4-0Assists

4 05/07/2017 at KC W 2-0Shots

22 05/21/2017 at LA L 1-2Shots on Goal

9 04/01/2017 at RSL W 4-2Fouls Committed

20 08/20/2017 at SEA L 1-2Fouls Suffered

20 04/23/2017 at COL W 1-0Corner Kicks

12 05/21/2017 at LA L 1-2Offside

6 06/17/2017 at RSL L 0-1Saves

8 06/17/2017 at RSL L 0-1Shots Faced

10 06/03/2017 at KC L 0-3Goals Allowed

6 03/12/2017 at ATL L 1-6


PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT

FIRE CAREER SCORING VS. UNITED (0-0-0)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PG

Fire 0 wins, 0 goals

United 0 wins, 0 goals0 ties

UNITED VS FIRE

ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:

1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total

CHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0MIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fire United

Category 1 2 OT Tot 1 2 OT TotGoals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Shots on Goal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Fouls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Offsides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Corner Kicks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

HEAD-TO-HEAD

CAREER COACHING RECORDS:Adrian Heath vs. CHI 2-0-2 (2 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:Fire United

GoalsAssistsShotsShots on GoalFouls CommittedFouls SufferedWinsLossesShutoutsSavesGoals Allowed

Chicago Fire Minnesota UnitedW-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started)

At Halftime:Leading 10-0-2 7 Ws (05/17/2017) 2-0-0 2 Ws (05/07/2017)Tied 2-2-2 2 Ls (07/22/2017) 4-5-1 1 Ls (08/20/2017)Trailing 0-6-1 6 Ls (03/18/2017) 0-9-3 2 Ls (07/22/2017)

First Goal:Allowed 0-7-2 4 Ls (07/22/2017) 1-12-3 3 Ls (07/04/2017)Scored 12-1-2 1 Ls (08/12/2017) 5-2-0 1 Ls (08/20/2017)

Goals Scored:0 goals 0-2-1 1 Ls (08/16/2017) 0-7-1 2 Ls (07/22/2017)1 goals 2-5-1 3 Ls (07/22/2017) 2-5-0 2 Ls (06/29/2017)2 goals 4-1-3 1 Ls (07/29/2017) 1-2-3 1 Ts (06/24/2017)3 goals 2-0-0 4 Ws (08/20/2016) 1-0-0 1 Ws (06/21/2017)4 goals 4-0-0 4 Ws (05/13/2017) 2-0-0 2 Ws (04/01/2017)

Goals Allowed:0 goals 8-0-1 3 Ws (06/10/2017) 4-0-1 1 Ws (07/29/2017)1 goals 4-0-1 4 Ws (05/13/2017) 0-3-0 3 Ls (04/29/2017)2 goals 0-2-3 1 Ls (07/22/2017) 2-3-3 1 Ls (08/20/2017)3 goals 0-5-0 9 Ls (07/16/2016) 0-4-0 4 Ls (05/13/2017)4 goals 0-1-0 5 Ls (03/06/2016) 0-4-0 4 Ls (03/03/2017)

W-L-T Breakdowns:

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS:Fire United

Goals None NoneAssists None NoneShots None NoneShots on Goal None NoneFouls Committed None NoneFouls Suffered None NoneShutouts None NoneSaves None NoneGoals Allowed None None



UNITED CAREER SCORING VS. FIRE (0-0-0)

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG


CURRENT FIRE VS. UNITED (0-0-0)


GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHT SV GAA PG

PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTEthan Finlay 12 10 897 3 3 19Bernardo Anor 3 3 269 1 0 4Marc Burch 14 11 1051 0 1 4Sam Cronin 9 8 738 0 1 4Kevin Molino 2 1 116 0 1 4Michael Boxall 1 1 90 0 0 0Collin Martin 2 1 66 0 0 1Bobby Shuttleworth 10 9 825 0 0 0Jermaine Taylor 9 8 714 0 0 4Johan Venegas 2 2 122 0 0 0Collen Warner 7 6 505 0 0 2

GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PGBobby Shuttleworth 10 825 39 28 1.09 0

CURRENT UNITED VS. FIRE (0-0-0)


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Chicago Fire (12-8-5, 41 points) vs. Minnesota United (6-14-4, 22 points) MLS Regular Season | Fire Game #26 | Home Game #13

Saturday, Aug. 26 | Toyota Park | 7:30 p.m. CT | TV: CSN+ | Radio: Univision Chicago 1200AM TV: Dan Kelly, Frank Klopas, Paul Tenorio | Radio: Hector Lozano, Raquel Ortiz

FIRE FLASHES 2017 Record/Home/Away ……….……………....……. 12-8-5/10-1-1/2-7-4 2016 Record/Home/Away …………………….…..…. 7-17-10/4-12-8/3-5-2 vs. Eastern Conference/2016 ………………………….…..…. 7-7-3/4-12-8 vs. Western Conference/2016 ………………………………….. 5-1-2/3-5-2 Current Streak ……………………………….….…...……..….…………... 3L Last Five Matches ……………………………..…..……...….………. LWLLL All-Time Record …………………………….………………….. 249-225-150 All-Time Home Record ………………………………………….... 160-73-79 All-Time Away Record ………………………...…...……….……. 89-152-71 Last Regular Season Win …………….……..............…. 8/5/17 vs. NE, 4-1 Last Regular Season Loss ………………..….…....... 8/19/17 vs. TOR, 3-1 Last Shutout by Fire ………………………………..….. 7/1/17 vs. VAN, 4-0 Last Shutout by Opponent………...………………… 8/16/17 at MTL, 3-0 L March Record 2017/2016 ……………………………………….. 1-1-1/0-1-2 April Record 2017/2016 …………………………………………. 2-2-1/1-1-2 May Record 2017/2016 …………………………………………. 4-0-1/1-3-1 June Record 2017/2016 ……………………………………….... 3-0-1/0-2-0 July Record 2017/2016 ………………………………………….. 1-2-1/2-3-1 August Record 2017/2016 …………………………………….... 1-3-0/1-2-2 Pre All-Star 2017/2016 ……………………...…..…….……... 11-5-5/4-10-5 Post All-Star 2017/2016 …………………………………………. 1-3-0/3-7-5 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ………..……...……….. 10-0-2/0-6-1/2-2-2 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’……………………………….. 11-0-0/0-8-0/0-0-5 Scoring First Goal/Home/Away………..…………….... 12-1-2/10-0-1/2-1-1 Conceding First Goal/Home/Away …………………….... 0-7-2/0-1-0/0-6-2 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied………..….. 6-3-3/5-3-1/1-1-1 Day/Night …………………………………………………………. 5-2-2/7-6-3 Grass/Turf ……………………………………………....………. 11-8-4/1-0-1 Wearing Primary Kit …………………………………………………... 12-5-4 Wearing Secondary Kit ………………………………………………… 0-3-1 Scoreless Games/Home/Away ………………….…….... 0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 One Goal Games/Home/Away ……………………..….... 2-0-0/1-0-0/1-0-0 Two Goal Games/Home/Away …………...….………….. 2-0-1/2-0-0/0-0-1 Three Goal Games/Home/Away ………………………… 4-3-0/2-0-0/1-3-0 Four Goal Games/Home/Away ………………………….. 2-5-3/2-1-1/0-4-2 Five Goal Games/Home/Away ……………………….…. 2-0-0/2-0-0/0-0-0 On Wednesdays/Home/Away ………………………….... 1-1-1/0-0-0/0-1-1 On Thursdays/Home/Away ………………………………. 1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 On Fridays/Home/Away ………………………………….. 0-1-0/0-0-0/0-1-0 On Saturdays/Home/Away…………………………….... 10-5-3/8-1-1/2-4-2 On Sundays/Home/Away ………………………………… 0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 On CSN Chicago/Home/Away………………………….... 9-7-4/8-1-1/1-6-3 On ESPN/Home/Away ………………………………….... 1-0-0/1-0-0/0-0-0 On FS1/Home/Away …………………………………….... 0-0-1/0-0-0/0-0-1 On UniMas/Home/Away ………………………………….. 2-1-0/1-0-0/1-1-0 With two subs/Home/Away ……………………..……….. 1-1-0/1-0-0/0-1-0 With three subs/Home/Away …………………...…….. 11-7-5/10-1-1/1-6-4 CHICAGO FIRE vs. MINNESOTA UNITED FC This is the first-ever meeting between the two sides. The Fire are 4-4-3 all-time in first meetings against new expansion teams. Minnesota United sporting director Manny Lagos appeared 10 times with the Fire from 1998-99. Additionally, director of player personnel Amos Magee appeared in eight competitive matches for the Fire from 2001-02, and scored the extra time goal in the Fire’s 2001 U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal victory.

A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire will play their 20th MLS season in 2017. Now in their second season at the helm, general manager Nelson Rodriguez and head coach Veljko Paunovic have continuity on their side, with 17 returning players. The Fire made a number of major acquisitions, signing Hungarian striker Nemanja Nikolic as a Designated Player, securing three-time MLS Cup champion Juninho on loan, acquiring U.S. Men’s National Team midfielder Dax McCarty via trade and signing World Cup champion Bastian Schweinsteiger as a Designated Player. The veteran presence will be supplemented with up-and-coming young talent with five players in the 2017 rookie class with SuperDraft picks Daniel Johnson, Stefan Cleveland, Brandt Bronico and Matej Dekovic, and Homegrown midfielder Djordje Mihailovic. NOVACARE INJURY REPORT as of Aug. 23, 2017 Out: Jorge Bava – Left elbow Matej Dekovic - Adductor John Goossens – Right ankle Daniel Johnson – Left MCL Joao Meira – Right calf Brandon Vincent – Left quadricep Questionable David Accam – Right hip Matt Polster – Left knee PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT 11-23-16 – Decline options on Razvan Cocis, Eric Gehrig, Nick LaBrocca, Patrick McLain, Alex Morrell, Rodrigo Ramos, Michael Stephens, Luis Solignac and Khaly Thiam 12-11-16 – Trade Sean Johnson to Atlanta United IN 11-23-16 – Pick up options for Arturo Alvarez, Joey Calistri, Jonathan Campbell, Drew Conner, Patrick Doody, Sean Johnson, Matt Lampson, Matt Polster and Brandon Vincent 12-20-16 – Sign Nemanja Nikolic as a Designated Player 12-23-16 – Acquire Juninho on loan 1-5-16 – Re-sign Luis Solignac 1-7-17 – Sign Jorge Bava 1-16-17 – Acquire Dax McCarty via trade with NYRB 1-27-17 – Sign Djordje Mihailovic as Homegrown Player 1-30-17 – Sign SuperDraft picks Stefan Cleveland and Daniel Johnson 2-27-17 – Sign SuperDraft picks Brandt Bronico and Matej Dekovic 3-31-17 – Sign Bastian Schweinsteiger as a Designated Player 8-9-17 – Acquire Christian Dean via trade with Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8-11-17 – Acquire Richard Sanchez via MLS Allocation Process

- Chicago Fire vs. Minnesota United FC – Aug. 26, 2017

CHICAGO FIRE SOCCER CLUB – www.Chicago-Fire.com – 7000 S. Harlem Ave. – Bridgeview, IL 60455

CHICAGO FIRE AGAINST EXPANSION SIDES The Fire are 4-4-3 all-time in first meetings against new expansion teams: May 28, 2005: 3-0 win at Real Salt Lake – Rice-Eccles Stadium - Salt Lake City, UT May 20, 2006: 1-0 win at Houston Dynamo – Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX May 12, 2007: 3-1 loss at Toronto FC – BMO Field – Toronto, ON May 2, 2009: 1-1 tie vs. Seattle Sounders – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL June 5, 2010: 2-1 win vs. Philadelphia Union – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL April 14, 2011: 4-2 loss at Portland Timbers – Jeld-Wen Field – Portland, OR May 7, 2011: 0-0 tie vs. Vancouver Whitecaps – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL March 17, 2012: 1-1 tie at Montreal Impact – Olympic Stadium - Montreal QC April 24, 2015: 1-0 win vs. New York City FC – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL June 6, 2015: 3-2 loss vs. Orlando City – Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL March 18, 2017: 4-0 loss vs. Atlanta United – Bobby Dodd Stadium – Atlanta, GA

Building The Fire

Yea MLS SuperDraft Trades Signings Homegrown Loans 14 Accam – Dec. 19 Fernandez – Aug. 28

Doody – Dec. 22

15 Polster – First Round (7th) Calistri – Dec. 17 Conner – Dec. 17

16 Vincent – First Round (4th) Campbell – First Round (12th)

Solignac (COL) – Aug. 3 Harrington – Jan. 18 Meira – Jan. 23 Kappelhof – Feb. 2 Lampson – Feb. 26 Goossens – Feb. 29 Alvarez – March 3 de Leeuw – May 17 Arshakyan – Aug. 3 Nikolic – Dec. 20

Juninho – Dec. 23

17 Johnson – First Round (11th) Cleveland – Second Round (26th) Bronico – Third Round (47th) Dekovic – Fourth Round (69th)

McCarty (NYRB) – Jan. 16 Dean (VAN) – Aug. 9

Bava – Jan. 5 Schweinsteiger – March 21 Sanchez – Aug. 11

Mihailovic – Jan. 27



IN THE LAST MATCH… MLS Regular Season Chicago Fire (12-8-6, 41 pts.) 1:3 Toronto FC (14-3-8, 50 points) Aug. 19, 2017 – Toyota Park Attendance: 21,891 Scoring Summary: TOR – Marky Delgado (unassisted) 14’ CHI – David Accam (unassisted) 54’ TOR – Nicolas Hasler (Victor Vazquez) 63’ TOR – Sebastian Giovinco (Tosaint Ricketts) 90’ Misconduct Summary: TOR – Michael Bradley (caution) 5’ TOR – Eriq Zavaleta (caution) 75’ Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Drew Conner, Johan Kappelhof, Christian Dean, Patrick Doody; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty, Juninho © (Djordje Mihailovic 65’); Michael de Leeuw (Luis Solignac 59’), Nemanja Nikolic (Arturo Alvarez 82’), David Accam. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Jonathan Campbell, David Arshakyan. Shots: 15; Shots On-Goal: 7; Saves: 5; Fouls: 6; Corners: 2; Offsides: 5 Toronto FC: Alexander Bono; Eriq Zavaleta, Drew Moor, Chris Mavinga; Nicolas Hasler (Steven Beitashour 77’), Marky Delgado, Michael Bradley ©, Victor Vazquez (Jonathan Osorio 75’), Justin Morrow; Jozy Altidore (Tosaint Ricketts 80’), Sebastian Giovinco. Subs not used: Clint Irwin, Jason Hernandez, Jay Chapman, Raheem Edwards. Shots: 18; Shots On-Goal: 9; Saves: 6; Fouls: 7; Corners: 1; Offsides: 4 Veljko Paunovic, Chicago Fire Head Coach On losing five out of the six games: “It was a tough loss, we played against one of the best teams that have played here so far and congratulations to Toronto on the performance. I also want to thank our players, I think with these three games this week, you couldn’t ask more from our guys. They gave a huge effort and did their best and like I said, we played against a very good team. We have to look forward and to come back next week with the best possible recovery and mindset to understand that we now have three more games at home, important games in this next stretch and these games are our next target as must win games. We will recover and bounce back, it doesn’t worry me but it’s obvious that we are looking forward to the reaction now and we will react.” On the injuries to the back line and the possible return of Brandon Vincent: “Brandon is close to his recovery and this week he will start the normal training with the group and we will look at our goals and look at how we can fit his goals and his fitness and his sharpness with the ball so that he can be available in the next game against Minnesota. There are no excuses. I think the team understands that this is like a marathon and these things happen and you just have to stay positive and understand that every team in the league has these moments and these moment come and go. We just have to keep working and keep the mood. I think we have a good locker room, champions inside, and they aren’t happy with the loss but they know that we will bounce back, and back to the performances we had at one point this season and we will build another momentum. If you look ahead into the season, the games that we have, we still have time if we are capable of bouncing back and building the momentum in the next two months and it’ll be enough for us to make playoffs but it’s also to finish the season hot and that’s going to help for the playoffs too.”



On the team’s form “We didn’t have a good first half, we were too timid and we struggled to quickly switch from when we have the ball, what we want to do is press in a middle zone and press their midfielders and cover the ball to Altidore and Giovinco. Then, switch quickly to the transition and possess the ball and control the game. I think the second half was better, good reaction, quick goal but we conceded the second goal which killed us practically. However, the team, as I said gave a great effort, tried hard until the end. Even after the third goal I thought we were close to scoring a goal. That could’ve helped, we always play until the end and when you still have time you play until you have it and you give your best. That’s our identity, that’s what we do always, that’s what we ask and the guys did well with that. I think overall, we didn’t play the way were used to. But, as I said we are very good team and we are committed to turn this around and bring the team to where it was just a month ago.” On the record crowd at Toyota Park and the playoff-like atmosphere tonight “Yeah it was a great rehearsal for us. Playing against one of the best teams that we could face in playoffs, playing also in front of our crowd a full house. It was very important and we are very grateful to our fans as you could see at the end of the game. We gave our best and the guys wanted to say thanks to the crowd because they were amazing today. I’m very grateful for their support and coming here. We will always look to give our best and give our supporters the best possible soccer and we always look to improve.” Bastian Schweinsteiger, Chicago Fire Midfielder On having a reason for concern "If you don't win games, don't win points, in a way, yes. There are certain moments in a game where we were actually playing well but we just made sloppy mistakes and wrong decisions. The other team had creative offensive players who just use this kind of sloppiness and then they score goals, and we don't." On Toronto being the best team in the league "Yes, I would say Toronto is doing a great job. I mean, they have Giovinco, Altidore, that's a different category. New York City also has a good team, David Villa, great striker. Red Bulls, they have a great striker in Bradley Wright-Phillips. These three teams are doing really well." On the rarity of a losing streak in his decorated career "Yes, it is very frustrating, very disappointing. I absolutely don't like that and that's new." On the issues behind a losing streak "It's all, sometimes wrong decisions, sometimes not 100 percent concentrated. We played the first half of the season maybe over our limit, better than expected, I would say. We did a great job. Now we could see what we are missing in our game and we have to find a way to come back, to win again. We have to play all on a better level." On the level of intensity changing by game "Actually no, that's my honest opinion. There are games in the past with the same intensity or more. The difference is that this team Toronto has, I would say seven players that are creative and have quality, and that's maybe a difference from other teams in this league." On the differences between the first and second half "I think we also had in the first half opportunities to play our chances better, in a better way, so maybe we didn't make the right decision. Maybe in the second half a little bit better. We're not satisfied in how we have played in the last third of the game, it's not good enough. We have to improve better."



David Accam, Chicago Fire Midfielder On playoff aspirations for the Fire "From the beginning our goal was to make the playoffs, and we stand in a good position; we have good players, we just need to be mentally stronger. We need to make the playoffs, we have the players to make the playoffs, so we will make the playoffs." On the support during a loss "I think the fans were really behind us and we just didn't do enough for us to win the game. I need to congratulate Toronto, they were spot on, the attack has worked perfect for them and they deserved the win. We know we have a good team so we go back and work hard and come back stronger next time." On circling this game on the calendar "For us, every game is special, but we also know that we play against a good team and we needed to match the intensity; today, we didn't do that. That's why I said they deserved the win, and I know we have a lot of good players in here who will be back for the next games we have." On the goal "I was in a good place and when the ball hit the post, I guess my first reaction is just touch it, tap the ball in. Fortunately, I think my knee tapped the ball in."



CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown College Status 11 David Accam FWD 5-9 154 09/28/1990 Accra, Ghana Hartpury College GC/DP 12 Arturo Alvarez MID 5-10 170 06/28/1985 Houston, TX -- 10 David Arshakyan FWD 6-4 190 08/16/1994 Saint Petersburg, Russia -- Int. 1 Jorge Bava GK 6-4 188 08/02/1981 Montevideo, Uruguay -- Int. 13 Brandt Bronico MID 5-8 155 06/20/1995 High Point, NC UNC Charlotte 15 Joey Calistri MID 5-10 160 11/20/1993 Deerfield, IL Northwestern Univ. HG 16 Jonathan Campbell DEF 6-1 190 06/27/1993 Greensboro, NC UNC 30 Stefan Cleveland GK 6-2 185 05/25/1994 Dayton, OH Louisville 18 Drew Conner MID 5-11 165 02/18/1994 Cary, IL Wisconsin HG 26 Christian Dean DEF 6-3 200 03/14/1993 East Palo Alto, CA UC Berkley 33 Matej Dekovic DEF 6-1 180 09/19/1993 Zagreb, Croatia UNC Charlotte Int. 8 Michael de Leeuw FWD 5-10 150 10/07/1986 Goirle, Netherlands -- Int. 22 Patrick Doody DEF 6-0 180 04/22/1992 Naperville, IL Indiana University HG 17 Collin Fernandez MID 5-8 140 2/13/1997 Downers Grove, IL -- HG 7 John Goossens MID 5-9 160 07/25/1988 Heemstede, Netherlands -- 5 Michael Harrington DEF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC UNC 20 Daniel Johnson MID 5-9 140 09/08/1995 Duluth, GA Louisville 19 Juninho MID 5-7 143 01/08/1989 San Jose dos Campos, Brazil -- GC 4 Johan Kappelhof DEF 5-11 165 08/05/1990 Amsterdam, Netherlands -- Int. 28 Matt Lampson GK 6-3 200 09/06/1989 Hilliard, OH Ohio State 6 Dax McCarty MID 5-9 150 04/30/1987 Winter Park, FL UNC 14 Djordje Mihailovic MID 5-10 153 11/10/1998 Lemont, IL -- HG 23 Nemanja Nikolic FWD 5-11 176 12/31/1987 Senta, Serbia -- Int./DP 66 João Meira DEF 6-1 170 04/30/1987 Setubal, Portugal -- Int. 2 Matt Polster DEF 6-0 170 06/08/1993 Las Vegas, NV SIU Edwardsville 45 Richard Sanchez GK 6-3 197 04/05/1994 Little Elm, TX -- 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger MID 6-0 170 08/01/1984 Kolbermoor, Germany -- Int./DP 9 Luis Solignac FWD 6-0 171 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Int. 3 Brandon Vincent DEF 5-11 175 05/01/1994 Valencia, CA Stanford

CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Player Pos. Pronunciation Place of Birth Last Team 1 Jorge Bava GK Montevideo, Uruguay Atlético Bucaramanga (COL) 2 Matt Polster DEF Milwaukee, WI SIU Edwardsville 3 Brandon Vincent DEF Los Angeles, CA Stanford 4 Johan Kappelhof DEF CAP-ul-hof Amsterdam, Netherlands FC Groningen (Netherlands) 5 Michael Harrington DEF Greenville, NC Colorado Rapids 6 Dax McCarty MID Winter Park, FL New York Red Bulls 7 John Goossens MID GOO-sens Heemstede, Netherlands Voluntari (Romania) 8 Michael de Leeuw FWD duh leuw Goirle, Netherlands FC Groningen (Netherlands) 9 Luis Solignac FWD sol-en-YAK Buenos Aires, Argentina Colorado Rapids 10 David Arshakyan FWD ar-shak-ee-yan Saint Petersburg, Russia FK Trakai (LTU) 11 David Accam FWD ah-KAHM Accra, Ghana Helsingborgs IF (Sweden) 12 Arturo Alvarez MID Houston, TX Videoton FC (HUN) 13 Brandt Bronico MID brah-nih-koh High Point, NC UNC Charlotte 14 Djordje Mihailovic MID georgie me-HI-lo-vich Jacksonville, FL Chicago Fire Academy 15 Joey Calistri MID kuh-LEE-stree Deerfield, IL Northwestern Univ. 16 Jonathan Campbell DEF Greensboro, NC UNC 17 Collin Fernandez MID Downers Grove, IL Chicago Fire Academy 18 Drew Conner MID Cary, IL Univ. of Wisconsin 19 Juninho MID joo-KNEEN-yo San Jose dos Campos, Brazil Club Tijuana (MEX) 20 Daniel Johnson MID Duluth, GA Univ. ofLouisville 22 Patrick Doody DEF Naperville, IL Indiana University 23 Nemanja Nikolic FWD Senta, Serbia Legia Warsaw (POL) 26 Christian Dean DEF Alvin, Texas Vancouver Whitecaps FC 28 Matt Lampson GK Cleveland, TN Columbus Crew 30 Stefan Cleveland GK STEF-in Dayton, Ohio Univ. of Louisville 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger MID Kolbermoor, Germany Manchester United 33 Matej Dekovic DEF mah-tay Zagreb, Croatia UNC Charlotte 45 Richard Sanchez GK Mission Hills, CA Tampico Madero (MEX) 66 Joao Meira DEF joo-ow mah-ee-rah Setubal, Portugal Belenenses (POR) General Manager: Nelson Rodriguez Manager of Team and Soccer Operations: Alex Boler Head Coach: Veljko Paunovic Head Athletic Trainer: Steven Purcell Assistant Coach: Marko Mitrovic Assistant Athletic Trainer: Reade Whitney Assistant Coach: Eric Gehrig Equipment Manager: Brian Sauer Goalkeeper Coach: Aleksandar Saric Assistant Equipment Manager: Juan Arreola Strength & Conditioning Coach: Raphael Fevre Video Analyst: Nenad Babic Director of Scouting: Matt Pearson



2017 Schedule/Results

DATE OPPONENT VENUE Time/Result MLS Record

Saturday, March 4 Columbus Crew SC Columbus 1-1 T 0-0-1 Saturday, March 11 Real Salt Lake Chicago 2-0 W 1-0-1 Saturday, March 18 Atlanta United FC Atlanta 4-0 L 1-1-1 Saturday, April 1 Montreal Impact Chicago 2-2 T 1-1-2 Saturday, April 8 Columbus Crew SC Chicago 1-0 W 2-1-2 Saturday, April 15 New England Revolution Chicago 3-0 W 3-1-2 Friday, April 21 Toronto FC Toronto 3-1 L 3-2-2 Saturday, April 29 New York Red Bulls RBNY 2-1 L 3-3-2 Saturday, May 6 LA Galaxy Los Angeles 2-2 T 3-3-3 Saturday, May 13 Seattle Sounders Chicago 4-1 W 4-3-3 Wednesday, May 17 Colorado Rapids Chicago 3-0 W 5-3-3 Saturday, May 20 D.C. United DC 1-0 W 6-3-3 Thursday, May 25 FC Dallas Chicago 2-1 W 7-3-3 Sunday, June 4 Orlando City SC Orlando 0-0 T 7-3-4 Saturday, June 10 Atlanta United FC Chicago 2-0 W 8-3-4 Wednesday, June 14 Saint Louis FC* St. Louis 1-0 W -- Saturday, June 17 New England Revolution New England 2-1 W 9-3-4 Saturday, June 24 Orlando City SC Chicago 4-0 W 10-3-4 Wednesday, June 28 Cincinnati FC* Cincinnati 0(1)-(3)0 PKL -- Saturday, July 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Chicago 4-0 W 11-3-4 Wednesday, July 5 Portland Timbers Portland 2-2 T 11-3-5 Saturday, July 22 New York City FC New York 2-1 L 11-4-5 Saturday, July 29 Sporting Kansas City Kansas City 3-2 L 11-5-5 Saturday, August 5 New England Revolution Chicago 4-1 W 12-5-5 Saturday, August 12 Columbus Crew SC Columbus 3-1 L 12-6-5 Wednesday, August 16 Montreal Impact Montreal 3-0 L 12-7-5 Saturday, August 19 Toronto FC Chicago 3-1 L 12-8-5 Saturday, August 26 Minnesota United Chicago 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 2 Montreal Impact Montreal 6:00 p.m. Saturday, September 9 New York Red Bulls Chicago 3:00 p.m. Saturday, September 16 D.C. United Chicago 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 23 Philadelphia Union Philadelphia 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 San Jose Earthquakes San Jose 9:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30 New York City FC Chicago 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 15 Philadelphia Union Chicago 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 22 Houston Dynamo Houston 3:00 p.m. *Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup



2017 Chicago Fire MLS Regular Season Statistics (through Aug. 19, 2017) Player GP GS MIN G A C E GWG GWA

David Accam 23 19 1677 13 7 2 0 4 1

Arturo Alvarez 17 7 584 3 1 0 0 0 1

David Arshakyan 4 0 24 0 0 1 0 0 0

Brandt Bronico 2 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0

Joey Calistri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jonathan Campbell 16 3 498 0 1 1 0 0 0

Drew Conner 14 4 531 0 0 0 0 0 0

Christian Dean (CHI) 2 1 175 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matej Dekovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Michael de Leeuw 24 22 1754 3 5 3 0 0 2

Patrick Doody 5 5 450 0 4 0 0 0 1

Collin Fernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

John Goossens 1 1 89 0 0 1 0 0 0

Michael Harrington 9 9 798 0 0 0 0 0 0

Daniel Johnson 8 0 125 0 0 1 0 0 0

Juninho 18 15 1340 1 2 2 1 1 0

Johan Kappelhof 24 24 2071 0 3 4 1 0 1

Joao Meira 24 24 2075 0 2 3 0 0 1

Dax McCarty 20 20 1781 0 5 2 0 0 1

Djordje Mihailovic 9 1 214 0 0 0 0 0 0

Nemanja Nikolic 25 25 2153 16 3 1 0 4 1

Matt Polster 14 13 1097 1 4 1 0 0 2

Bastian Schweinsteiger 21 21 1805 2 5 4 0 1 2

Luis Solignac 24 18 1422 5 3 1 0 2 2

Brandon Vincent 19 19 1710 1 3 2 0 0 1

Goalkeeping Statistics Player GP GS MIN SHT SVS GA GAA PG PA W L T SO

Jorge Bava 8 8 720 31 20 12 1.50 0 0 3 2 2 3

Stefan Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matt Lampson 17 17 1530 69 46 22 1.29 3 3 9 5 3 6

Richard Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0



11 David Accam – 2017: 23 GP/19 GS, 13G, 7A in 1677min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 8/19/17 vs. TOR (54’) LAST MLS ASSIST 7/5/17 at POR (Vincent 61’) - Signed with the Fire on Dec. 19, 2014 as a Designated Player - Was a member of the Ghana side that reached the final match in the 2015 African Cup of Nations. - Earned his first cap for Ghana on Jan. 19, 2015 in their first group match against Senegal. - Scored his first international goal against Mauritius in an AFCON qualifier on June 14, 2015. - Has nine international caps as of July 1, 2017 #12 Arturo Alvarez – 2017: 17 GP/7 GS, 3G, 1A in 584 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 8 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 7/5/17 at POR (34’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/5/17 at POR (Vincent 61’) - Houston-born, has represented San Jose, FC Dallas, and Real Salt Lake in MLS play - Joined Portuguese Primeira Liga side Pacos de Ferreira in 2012 and Hungarian side Videoton FC in 2013 - U.S. youth international, made the switch to his parents’ native El Salvador in 2009. - Has earned 43 caps as of March 3, 2016 #10 David Arshakyan – 2017: 4 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 24 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 8 min. 8/16/17 in 3-0 loss at MTL LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Signed with the Fire on Ag. 3, 2016 - Armenian international, made his senior debut in a World Cup Qualifier against Denmark on Sept. 4, 2016. #1 Jorge Bava – 2017: 8 GP/ 8 GS, 3 SO, 20 SV in 720 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 4/29/17 in 2-1 loss at NYRB LAST MLS WIN: 4/15/17 vs. NE, 3-0 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 4/15/17 in 3-0 win vs. NE - Uruguayan ‘keeper signed with the Fire on Jan. 7, 2017 - Began his professional career in 1998 and has played in Uruguay, Paraguay, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. - Made one appearance for the Uruguayan U-23 side #13 Brandt Bronico – 2017: 2 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 29 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 24 min 3/18/17 in 4-0 loss at ATL LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the third round (47th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 74 games at UNC Charlotte, scoring 25 goals and adding 23 assists. - 2016 Conference USA Player of the Year, Offensive MVP and Golden Boot Winner. Led Conference USA in assists in 2015. #15 Joey Calistri –2017: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 9 min. 10/23/16 in 3-2 loss at TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 6/18/16 at COL (81’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/11/16 vs. VAN (Igboananike 62’) - A native of Deerfield, IL, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015. - Four-year starter for Northwestern, finished second on the team’s all-time goal scoring chart. - Fire Academy and PDL product. - Became the sixth Homegrown player in Fire history to appear in a first team match on March 6, 2016. #16 Jonathan Campbell – 2017: 16 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 408 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/16/17 in 3-0 loss at MTL LAST MLS GOAL: 4/30/16 vs. DC (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/16/16 vs. NE (Accam 80’) - Selected in the first round (12th overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at UNC, NSCAA First Team All-American as a senior - The Greensboro, NC native is a Carolina Dynamo PDL and North Carolina Fusion Academy alum

#30 Stefan Cleveland – 2017: 0 GP/0 GS, 0SO, 0SV in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS WIN: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS SHUTOUT: Has not appeared in a MLS match - Selected in the second round (26th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 22 games for Louisville in 2016, earned 10 shutouts en route to a .72 GAA - Spent his first three collegiate seasons at Dartmouth, earned 16 shutouts in 33 games, and was named 2015 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year #18 Drew Conner – 2017: 13 GP/3 GS, 0G, 0A in 441 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 19 min. 8/5/17 in 4-1 win vs. NE LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Cary, IL native, signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 17, 2015 - Four-year starter and senior captain at Wisconsin - Fire PDL and Academy product, member of the 2010 U-16 championship side #33 Matej Dekovic – 2017: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a MLS match LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the fourth round (69th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Played 57 games for UNC Charlotte, scored five goals and added three assists #26 Christian Dean (CHI) – 2017: 2 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 175 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft - Played collegiately at UC Berkley #8 Michael de Leeuw – 2017: 24 GP/21 GS, 3G, 5A in 1754 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 59 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 8/12/17 at CLB (13’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/1/17 vs. VAN (Nikolic 18’) - Joined the Fire from Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen who he represented from 2012-16 - Began his professional career in 2009 with SC Veendam where he had ten multi-goal games from 2009-11 #22 Patrick Doody – 2017: 5 GP/5 GS, 0G, 4A in 450 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/5/17 vs. NE (Solignac 90+2’) - A Native of Naperville, Ill., Doody signed a Homegrown contract on Dec. 22, 2014 - Led Indiana University to the 2012 College Cup - Made his first team debut when he started against SEA on July 11, 2015 #17 Collin Fernandez – 2017: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 5 min. 5/11/16 in 2-1 loss at VAN LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Fire Academy product, originally from Downers Grove, IL - A U.S. Youth International, is currently a member of the Peruvian U-20 side #7 John Goossens – 2017: 1 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 90 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 3/4/17 in 1-1 tie at CLB LAST MLS GOAL: 10/23/16 at TOR (83’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 9/10/16 vs. TOR (de Leeuw 58’) - Ajax academy product, played professionally in Holland with NEC and Feyenoord. Also had stints in India with Pune City and Romania with Voluntari. - Dutch youth international, scored four goals and added two assists in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup as Holland finished third.



#5 Michael Harrington – 2017: 9 GP/9 GS, 0G, 0A in 798 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/21/17 in 2-1 loss at NYC LAST MLS GOAL: 10/5/08 vs. CHI (48’) (SKC) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/2/16 vs. PHI (Igboananike 51’) - Signed as a free agent on Jan. 18, 2016 - Member of the U.S. Soccer U-17 Residency program - Selected third in the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by Kansas City after a collegiate career at UNC - Spent six seasons in KC (2007-12) before joining the Timbers for 2013 and 2014, then the Rapids in 2015 #20 Daniel Johnson – 2017: 8 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 125 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 13 min. 7/29/17 in 3-2 loss at SKC LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Selected in the first round (11th overall) of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft - Appeared in 41 games for Louisville, scored seven goals and added five assists during his junior and senior years. - Spent the first two years of his collegiate career at Maryland, appeared in 23 games before transferring. - A native of Duluth, Ga., played for the West Ham Academy from 2009-2012. #19 Juninho – 2017: 18 GP/15 GS, 1G, 2A in 1340 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 64 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 8/5/17 vs. NE (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 4/1/17vs. MTL (Schweinsteiger 17’) - Joined the Fire on loan from Club Tijuana on Dec. 23, 2016 - Three-time MLS Cup and two-time MLS Supporters’ Shield winner with the LA Galaxy in the span of six seasons. - Joined MLS and the Galaxy on loan from Sao Paulo in 2010 - One goal and four assists in 21 MLS Playoff appearances with the Galaxy #4 Johan Kappelhof – 2017: 24 GP/ 24 GS, 0G, 3A in 2071 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/25/17 vs. DAL (Accam 9’) - Joined the Fire on Feb. 2, 2016 - Ajax Academy product, signed with FC Groningen in 2011. - Scored three goals in 123 games for FC Groningen over five seasons - Appeared in five matches for the Dutch U-21 side. #28 Matt Lampson – 2017: 17GP/17GS 6SO 46SV 1.29 GAA 1530 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS WIN: 8/5/17 vs. NE, 4-1 win LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 7/1/17 vs. VAN, 4-0 win - Signed with the Fire on Feb. 26, 2016. Signed as a Crew SC Homegrown on Dec. 15, 2011. Appeared in 16 games for a 9-6-0 record from 2012-15. - Set a Fire record with a 412 minute shutout streak between March 11 and April 16, 2016. - Named the 2016 MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year for his work with The LampStrong Foundation #6 Dax McCarty – 2017: 20 GP/20 GS, 0G, 5A in 1781 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 10/1/16 vs. PHI (66’) (NY) LAST MLS ASSIST: 8/12/17 at CLB (de Leeuw 13’) - Joined the Fire via trade with NYRB on Jan. 16, 2017 - Two-time MLS Supporters’ Shield winner with NYRB - Began his professional career when he was selected in the first round (sixth overall) of the 2006 SuperDraft by FC Dallas - Member of the U.S. U-17 Residency Program, appeared in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2008 Olympics games - Has 12 caps for the USMNT as of July 26, 2017

#14 Djordje Mihailovic – 2017: 9 GP/1 GS, 0G, 0A in 214 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 26 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not recorded an assist in a MLS match - Lemont, IL native signed a Homegrown Contract on Jan. 27, 2017 - Represented the Fire at the Academy and PDL levels. - As a 16-year-old was part of the Fire U-18 team’s 2015 USSDA National Championship team. #23 Nemanja Nikolic – 2017: 25 GP/25 GS, 16G, 3A in 2153min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 82 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 7/1/17 vs. VAN (18’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/1/17 vs. VAN (de Leeuw 84’) - Signed as a Designated Player on Dec. 20, 2016 - Scored six goals in eight UEFA Champions League games and two in 10 Europa League games. - Won the Hungarian title with Videoton in 2011 and 2015, and the 2012 Hungarian League Cups and the 2011 and 2012 Hungarian Super Cups. - Born in Senta, Serbia, is a Hungarian international who made his senior debut in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier on Oct. 11, 2013. - Has scored three goals in 23 games for Hungary. #66 Joao Meira – 2017: 23 GP/23 GS, 0G, 1A in 2075 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 5 min. 8/16/17 in 3-0 loss at MTL LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in a MLS match LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/1/17 vs. VAN (Nikolic 14’) - Signed with the Fire on Jan. 23, 2016 - Native of Setubal, Portugal, has played professionally in his native country representing Vitoria Setubal, CD Cova Piedade, CD Mafra, Atletico CP and Belenenses. #2 Matt Polster – 2017: 14 GP/13 GS, 1G, 4A in 1097 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/12/17 in 3-1 loss at CLB LAST MLS GOAL: 8/5/17 vs. NE (8’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 7/1/17 vs. VAN (Alvarez 25’) - Selected in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft - Played at SIU Edwardsville for four years - Made his professional debut on 3/6/15 against the LA Galaxy. - A member of the U.S. U-23 MNT, was called in for the annual January camp in 2016 with the senior side. #31 Bastian Schweinsteiger– 2017: 21 GP/21 GS, 2G, 5A in 1805 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 4/15/17 vs. NE (45’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 6/24/17 vs. ORL (Accam 8’) - 2014 FIFA World Cup champion with Germany, played in three World Cups and four UEFA European Championships. - UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and eight Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich #9 Luis Solignac – 2017: 24 GP/18 GS, 5G, 3A in 1422 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 31 min. 8/19/17 in 3-1 loss vs. TOR LAST MLS GOAL: 8/5/17 vs. NE (90+2’) LAST MLS ASSIST 5/20/17 vs. DC (Accam 52’) - Joined the Fire via trade with the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 3, 2016 - Born in Buenos Aires, made his professional debut for his hometown Club Atletico Platense in 2008. - Also plied his trade with Portuguese side Sporting Clube de Braga, Djurgardens IF Fotboll in Sweden, IFK Mariehamn in Finland. #3 Brandon Vincent – 2017: 19 GP/19 GS, 1G, 3A in 1710 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min. 7/5/17 in 2-2 draw at POR LAST MLS GOAL: 7/5/17 at POR (61’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 5/25/17 vs. DAL (Nikolic 3’) - Select in the first round (fourth overall) of the 2016 MLS SuperDraft - Four-year starter at Stanford, led his side to the 2015 College Cup title. - Was named 2015 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. - Earned his first senior cap for the U.S. MNT on Feb. 5, 2016 when he entered in the second half of a 1-0 win over Canada.



Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC

MAPFRE Stadium | Columbus, Ohio | MLS Regular Season | March 4, 2017 Attendance: 15,023

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty, John Goossens (Drew Conner 90+6’), Arturo Alvarez (Luis Solignac 74’), Michael de Leeuw ©, David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic (David Arshakyan 90+3’). Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Jonathan Campbell, Patrick Doody, Brandt Bronico Columbus Crew SC: Zack Steffen, Harrison Afful, Nicolai Naess, Jonathan Mensah, Jukka Raitala, Mohammed Abu (Artur 76), Wil Trapp ©, Ethan Finlay, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram, Ola Kamara (Adam Jahn 70). Subs not used: Brad Stuver, Alex Crognale, Hector Jimenez, Connor Maloney, Niko Hansen

Stats CHI CLB Shots 12 10 Shots (on goal) 3 4 Saves 3 2 Fouls 6 15 Offside 5 3 Corner Kicks 6 5

Scoring Summary: CLB – Ethan Finlay (Justin Meram) 17’ CHI – David Accam (John Goossens) 73’ Misconduct Summary: CLB – Mohammed Abu (caution) 41’ CHI – John Goossens (caution) 81’

Chicago Fire vs. Real Salt Lake

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | March 11, 2017 Attendance: 13,023

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty, Juninho ©, Arturo Alvarez (Luis Solignac 79’), Michael de Leeuw (Djordje Mihailovic 90+3’), David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic (Brandt Bronico 85’). Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Jonathan Campbell, Patrick Doody, Drew Conner Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando, Tony Beltran, David Horst, Justin Schmidt, Chris Wingert, Sunny (Luke Mulholland HT), Kyle Beckerman ©, Jordan Allen (Ricardo Velazco 26’), Albert Rusnak, Luis Silva (Chad Barrett 70’), Yura Movsisyan. Subs not used: Matt VanOekel, Demar Phillips, Sebastian Saucedo, Danilo Acosta

Stats CHI RSL Shots 6 12 Shots (on goal) 4 1 Saves 1 2 Fouls 12 14 Offside 1 1 Corner Kicks 4 10

Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (unassisted) 11’ CHI – Arturo Alvarez (Johan Kappelhof) 15’ Misconduct Summary: RSL – Chris Wingert (caution) 79’

Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United FC

Bobby Dodd Stadium | Atlanta, Georgia | MLS Regular Season | March 18, 2017 Attendance: 45,922

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty, Juninho ©, Arturo Alvarez (Jonathan Campbell 15’), David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic (Drew Conner 79’), Luis Solignac (Brandt Bronico 66’). Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Patrick Doody, Djordje Mihailovic, Daniel Johnson Atlanta United FC: Alec Kann, Greg Garza, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Michael Parkhurst, Tyrone Mears, Carlos Carmona, Julian Gressel (Chris McCann 72’), Yamil Asad, Miguel Almiron (Jeff Larentowicz 83’), Hector Villalba (Jacob Peterson 69’), Josef Martinez. Subs not used: Kenwyne Jones, Miles Robinson, Alexandros Tabakis, Mark Bloom

Stats CHI ATL Shots 6 14 Shots (on goal) 3 6 Saves 3 3 Fouls 7 6 Offside 1 2 Corner Kicks 1 12

Scoring Summary: ATL – Brandon Vincent (OG) 4’ ATL – Josef Martinez (Miguel Almiron) 60’ ATL – Hector Villalba 67’ ATL – Josef Martinez 82’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Johan Kappelhof (ejection) 11’ ATL – Julian Gressel (caution) 15’ CHI – Jorge Bava (caution) 18’ ATL – Miguel Almiron (caution) 45’

Chicago Fire vs. Montreal Impact

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | April 1, 2017 Attendance: 15,103

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Jonathan Campbell, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arturo Alvarez (Michael de Leeuw 65’, Daniel Johnson 79’), Nemanja Nikolic (Luis Solignac 75’), David Accam. Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Patrick Doody, Brandt Bronico, Djordje Mihailovic Montreal Impact: Evan Bush, Chris Duvall, Victor Cabrera, Hassoun Camara ©, Daniel Lovitz, Adrian Arregui (Patrice Bernier 62), Marco Donadel (Michael Salazar 74’), Hernan Bernadello, Dominic Oduro (Wandrille Lefevre 83’), Matteo Mancosu, Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla. Subs not used: Maxime Crepeau, Ambroise Oyongo, Calum Mallace, Anthony Jackson-Hamel

Stats CHI MTL Shots 13 10 Shots (on goal) 5 4 Saves 2 3 Fouls 14 20 Offside 3 5 Corner Kicks 8 1

Scoring Summary: CHI – Bastian Schweinsteiger (David Accam, Juninho) 17’ MTL – Matteo Mancosu (Chris Duvall) 61’ MTL – Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla (Patric Bernier) 90’ CHI – Luis Solignac (Dax McCarty) 90+3 Misconduct Summary: CHI – Juninho (caution) 41’ MTl – Chris Duvall (caution) 57’ MTL – Adrian Arregui (caution) 60’ CHI – Juninho (caution) 71’ MTL – Victor Cabrera (caution) 76’ MTL – Daniel Lovitz (caution) 78’ MTL – Victor Cabera (ejection) 81’



Chicago Fire vs. Columbus Crew SC


Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell (Drew Conner 55’), Joao Meira, Michael Harrington, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty ©, Brandon Vincent, Michael de Leeuw, Nemanja Nikolic, David Accam (Daniel Jonson 73’). Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Patrick Doody, Arturo Alvarez, Brandt Bronico, David Arshakyan Columbus Crew SC: Zack Steffen, Jukka Raitala (Waylon Francis 73’), Nicolai Naess, Alex Crognale, Hector Jimenez, Wil Trapp ©, Mohammed Abu (Niko Hansen 60’), Ethan Finlay (Adam Jahn 79’), Artur, Justin Meram, Ola Kamara. Subs not used: Logan Ketterer, Josh Williams, Connor Maloney, Cristian Martinez


Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Dax McCarty) 22’ Misconduct Summary: CLB – Alex Crognale (caution) 84’ CHI – Dax McCarty (caution) 86’

Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution


Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington (Drew Conner 78’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Dax McCarty, Bastian, Luis Solignac (Accam 72’), Schweinsteiger, Michael de Leeuw (Johnson 60’), Nemanja Nikolic, Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Arturo Alvarez, Jonathon Cambell, New England Revolution: Cody Cropper, Antonio Dalamea Milnar, Joshua Smith, Xavier Kouassi, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Farrell, Lee Nguyen (Diego Fagundez 52’), Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe, Kei Kamara (Teal Bunbury 66’), Juan Agudelo (Chris Tierney 57’) Subs not used: Daigo Kobayashi, Brad Knighton, Benjiman Angoua, Femi Hollinger-Janzen

Stats CHI NE Shots 11 4 Shots (on goal) 3 1 Saves 1 0 Fouls 10 8 Offside 2 0 Corner Kicks 6 4

Scoring Summary: CHI – Bastian Schweinstiger (Luis Solignac 45’) CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (unassisted 47’) CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (David Accam) 78’ Misconduct Summary: NE – Je-Vaughn Watson (caution) 21’ NE – Je-Vaughn Watson (caution, ejection) 27’ CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 77’

Chicago Fire at Toronto F.C.

BMO Field | Toronto,ON | MLS Regular Season | April 21, 2017 Attendance: 27,097

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington , Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Arturo Alvarez 84’) Luis Solignac,, Michael de Leeuw (David Accam 61’) Nemanja Nikolic (Daniel Johnson ’70), Subs not used: Matt Lampson,, Jonathon Cambell, Drew Conner, Djordje Mihailovic Toronto F.C: Alex Bono, Nick Hsgglund, Justin Morrow, Eric Zavaleta, Marco Delgado (Jonathan Osorio 81’), Victor Vazquez (Jay Chapman 66’), Michael Bradley, Raheem Edwards, Steven Beitashour, Sebastian Giovinco (Benoit Cheyrou 85’), Jozy Altidore Subs not used:Tosaint Ricketts, Armando Cooper, Mark Pais, Tsubasa Endoh

Stats CHI TOR Shots 8 18 Shots (on goal) 1 9 Saves 6 0 Fouls 11 19 Offside 5 1 Corner Kicks 4 5

Scoring Summary: TOR – Sébastian Giovinco (Victor Vazquez) 28’ TOR – Eric Zavaleta (Justin Morrow) 32’ TOR – Sebastian Giovinco (unassisted) 82’ CHI – David Accam (Luis Solignac) 88’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Dax Mccarty (caution) 15’ CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 24’ TOR – Jonathan Osorio (caution) 85’

Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ | MLS Regular Season | April 29, 2017 Attendance: 22,814

Chicago Fire: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho© (Michael de Leeuw 73’), Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (Arturo Alvarez 86’), David Accam (Daniel Johnson ’79), Nemanja Nikolic Subs not used: Matt Lampson, Jonathon Cambell, Drew Conner, Djordje Mihailovic New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles, Damien Perrinelle, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence, Connor Lade, Sacha Kljestan (Sean Davis 90’), Felipe Martins, Tyler Adams, Bradley Wright-Phillips (Fredrik Gulbrandsen 78’) Daniel Royer, Alex Muyl (Gonzalo Veron 65’) Subs not used: Ryan Meara, Micheal Murillo, Derrick Etienne, Hassan Ndam

Stats CHI NYRB Shots 14 10 Shots (on goal) 5 3 Saves 1 4 Fouls 13 16 Offside 4 1 Corner Kicks 1 4

Scoring Summary: NYRB – Bradley Wright-Phillips (Daniel Royer) 37’ CHI – Nemaja Nikolic (Dax Mccarty) 59’ NYRB – , Kemar Lawrence (Damien Perrinelle) 71’ Misconduct Summary: NYRB – Alex Muyl (caution) 51’ NYRB – Connor Lade (caution) 62’ NYRB –Felipe Martins (caution) 81’ NYRB – Fredrik Gulbrandsen (caution) 87’



Chicago Fire at. Los Angeles Galaxy

Stub Hub Center | Carson, CA | MLS Regular Season | May 6, 2017 Attendance: 24,256

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Joao Meira, Johan Kappelhof, Brandon Vincent, Drew Conner (Jonathan Campbell 75’), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty, Juninho (Arturo Alvarez 88’), Nemaja Nikolic, David Accam (Micheal de Leeuw 69’), Luis Solgnac Subs not used: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Daniel Johnson, Djordje Mihailovic Los Angeles Galaxy: Brian Rowe, Jelle van Damme (David Romney 33’), Daniel Steres, Ashley Cole, Bradley Diallo, Jermaine Jones (Emmanuel Boateng 43’), Baggio Huisdic, Joao Pedro, Giovani Dos Santos, Romain Alessandrini, Gyasi Zardes (Jack Mcbean 87’) Subs not used: Jack McInerney, Jon Kempin, Rafael Garcia, Jose Villarreal, Jaime Villarreal

Stats CHI LAG Shots 12 12 Shots (on goal) 6 2 Saves 0 4 Fouls 11 11 Offside 5 1 Corner Kicks 2 8

Scoring Summary: CHI – David Accam 13’ CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (David Accam) 16’ LAG – Daniel Steres (Romain Alessandrini) 56’ LAG – Giovanni Dos Santos (Dave Romney) 65’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Brandon Vincent (caution) 60’ LAG – Romain Alessandrini (caution) 74’ CHI – Bastian Schweinsteiger (caution) 90’

Chicago Fire vs. Seattle Sounders FC

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | May 13, 2017 Attendance: 20,153

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Drew Conner (Jonathan Campbell 71’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac, Michael de Leeuw (Matt Polster 71’), David Accam (Daniel Johnson 89’), Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Arturo Alvarez, Djordje Mihailovic. Seattle Sounders FC: Stefan Frei, Cristian Roldan, Chad Marshall, Tony Alfaro, Joevin Jones, Harry Shipp (Will Bruin 71’), Osvaldo Alonso © (Alvaro Fernandez 77’), Gustav Svensson, Clint Dempsey (Brad Evans 81’), Jordan Morris, Nicolas Lodeiro. Subs not used: Bryan Meredith, Oniel Fisher, Zach Mathers, Seyi Adekoya.

Stats CHI SEA Shots 15 12 Shots (on goal) 6 2 Saves 1 2 Fouls 15 13 Offside 3 3 Corner Kicks 3 3

Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (penalty kick) 25’ SEA – Clint Dempsey (Cristian Roldan) 28’ CHI – David Accam (Michael de Leeuw, Bastian Schweinsteiger) 60’ CHI – Luis Solignac (Nemanja Nikolic, Brandon Vincent) 73’ CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (David Accam, Johan Kappelhof) 76’ Misconduct Summary: SEA – Stefan Frei (caution) 27’ CHI – Matt Lampson (caution) 48’ CHI – Brandon Vincent (caution) 78’ SEA – Joevin Jones (caution) 87’ SEA – Joevin Jones (caution, ejection) 89

Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids


Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Djordje Mihailovic 76’), Luis Solignac (Jonathan Campbell 70’), Michael de Leeuw, David Accam (Juninho 60’), Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Arturo Alvarez, Drew Conner, Daniel Johnson. Colorado Rapids: Tim Howard ©, Marlon Hairston, Bobby Burling, Jared Watts, Eric Miller, Shkelzen Gashi, Michael Azira, Dillon Powers (Sam Hamilton 63’), Mohammed Saied (Josh Gatt 63’), Dominique Badji (Kevin Doyle 70’). Subs not used: Zac MacMath, Mike da Fonte, Axel Sjoberg, Caleb Calvert.

Stats CHI COL Shots 11 7 Shots (on goal) 4 3 Saves 4 1 Fouls 9 15 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 8 1

Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Brandon Vincent) 15’ CHI – David Accam (Michael de Leeuw, Matt Polster) 57’ CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Michael de Leeuw) 74’ Misconduct Summary: COL – Michael Azira (caution) 62’

Chicago Fire at. D.C. United

RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. | MLS Regular Season | May 20, 2017 Attendance: 20,618

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac, Michael de Leeuw (Jonathon Cambell 86’), David Accam (Drew Connor 79’), Nemanja Nikolic (David Arshakyan 89). Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Arturo Alvarez, Djodrje Mihailovic, Michael Harrington. D.C. United: Bill Hamid, Bobby Boswell, Steve Birnbaum, Taylor Kemp, Chris Korb (Chris Odoi-Astem 84’), Jared Jeffrey, Marcelo Sarvas (Ian Harkes 72’), Larmar Neagle, Lloyd Sam, Patrick Mullins (Jose Ortiz 72’), Sebastien Le Toux Subs not used: Julian Büsher, Kofi Opare, Travis Worra, Christopher Durkin

Stats CHI DC Shots 16 10 Shots (on goal) 8 2 Saves 2 7 Fouls 16 21 Offside 5 1 Corner Kicks 7 3

Scoring Summary: CHI – David Accam (Luis Solignac) 52’ Misconduct Summary: WSH – Marcelo Sarvas (caution) 8’ WSH – Lamar Neagle (caution) 64’ CHI – Bastian Schweinsteiger (caution) 66’



Chicago Fire vs. FC Dallas


Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (Juninho 59’), Michael de Leeuw (Jonathan Campbell 75’), David Accam (Arturo Alvarez 85’), Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Jorge Bava, Michael Harrington, Drew Conner, Djordje Mihailovic. FC Dallas: Chris Seitz, Aaron Guillen (Ryan Hollingshead 89’), Matt Hedges, Walker Hume, Atiba Harris, Victor Ulloa, Carlos Cermeno (Javier Morales 64’), Carlos Gruezo, Roland Lamah (Michael Barrios 74’), Cristian Colman, Tesho Akindele. Subs not used: Jacob Lissek, Maynor Figueroa, Reggie Cannon, Jacori Hayes.

Stats CHI DAL Shots 8 9 Shots (on goal) 4 1 Saves 0 2 Fouls 13 23 Offside 1 2 Corner Kicks 4 3

Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Brandon Vincent, Bastian Schweinsteiger) 3’ FCD – Roland Lamah (Cristian Colman) 6’ CHI – David Accam (Johan Kappelhof) 9’ Misconduct Summary: CHI – Luis Solignac (caution) 18’ FCD – Carlos Gruezo (caution) 21’ FCD – Aaron Guillen (caution) 23’ FCD – Walker Hume (caution) 45’ FCD – Matt Hedges (caution) 70’ CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 83’

Chicago Fire at Orlando City

Orlando City Stadium | Orlando, FL | MLS Regular Season | June 4, 2017 Attendance: 24,469

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Drew Conner (Djordje Mihailovic 71), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (Arturo Alvarez 55), Michael de Leeuw, David Accam (David Arshakyan 76), Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Jorge Bava, Jonathan Campbell, Michael Harrington, Brandt Bronico. Orlando City: Joe Bendik, Rafael Ramos, Jonathan Spector, Leo Pereira, Victor Pagliari Giro, Antonio Nocerino, Cristian Higuita, Giles Barnes (Scott Sutter 46), Will Johnson, Carlos Rivas (Kaka 59), Cyle Larin (Servant Carrasco 71). Subs not used: Josh Saunders, Jose Aja, Matias Perez Garcia, Luis Gil.

Stats CHI ORL Shots 21 5 Shots (on goal) 6 2 Saves 2 6 Fouls 14 8 Offside 3 2 Corner Kicks 9 1

Scoring Summary: None Misconduct Summary: ORL – Rafael Ramos (ejection) 26 CHI – Michael de Leeuw (caution) 60 ORL – Antonio Nocerino (ejection) 66 CHI – David Arshakyan (caution) 81

Chicago Fire vs. Atlanta United

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | June 10, 2017 Attendance: 18,451

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Joao Meira, Johan Kappelhof, Brandon Vincent, Juninho (Jonathan Campbell 65’), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (Drew Conner 59’), Michael de Leeuw, David Accam (Arturo Alvarez 86’), Nemanja Nikolic, Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Djordje Mihailovic, David Arshakyan, Daniel Johnson. Atlanta United: Alec Kann, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Michael Pakhurst, Greg Garza, Tyrone Mears, Kevin Kratz (Miguel Almiron 63’), Carlos Carmona, Jeff Larentowicz (Josef Martinez 64’), Hector Villalba (Branon Vazquez 75’), Yamil Asad, Julian Gressel Subs not used: Chris McCann, Kyle Reynish, Mark Bloom Mile Robinson

Stats CHI ATL Shots 12 12 Shots (on goal) 6 2 Saves 2 4 Fouls 14 12 Offside 2 3 Corner Kicks 4 7

Scoring Summary: CHI – Luis Solingac (David Accam) 29’ CHI – Nemanja Nikolic 70’ Misconduct Summary: ATL – Kevin Kratz (caution) 39’ CHI – Bastian Schweinsteiger (caution) 50’ CHI – David Accam (caution) 59’ ATL – Carlos Carmona (caution) 67’

Chicago Fire at Saint Louis FC

Toyota Stadium | Fenton, Mo. | U.S. Open Cup – Fourth Round | June 14, 2017 Attendance: 5,786

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Drew Conner, Johan Kappelhof, Jonathan Campbell, Brandon Vincent; Dax McCarty (Matt Polster 58’); Arturo Alvarez, Daniel Johnson (Djordje Mihailovic 57’), Juninho, Michael de Leeuw; Luis Solignac (Matej Dekovic 86’) Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland; Michael Harrington; Brandt Bronico, David Arshakyan Saint Louis FC: Adam Grinwis; Octavio Guzman (Tyler David 76’), Erick Cabalceta, A.J. Cochran, Wesley Charpie; Mats Bjurman (Denis Ahmetovic 79’), Dragan Stojkov, Emir Alihidivoc, Sebastian Dalgaard (Max Alvarez 63’), Christian Volesky, Jose Angulo Subs not used: Devala Gorrick, Austin Ledbetter, Konrad Plewa, Ryan Howe

Stats CHI STL Shots 16 9 Shots (on goal) 6 2 Saves 2 6 Fouls 16 15 Offside 2 0 Corner Kicks 4 6

Scoring Summary: CHI – Luis Solignac (Brandon Vincent) 27’ Misconduct Summary: STL – Octavio Guzman (caution) 29’ CHI – Dax McCarty (caution) 43’ STL – Dragan Stojkov (caution) 68’ CHI – Juninho (caution) 71’ STL – Dragan Stojkov (caution, ejection) 81’ CHI – Brandon Vincent (caution) 85’



Chicago Fire at. New England Revolution

Gillette Stadium| Foxborough, MA | MLS Regular Season | June 17, 2017 Attendance: 21,548

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (Jonathon Campbell 73’), Michael de Leeuw (Arturo Alvarez 83), Nemanja Nikolic (Drew Connor 90’) Subs not used: Michael Harrington, Stefan Cleveland, Daniel Johnson, Djordje Mihailovic New England Revolution: Cody Cropper, Antonio Dalamea Milnar, Benjamin Angoua, Chris Tierney (Daigo Kobayashi 71’), Andrew Farrell, Kelyn Rowe, Scott Caldwell (Juan Agudelo 45’), Gershon Koffie, Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez, Kei Kamara (Teal Bunbury 80’) Subs not used: Brad Knighton, London Woodberry, Femi Hollinger-Janzen, Joshua Smith


Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic 18’ CHI – Luis Solignac 61’ (de Leeuw) NE– Antonio Dalamea Milnar 70’ Misconduct Summary: NE – Kelyn Rowe (caution) 21’

Chicago Fire vs. Orlando City SC

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | June 24, 2017 Attendance: 20,000

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Joao Meira, Johan Kappelhof, Brandon Vincent, Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Mihailovic 73’), Luis Solignac, Michael de Leeuw (Juninho 59’), David Accam (Alvarez 80’), Nemanja Nikolic Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Drew Connor, Jonathon Campbell, Daniel Johnson. Orlando City: Joe Bendik, Jonathon Spector, Tommy Redding, Victor Giro, Scott Sutter, Christian Higuita (Matias Perez Garcia 57’) Antonio Nocerino, Luis Gil (Giles Barnes 57’) Will Johnson, Kaká (Richie Laryea 64’) Subs not used: Josh Saunders, Servando Carrasco, Donny Toia, Jośe Aja

Stats CHI ORL Shots 17 3 Shots (on goal) 7 0 Saves 0 3 Fouls 22 15 Offside 5 1 Corner Kicks 1 1

Scoring Summary: CHI – David Accam 2’ (Matt Polster) CHI – David Accam 8’ (Schweinsteiger) CHI – Nemanja Nikolic 52’ (Accam) CHI – David Accam 63’ Misconduct Summary: ORL – Will Johnson (caution) 22’ ORL – Christian Higuita (caution) 33’ CHI – Bastian Schweinsteiger (caution) 53’ CHI – Michael de Leeuw (caution) 56’ ORL – Kaká (caution) 58’ CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (caution) 69’ ORL – Victor Giro (caution) 84’

Chicago Fire at FC Cincinnati Nippert Stadium | Cincinnati, Ohio | Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Round of 16

June 28, 2017 Attendance: 32,287

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Drew Conner (Luis Solignac 45’), Jonathan Campbell, Johan Kappelhof, Brandon Vincent, Matt Polster, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arturo Alvarez, Juninho ©, Michael de Leeuw (Daniel Johnson 102’), Nemanja Nikolic Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Djordje Mihailovic, Brandt Bronico FC Cincinnati: Mitch Hildebrandt, Austin Berry ©, Harrison Delbridge, Justin Hoyte, Aodhan Quinn, Josu, Marco Dominguez (Corben Bone 77’), Matt Bahner, Danni Konig (Andrew Wiedeman’), Eric Stevenson (Jimmy McLaughlin 66’), Kadeem Dacres Subs not used: Dan Williams, Pat McMahon, Kenney Walker, Paul Nicholson

Stats CHI CIN Shots 26 20 Shots (on goal) 10 7 Saves 7 10 Fouls 14 13 Offside 2 1 Corner Kicks 18 7

Scoring Summary: None Penalty Kicks: CIN — Aodhan Quinn – MISS CHI — Nemanja Nikolic – SAVE CIN — Josu – GOOD CHI — Arturo Alvarez – SAVE CIN — Harrison Delbridge – GOOD CHI — Bastian Schweinsteiger – GOOD CIN — Jimmy McLaughlin – GOOD CHI — Juninho – SAVE Misconduct Summary: CHI — Matt Polster (caution) 46’ CIN — Josu (caution) 55’ CHI — Nemanja Nikolic (caution) 72’ CIN — Andrew Wiedeman (caution) 109’

Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Toyota Park | Bridgeview, IL | MLS Regular Season | July 1, 2017 Attendance: 20,187

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof (Djordje Mihailovic 81), Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Drew Conner 43), Luis Solignac, Michael de Leeuw, Arturo Alvarez (Jonathan Campbell 69), Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Brandt Bronico, Daniel Johnson. Vancouver Whitecaps FC: David Ousted ©, Jakob Nerwinski, Andrew Jacobson, Tim Parker, Jordan Harvey, Cristian Techera, Matias Laba, Tony Tchani (Nicolas Mezquida 51), Christian Bolanos, Brek Shea (Yordy Reyna 64), Bernie Ibini-Isei (Fredy Montero 51). Subs not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Christian Dean, Mauro Rosales, Erik Hurtado.

Stats CHI VAN Shots 18 10 Shots (on goal) 12 3 Saves 3 7 Fouls 9 7 Offside 2 2 Corner Kicks 6 5

Scoring Summary: CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Matt Polster, Joao Meira) 14 CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (Michael de Leeuw) 18 CHI – Arturo Alvarez (Matt Polster) 25 CHI – Michael de Leeuw (Nemanja Nikolic) 84 Misconduct Summary: VAN – Matias Laba (ejection) 78



Chicago Fire at Portland Timbers

Providence Park | Portland, Ore. | MLS Regular Season | July 5, 2017 Attendance: 21,144

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster (Drew Conner 34’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Brandon Vincent, Juninho ©, Arturo Alvarez, David Accam (Djordje Mihailovic 81’), Luis Solignac (Jonathan Campbell 65’), Michael de Leeuw, Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Michael Harrington, Brandt Bronico, Daniel Johnson.. Portland Timbers: Jake Gleeson, Zarek Valentin, Lawrence Olum, Roy Miller, Vytautas Andriuskevicius (Marco Farfan 87’), Ben Zemanski (Victor Arboleda 87’), Darlington Nagbe, Dairon Asprilla, Diego Valeri, Sebastian Blanco, Fanendo Adi. Subs not used: Jeff Attinella, Chance Myers, Rennico Clarke, Jeremy Ebobisse.

Stats CHI POR Shots 6 24 Shots (on goal) 3 9 Saves 7 1 Fouls 11 15 Offside 1 7 Corner Kicks 1 8

Scoring Summary: POR – Fanendo Adi (penalty kick) 24 CHI – Arturo Alvarez (Juninho) 34 CHI – Brandon Vincent (Arturo Alvarez, David Accam) 61 POR – Sebastian Blanco (Diego Valeri) 70 Misconduct Summary: CHI – Matt Lampson (caution) 65’ POR – Sebastian Blanco (caution) 73’

Chicago Fire at New York City FC

Yankee Stadium | Bronx, NY. | MLS Regular Season | July 21, 2017 Attendance: 26,025

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster (Djordje Mihailovic 54’), Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Michael Harrington, Juninho ©, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luis Solignac (David Accam 46’), Michael de Leeuw (Daniel Johnson 69’), Arturo Alvarez, Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Drew Conner, Jonathan Campbell. New York City FC: Sean Johnson, Ethan White, Frederic Brilliant, Alexander Callens, Ben Sweat (Mikey Lopez 37'), Alexander Ring, Maximiliano Moralez, Yangel Herrera, Jack Harrison, Jonathan Lewis (Sean Okoli72’), David Villa (Kwame Awuah 90+2’). Subs not used: Eirik Johansen, RJ Allen, Andrea Pirlo, Thomas McNamara.

Stats CHI NY Shots 25 15 Shots (on goal) 9 6 Saves 4 7 Fouls 13 7 Offside 4 3 Corner Kicks 8 2

Scoring Summary: NYC – David Villa (Jonathan Lewis) 47’ NYC – Frederic Brillant 50’ CHI – David Accam 54' Misconduct Summary: NYC – Yangel Herrera (caution) 8’ NYC – Yangel Herrera (caution, ejection) 12’ CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 44’ CHI – Johan Kappelhof (caution) 61’ NYC – Jack Harrison (caution) 83’ NYC – Frederic Brillant (caution) 87'

Chicago Fire at Sporting Kansas City

Children’s Mercy Park | Kansas City, KS. | MLS Regular Season | July 29, 2017 Attendance: 20,313

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Patrick Doody, Juninho © (Daniel Johnson 77’), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Jonathon Campbell 90’), Dax McCarty, Luis Solignac (David Accam 55’), Michael de Leeuw, Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Michael Harrington, Drew Conner, Stefan Cleveland, Djordje Mihailovic Sporting Kansas City: Time Melia, Matt Besler, Ike Opara, Seth Sinovic, Graham Zusi, Ilie Sanchez, Benny Feilhaber (Erik Palmer-Brown 87’), Roger Espinoza, Diego Rubio, Daniel Salloi (Cristian Lobato 73’), Latif Blessing (Jimmy Medranda 83’) Subs not used: Andrew Dykstra, Sonny Saad, Kevin Ellis, Saad Abdul-Salaam

Stats CHI SKC Shots 10 19 Shots (on goal) 3 9 Saves 6 2 Fouls 10 8 Offside 3 5 Corner Kicks 5 5

Scoring Summary: SKC– Daniel Salloi 23’ CHI– Matt Besler (OG) 28’ SKC– Benny Feilhabler 45’ SKC– Latif Blessing (Diego Rubio) 51’ CHI– David Accam (Patrick Doody) 78’ Misconduct Summary: CHI– Juninho (caution) 76’ CHI– Joao Meira (caution) 90”

Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution

Toyota Park | MLS Regular Season | Aug. 5, 2017 Attendance: 20,214

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Patrick Doody; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty (Drew Conner 71’), Juninho ©; Michael de Leeuw, Nemanja Nikolic (Luis Solignac 82’), David Accam (Jonathan Campbell 65’). Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Brandt Bronico, Djordje Mihailovic, Arturo Alvarez. New England Revolution: Cody Cropper, Andrew Farrell, Benjamin Anguoa, Antonio Mlinar Delamea, Kelyn Rowe; Scott Caldwell (Teal Bunbury 56’), Diego Fagundez, Gershon Koffie, Lee Nguyen ©; Juan Agudelo (Je-Vaughn Watson 78’), Kei Kamara. Subs not used: Brad Knighton, Chris Tierney, London Woodberry, Daigo Kobayashi, Xavier Kouassi.


Scoring Summary: CHI – Matt Polster (Joao Meira) 8’ NE – Kei Kamara (Lee Nguyen) 24’ CHI – Juninho (Patrick Doody) 39’ CHI – Michael de Leeuw (Patrick Doody) 39’ CHI – Luis Solignac (Patrick Doody) 90+2’ Misconduct Summary: NE – Benjamin Anguoa (caution) 44’ CHI – David Accam (caution) 45+1’ CHI – Michael de Leeuw (caution) 64’ CHI – Jonathan Campbell (caution) 80’



Chicago Fire at Columbus Crew SC

MAPFRE Stadium – Columbus, Ohio | MLS Regular Season | Aug. 12, 2017 Attendance: 18,690

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson; Matt Polster, Johan Kappelhof, Joao Meira, Patrick Doody; Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty ©; Michael de Leeuw, Luis Solignac (Arturo Alvarez 60’), David Accam (Jonathan Campbell 90’); Nemanja Nikolic. Subs not used: Stefan Cleveland, Drew Conner, Juninho, Djordje Mihailovic, Christian Dean. Columbus Crew SC: Zack Steffen, Jonathan Mensa, Josh Williams, Lalas Abubakar, Harrison Afful (Hector Jimenez 46’), Artur, Will Trapp, Waylon Francis, Kekuta Manneh (Cristian Martinez 65’), Justin Meram (Adam Jahn 90’), Ola Kamara. Subs not used: Brad Stuver, Jukka Raitala, Nicolai Naess, Mohammed Abu.


Scoring Summary: CHI – Michael de Leeuw (Dax McCarty) 13’ CLB – Kekuta Manneh 18’ CLB – Justin Meram (Waylon Francis, Wil Trapp) 73’ CLB – Ola Kamara (PK) 88' Misconduct Summary: CHI – Joao Meira (caution) 26’ CLB – Justin Meram (simulation) 59’ CLB – Jonathan Menshah (unsporting behavior) 67’ CHI – Matt Polster (caution) 73’ CHI – Matt Lampson (caution) 89'

Chicago Fire at Montreal Impact

Saputo Stadium – Montreal, Quebec | MLS Regular Season | Aug. 16, 2017 Attendance: 19,849

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Joao Meira (Chirstan Dean 5’), Jonathan Campbell, Patrick Doody, Johan Kappelhof, Djordje Mihailovic (David Arshakyan 82’), Dax McCarty, Bastian Schweinstieger, Nemajna Nikolic (Luis Solignac 63’), Michael de Leeuw, David Accam Subs not used: Juninho, Arturo Alvarez, Drew Conner, Stefan Cleveland, Montreal Impact: Evan Bush, Laurent Ciman, Victor Cabrea, Daniel Lovitz, Chris Duvall, Samuel Pitette (Kyle Fisher 79’), Blerim Dzemaili (Louis Belan-Goyette 71’), Patrice Bernier, Matteo Mancosu, Ignacio Piatti (David Choiniere 75’), Dominic Oduro Subs not used: Shaun Francis, Maime Crepeau, Michael Salazar, Anthony Jackson-Hamel

Stats CHI MTL Shots 10 8 Shots (on goal) 2 5 Saves 2 2 Fouls 12 11 Offside 6 6 Corner Kicks 5 1

Scoring Summary: MTL – Ignacio Piatti 6’ MTL – Matteo Mancosu 37’ MTL – Ignacio Piatti (Blerim Dzemaili) 38’ Misconduct Summary: MTL – Victor Cabrera (caution) 20’ CHI – Matt Lampson (caution) 36’ MTL – Chris Duvall (caution) 48’ MTL – Samuel Piette (caution) 78’

Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC

Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Illinois | MLS Regular Season | Aug. 19, 2017 Attendance: 21,891

Chicago Fire: Matt Lampson, Patrick Doody, Christian Dean, Johan Kappelhof, Drew Conner, Juninho (Djordje Mihailovic 64’), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Dax McCarty, Michael de Leeuw (Luis Solignac 59’), David Accam, Nemanja Nikolic (Arturo Alvarez 82”) Subs Not Used: Michael Harrington, David Arshakyan, Jonathan Campbell, Stefan Cleveland Toronto FC: Alex Bono, Drew Moor, Chris Mavinga, Eriq Zavaleta, Victor Vasquez (Jonathan Osorio 75’), Marco Delgado, Michael Bradley, Justin Morrow, Nicolas Hasler (Steven Beitashour 77’), Jozy Altidore (Tosaint Ricketts 82’) Sebastian Giovinco Subs not used: Jason Hernandez, Jay Chapman, Clint Irwin, Raheem Edwards

Stats CHI TOR Shots 15 18 Shots (on goal) 7 9 Saves 6 6 Fouls 6 7 Offside 5 4 Corner Kicks 2 1

Scoring Summary: TOR – Marco Delgado 14’ CHI – David Accam 54’ TOR – Nicolas Hasler (Victor Vasquez) 63’ TOR – Sebastian Giovinco (Tosaint Ricketts) 90’ Misconduct Summary: TOR – Michael Bradley (caution) 5’ TOR – Eriq Zavaleta (caution) 75'



3-4-17 at CLB, 1-1 T GK Bava D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Goossens (Conner 90+6’) M McCarty M Alvarez (Solignac 74’) M Accam 1 F de Leeuw © F Nikolic (Arshakyan 90+3’)

3-11-17 vs. RSL, 2-0 W GK Bava D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Juninho © M Alvarez (Solignac 79’) M Accam F de Leeuw (Mihailovic 90+3’) F Nikolic (Bronico 85’)

3-18-17 at ATL, 4-0 L GK Bava D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Juninho © M Alvarez (Campbell 15’) M Accam F Solignac (Bronico 66’) F Nikolic (Conner 79’)

4-1-17 vs. MTL, 2-2 T GK Bava D Harrington D Cambell D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Schweinsteiger M Juninho © M Alvarez (de Leeuw 65’) (Johnson 79’) M Accam F Nikolic (Solgniac 75’)

4-8-17 vs. CLB, 1-0 W GK Bava D Kappelhof D Campbell (Conner 55’) D Meira D Harrington D Vincent M Schweinsteiger M McCarty © F de Leeuw F Nikolic 1 F Accam (Daniel Johnson 73’)

4-15-17 vs. NE, 3-0 W GK Bava D Harrington (Connor 78’) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Juninho © M de Leeuw (Johnson 60’) M Schweinsteiger 1 F Solignac (Accam 72’) F Nikolic

4-21-17 at. TOR, 3-1 L GK Bava D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Juninho © M McCarty M Schweinsteiger (Alvarez 84’) F Solignac 1 F Nikolic (Johnson 70’) F de Leeuw (Accam 61’)

4-29-17 at. NYRB, 2-1 L GK Bava D Harrington D Kappelhof D Meria D Vincent M Juninho © (de Leeuw 73') M McCarty M Schweinsteiger F Accam (Johnson 79’) F Solignac (Alverez 86’) F Nikolic 1

5-6-17 at LA, 2-2 T GK Lampson D Connor (Campbell 75’) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Schweinsteiger M Juninho © (Alvarez 88’) F Accam 1 (de Leeuw 69’) F Solgniac F Nikolic 1

5-13-17 vs. SEA, 4-1 W GK Lampson D Conner (Campbell 71’) D Kappelhof D Meira M Vincent M McCarty © M Schweinsteiger M Soliganc 1 M de Leeuw (Polster 71’) M Accam 1 (Johnson 89’) F Nikolic 2

5-17-17 vs. COL, 3-0 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty © M Schweinsteiger (Mihailovic 76’) M Solignac (Campbell 70’) M de Leeuw M Accam 1 (Juninho 60’) F Nikolic 2

5-20-17 at DC, 1-0 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty © M Schweinsteiger M Solignac M de Leeuw (Cambell 86’) M Accam 1 (Connor 79’), F Nikolic (Arshakyan 89)

5-25-17 vs. DAL, 2-1 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty © M Schweinsteiger M Solignac (Juninho 59’) M de Leeuw (Campbell 75’) M Accam 1 (Alvarez 85’) F Nikolic 1

6-4-17 at ORL, 0-0 T GK Lampson D Conner (Mihailovic 71’) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Polster M Schweinsteiger M Solignac (Alvarez 55’) M de Leeuw © M Accam (Arshakyan 76’) F Nikolic

6-10-17 vs. ATL, 2-0 W GK Lampson D Polster D Meira D Kappelhof D Vincent M Juninho © (Campbell 65‘) M Schweinsteiger M Solignac 1 (Conner 59’) M de Leeuw M Accam (Alvarez 86’) F Nikolic 1

6-14-17 at STLFC*, 1-0 W GK Lampson D Conner D Kappelhof D Campbell D Vincent M McCarty (Polster 58‘) M Alvarez M Johnson (Mihailovic 57‘) M Juninho © M de Leeuw F Solignac 1 (Dekovic 86‘)

6-17-17 at NE, 2-1 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M McCarty M Juninho © M Schweinstieger F Solignac 1 (Campbell 73’) F de Leeuw (Alvarez 83’) F Nikolic 1 (Connor 89’)

6-25-17 vs. ORL, 4-0 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent M Schweinsteiger (Mihailovic 73’) M Solignac M de Leeuw (Juninho 59’) M Accam 3 (Alvarez 80’) F Nikolic 1

6-28-17 at CIN*, 0(1)-(3)0 PKL GK Lampson D Conner (Solignac 45’) D Campbell D Kappelhof D Vincent M Polster M Schweinsteiger M Alvarez M Juninho © F de Leeuw (Johnson 102’) F Nikolic

7-1-17 vs. VAN, 4-0 W GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof (Mihailovic 81’) D Meira D Vincent M Juninho © M Schweinsteiger (Conner 43’) M Solignac M de Leeuw 1 M Alvarez 1 (Campbell 69’) F Nikolic 2



7-5-17 at POR, 2-2 T GK Lampson D Polster (Conner 34‘) D Kappelhof D Meira D Vincent 1 M Juninho © M Alvarez 1 M Accam (Mihailovic 81‘) M Solignac (Campbell 65‘) F de Leeuw F Nikolic

7-21-17 at NYC, 2-1 L GK Lampson D Polster (Mihailovic 54‘) D Kappelhof D Meira D Harrington M Juninho © M Schweinsteiger M Solignac (Accam 45‘) 1 M de Leeuw (Johnson 69‘) M Alvarez F Nikolic

7-29-17 at SKC, 3-2 L GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Doody M Juninho © (Johnson 77‘) M Schweinsteiger (Campbell 90‘) M McCarty M Solignac (Accam 55‘) F de Leeuw F Nikolic

8-5-17 vs. NE, 4-1 W GK Lampson D Polster 1 D Kappelhof D Meira D Doody M McCarty (Conner 71‘) M Juninho © 1 M de Leeuw 1 M Nikolic (Solignac 82‘) 1 M Accam (Campbell 65‘)

8-12-17 at CLB, 3-1 L GK Lampson D Polster D Kappelhof D Meira D Doody M Schweinsteiger M McCarty © M de Leeuw 1 M Solignac (Alvarez 60‘) M Accam (Campbell 90‘) F Nikolic

8-16-17 at MTL, 3-0 L GK Lampson D Meira (Dean 5’) D Campbell D Doody D Kappelhof M Mihailovic (Arshakyan 82’) M McCarty © M Schweinstieger M de Leeuw M Accam F Nikolic (Solignac 63’)

8-19-17 vs. TOR, 3-1 L GK Lampson D Conner D Kappelhof D Dean D Doody M Schweinsteiger M McCarty M Juninho © (Mihailovic 65‘) F de Leeuw (Solignac 59‘) F Nikolic (Alvarez 82‘) F Accam 1

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1 Jorge Bava 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

2 Matt Polster 19 90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 34D 54D 90D 90D 90D

3 Brandon Vincent 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Johan Kappelhof 90D 90D 11D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 80D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

5 Michael Harrington 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 78D 90D 90D 90D

6 Dax McCarty 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 71M 90M 90M 90M

7 John Goossens 89M

8 Michael de Leeuw 90M 89M 14 90F 60M 61M 17 21 71M 90M 86M 75M 90M 90M 83F 59M 90M 90M 69M 90F 90F 90M 90M 59M

9 Luis Solignac 16 20 66F 15 72M 90M 86M 90M 90M 70M 90M 59M 55M 59M 73F 90M 90M 65M 45M 55F 8 60M 27 31

10 David Arshakyan 1 1 14 8

11 David Accam 90M 90M 90M 90F 73F 18 29 79M 69M 88M 60M 79M 85M 76M 86M 80M 81F 45 35 65F 89M 90M 90F

12 Arturo Alvarez 74M 70M 15M 65F 6 4 2 5 35 4 7 10 69M 90F 90M 30 8

13 Brandt Bronico 5 24

14 Djordje Mihailovic 1 14 19 17 10 9 36 82M 26

15 Joey Calistri

16 Jonathan Campbell 75 90D 55D 15 19 20 4 15 25 17 21 25 1 25 1 90D

17 Collin Fernandez

18 Drew Conner 1 11 35 12 75D 71D 11 71D 31 1 47 56 19 90D

19 Juninho 90M 90M 71M 90M 90M 73M 88M 30 31 65M 90M 31 90M 90M 90M 77M 90M 64M

20 Daniel Johnson 11 17 30 20 11 2 21 13

22 Patrick Doody 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

23 Nemanja Nikolic 89F 85F 79M 75F 90F 90F 70F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 82F 90F 63F 82F

26 Christian Dean 85 90D

28 Matt Lampson 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

30 Stefan Cleveland

31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 90M 90M 90M 84M 90M 90M 90M 76M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 73M 43M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M

33 Matej Dekovic

45 Richard Sanchez

66 Joao Meira 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 5D

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Game #1 03/04/2017 CHI 1 at CLB 1 T Accam 1 (unassisted) 73

Game #2 03/11/2017 CHI 2 vs RSL 0 W Nikolic 1 (unassisted) 11; Alvarez 1 (Kappelhof 1) 15

Game #3 03/18/2017 CHI 0 at ATL 4 L

Game #4 04/01/2017 CHI 2 vs MTL 2 T Schweinsteiger 1 (Accam 1, Juninho 1) 17; Solignac 1 (McCarty 1) 93+

Game #5 04/08/2017 CHI 1 vs CLB 0 W Nikolic 2 (McCarty 2) 22

Game #6 04/15/2017 CHI 3 vs NE 0 W Schweinsteiger 2 (Solignac 1) 45; Nikolic 3 (unassisted) 47; Nikolic 4 (Accam 2, Schweinsteiger 1) 73

Game #7 04/21/2017 CHI 1 at TOR 3 L Accam 2 (Solignac 2) 88

Game #8 04/29/2017 CHI 1 at NYR 2 L Nikolic 5 (McCarty 3) 59

Game #9 05/06/2017 CHI 2 at LA 2 T Accam 3 (penalty kick) 13; Nikolic 6 (Accam 3) 16

Game #10 05/13/2017 CHI 4 vs SEA 1 W Nikolic 7 (penalty kick) 25; Accam 4 (de Leeuw 1, Schweinsteiger 2) 60; Solignac 2 (Nikolic 1, Vincent 1) 73;

Nikolic 8 (Accam 4, Kappelhof 2) 76

Game #11 05/17/2017 CHI 3 vs COL 0 W Nikolic 9 (Vincent 2) 15; Accam 5 (de Leeuw 2, Polster 1) 57; Nikolic 10 (de Leeuw 3) 74

Game #12 05/20/2017 CHI 1 at DC 0 W Accam 6 (Solignac 3) 52

Game #13 05/25/2017 CHI 2 vs DAL 1 W Nikolic 11 (Vincent 3, Schweinsteiger 3) 3; Accam 7 (Kappelhof 3) 9

Game #14 06/04/2017 CHI 0 at ORL 0 T

Game #15 06/10/2017 CHI 2 vs ATL 0 W Solignac 3 (Accam 5, Schweinsteiger 4) 29; Nikolic 12 (penalty kick) 70

Game #16 06/17/2017 CHI 2 at NE 1 W Nikolic 13 (unassisted) 18; Solignac 4 (de Leeuw 4, Nikolic 2) 61

Game #17 06/24/2017 CHI 4 vs ORL 0 W Accam 8 (Polster 2) 3; Accam 9 (Schweinsteiger 5) 8; Nikolic 14 (Accam 6) 52; Accam 10 (penalty kick) 63

Game #18 07/01/2017 CHI 4 vs VAN 0 W Nikolic 15 (Polster 3, Vincent 4) 14; Nikolic 16 (de Leeuw 5) 18; Alvarez 2 (Polster 4) 25; de Leeuw 1 (Nikolic 3) 84

Game #19 07/05/2017 CHI 2 at POR 2 T Alvarez 3 (Juninho 2) 34; Vincent 1 (Alvarez 1, Accam 7) 61

Game #20 07/22/2017 CHI 1 at NYC 2 L Accam 11 (unassisted) 54

Game #21 07/29/2017 CHI 2 at KC 3 L own goal (Besler) 28; Accam 12 (Doody 1, McCarty 4) 78

Game #22 08/05/2017 CHI 4 vs NE 1 W Polster 1 (Meira 2) 8; Juninho 1 (Doody 2) 39; de Leeuw 2 (Doody 3) 49; Solignac 5 (Doody 4) 92+

Game #23 08/12/2017 CHI 1 at CLB 3 L de Leeuw 3 (McCarty 5) 13

Game #24 08/16/2017 CHI 0 at MTL 3 L

Game #25 08/19/2017 CHI 1 vs TOR 3 L Accam 13 (unassisted) 54

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1 Jorge Bava

2 Matt Polster 32 120M

3 Brandon Vincent 90D 120D

4 Johan Kappelhof 90D 120D

5 Michael Harrington

6 Dax McCarty 58M

7 John Goossens

8 Michael de Leeuw 90M 102F

9 Luis Solignac 86F 75

10 David Arshakyan

11 David Accam

12 Arturo Alvarez 90M 120M

13 Brandt Bronico

14 Djordje Mihailovic 33

15 Joey Calistri

16 Jonathan Campbell 90D 120D

17 Collin Fernandez

18 Drew Conner 90D 45D

19 Juninho 90M 120M

20 Daniel Johnson 57M 18

22 Patrick Doody

23 Nemanja Nikolic 120F

28 Matt Lampson 90G 120G

30 Stefan Cleveland

31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 120M

33 Matej Dekovic 4

66 Joao Meira

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4R 06/14/2017 CHI 1 at STLOUS 0 W Solignac (Vincent) 27

5R 06/28/2017 CHI 0 at CINTI 0 T (1-3 pens)

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MINNESOTA UNITED FC MATCH NOTES

M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D F C R O S T E R2 Justin Davis Defender

3 Jerome Thiesson Defender

4 Jermaine Taylor Defender

5 Francisco Calvo Defender

6 Vadim Demidov Defender

7 Ibson Midfielder

8 Marc Burch Defender

9 Abu Danladi Forward

10 Miguel Ibarra Midfielder

11 Johan Venegas Midfielder

12 Joseph Greenspan Defender

13 Ethan Finlay Midfielder

14 Brent Kallman Defender

15 Ismaila Jome Midfielder

16 Bashkim Kadrii Midfielder

17 Collin Martin Midfielder

18 Kevin Molino Midfielder

19 Sam Cronin Midfielder

20 Rasmus Schuller Midfielder

21 Christian Ramirez Forward

22 Kevin Venegas Defender

23 Bernardo Anor Midfielder

24 Patrick McLain Goalkeeper

25 Michael Boxall Defender

26 Collen Warner Midfielder

28 Sam Nicholson Midfielder

30 Brandon Allen Forward

31 Thomas de Villardi Midfielder

32 Alex Kapp Goalkeeper

33 Bobby Shuttleworth Goalkeeper

Jose Leiton Midfielder

C H I C A G O F I R E R O S T E R1 Jorge Rodrigo Bava Goalkeeper

2 Matt Polster Midfielder

3 Brandon Vincent Defender

4 Johan Kappelhof Defender

5 Michael Harrington Defender

6 Dax McCarty Midfielder

7 John Goossens Midfielder

8 Michael de Leeuw Forward

9 Luis Solignac Forward

10 David Arshakyan Forward

11 David Accam Forward

12 Arturo Alvarez Midfielder

13 Brandt Bronico Midfielder

14 Djordje Mihailovic Midfielder

15 Joey Calistri Midfielder

16 Jonathan Campbell Defender

17 Collin Fernandez Midfielder

18 Drew Conner Midfielder

19 Juninho Midfielder

20 Daniel Johnson Midfielder

22 Patrick Doody Defender

23 Nemanja Nikolic Forward

26 Christian Dean Defender

28 Matt Lampson Goalkeeper

30 Stefan Cleveland Goalkeeper

31 Bastian Schweinsteiger Midfielder

33 Matej Dekovic Defender

66 Joao Meira Defender

2017 MLS Record (W-L-D): ...................... 6-14-4Western Conference Standings: ................... 11th

Head Coach: .................Adrian Heath (22-31-20)Asst. Coach: .......................................... Ian FullerAsst. Coach: ................................... Mark WatsonGK Coach: .......................................Marius Røvde

2017 MLS Record (W-L-D): .......................12-8-5Eastern Conference Standings: ...................... 3rd

Head Coach: ............. Veljko Paunovic (19-25-15)Asst. Coach: ................................ Marko MitrovicAsst. Coach: ..............................Aleksandar SaricGK Coach: ............................................Eric Gehrig

2 - Last Time Out, Match Preview, How the Teams Compare, Team Leaders3 - Series Information4 - About Opponent, Quick Facts5 - News and Notes

6 - Standings7 - This Week in MLS, Last Week in MLS8 - MLS Stats Leaders, Media Resources9 - Schedule, Record When..., Scoring Frequency, vs. Opponent

10 - Player Statistics, Individual Honors11 - Goal Map12 - Team Records13 - Recent Achievements, Team Firsts14-15 - All-Time History vs Opposition

16-17 - Past Starting Lineups18 - Roster and Pronunciation Guide19-24 - Player Bios24 - Construction MNUFC25 - Coaching Staff Bios

I N D E X2015 MINNESOTA UNITED FC GOAL MAPI N D E X

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MNUFC MATCH NOTES

Goals#21 Christian Ramirez 11#18 Kevin Molino 5#9 Abu Danladi 3

Assists#18 Kevin Molino 7#11 Johan Venegas 4#7 Ibson 4

L A S T T I M E O U T | M i n n e s o t a U n i t e d F C v s S e a t t l e S o u n d e r s F C | A u g u s t 2 0 , 2 0 1 7 | C e n t u r y L i n k F i e l d , S e a t t l e , W A | M L S R e g u l a r S e a s o n

MIN Substitutes 77’ – Taylor IN, Molino OUT

82’ – Ibarra IN, Nicholson OUT

90’ – Warner IN, Ibson OUT

Unused SubsGK – McLain M – Martin, Jome F – Allen

MIN Starting XI vs. SEA

Minnesota United AbsencesSuspended n/aOut Anor (L Lower Leg), Greenspan (Head) De Villardi (L Achilles)Questionable Ramirez (R Hamstring)International Duty n/a

Minnesota Looks for First Road Win Against FireMinnesota United FC showed poise in its last outing against Seattle and will look to bring the positives from that match to Chicago for this weekend’s game against the Fire. Both clubs have experienced rocky form over the past few months, with each managing just one win in their past seven outings. Chicago’s strong start has helped it remain among the top teams in the Eastern Conference, despite a recent slide. Its dangerous attack, featuring Nemanja Nikolic and Bastian Schweinsteiger, will be a tough test for the Loons’ defense, which nearly held off first-place Seattle Sounders FC last Sunday. With several players returning to full health, MNUFC will be in a good position to get its first road win of the season.

Late Penalty Lifts Seattle Past MinnesotaMinnesota United FC came off a bye week to put up a strong performance on the road against Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday night. After being beaten 4-0 in the previous meeting, the Loons jumped out to an early lead thanks to a goal from new arrival Ethan Finlay in the 21st minute. Abu Danladi nearly doubled the lead minutes later, but his effort hit the side netting. Sounders FC were able to tie the match with a goal off a set piece late in the first half. Danladi once again had the best chance to double the Loons’ tally with an open look in Seattle’s box, but hit the side netting. A handball was called against Jermaine Taylor in stoppage time, allowing Seattle’s Clint Dempsey to convert a match-winning penalty kick.

6 - 14 - 4 MLS Record (W-L-D) 12 - 8 - 5

D-L-W-L-L Form (Last 5 Matches) L-W-L-L-L22 Points 4111th West MLS Position 3rd East

24 Matches Played 25

30 Goals Scored 4651 Goals Against 3423 Assists 47

238 Shots 301

90 SOG 124259 Fouls Conceded 285

304 Fouls Suffered 31345 Offsides 77

96 Corner Kicks 107

2 PK Scored 43 PK Attempts 5

5 Clean sheets 9

Series History

MIN all-time W-L-D: 0 - 0 - 0 | 0 GF, 0 GA

MIN home W-L-D: 0 - 0 - 0 | 0 GF, 0 GA

MIN away W-L-D: 0 - 0 - 0 | 0 GF, 0 GA

MLS stats only | 2017 MLS Season

Match OfficialsReferee: Kevin Stott (Career MIN matches: 0) 2017 MLS Stats: 26 YC / 2 RC / 15 MatchesARs: Jeffrey Greeson, Kyle Longville4th: Juan Guzman VAR: Dave Gantar

Goals#23 Nemanja Nikolic 16

#11 David Accam 13#9 Lucas Solignac 5

Assists#11 David Accam 7#31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 5Two additional players tied 5

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C H I C A G O F I R E T E A M L E A D E R S

U P N E X T | M i n n e s o t a U n i t e d F C v s C h i c a g o F i r e | A u g u s t 2 6 , 2 0 1 7 | T o y o t a P a r k , B r i d g e v i e w , I L | M L S R e g u l a r S e a s o n

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Date Score Result Location

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MIN CHIN/A GOALS N/A

N/A ASSISTS N/A

N/A YELLOW CARDS N/A

N/A RED CARDS N/A

N/A WINS N/A

N/A LOSSES N/A

N/A CLEAN SHEETS N/A

MIN CHIN/A GOALS N/A

N/A ASSISTS N/A

N/A YELLOW CARDS N/A

N/A SAVES N/A

N/A GOALS ALLOWED N/A

0-15 16-30 31-45 45+ 46-60 61-75 75-90 90+ ET TotalMIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0CHI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Minnesota Sporting Director Manny Lagos and Director of Player Personnel Amos Magee both played for the Fire during their careers. Lagos was taken by Chicago in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft, while Magee was loaned to the club from the Minnesota Thunder.

Ethan Finlay played for Chicago Fire Premier during the 2010 PDL season.

Patrick McLain was on Chicago’s roster in 2016.

Michael Harrington, Luis Solignac, Sam Cronin and Marc Burch were teammates on the Colorado Rapids in 2015.

Dax McCarty and Brandon Allen were a part of the New York Red Bulls organization in 2016.

Arturo Alvarez and Cronin played for the San Jose Earthquakes in 2010. Alvarez then joined Collen Warner on Real Salt Lake in 2011.

Matt Lampson was a member of Columbus Crew SC with Bernardo Anor from 2012 to 2014.

Fire Assistant Coach Eric Gehrig was on Crew SC with Anor from 2011 to 2014.

Team Type Player # of Matches

MinnesotaUnited FC

Goals None

Assists None

Points None

Shutouts None

ChicagoFire

Goals None

Assists None

Points None

Shutouts None

*Streak considered 2+ matches in a row.

Suspended: n/a Suspended after next caution: Ibson (MIN)

D I S C I P L I N A R Y R E P O R T

M I N N E S O TA C O N N E C T I O N SA L L - T I M E R E S U LT S A G A I N S T C H I C A G O F I R E

A L L - T I M E S E R I E S L E A D E R S

A L L - T I M E S E R I E S S I N G L E M AT C H H I G H S

C U R R E N T T E A M S T R E A K S *

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O P P O N E N T F A C T SMatch Abbreviation: ...........................................................................................CHIColors: ............................................................................ Red, Navy Blue and WhiteFounded:................................................................................................................. 1996First MLS Season: .............................................................................................. 1998MLS Titles: ......................................................................................................1 (1998)City, State: ...................................................................................Bridgeview, IllinoisStadium: .................................................................................................... Toyota ParkCapacity (Built): .............................................................................20,000 (2006)

• Ethan Finlay made his Minnesota debut last match against Seattle Sounders FC and scored his first goal for the club in the 21st minute.

• Finlay, Christian Ramirez and Abu Danladi all scored in their debuts for Minnesota in MLS.

• Ramirez missed two consecutive matches for the first time since joining the club in 2014.

• Finlay played six seasons for Chicago’s rival Columbus Crew SC. He has three goals and three assists in 12 career appearances against the Fire.

• Minnesota and Chicago have never played a competitive match against each other, but they have played several friendlies. MNUFC traveled to Chicago during the 2013 preseason and won 1-0. The teams most recently met at a preseason tournament in Portland prior to the 2015 campaign. The Fire defeated the Loons 4-0 in that match.

• The Fire have appeared in an MLS-record six U.S. Open Cup Finals. They have won the Cup four times, tied with Seattle for most in MLS history.

• Jerome Thiesson made his 23rd consecutive MLS appearance against Seattle, passing Ramirez for the club record.

• Ibson has tied Johan Venegas for the second-most assists for the club this season with four.

• Bobby Shuttleworth is one of three MLS goalkeepers with over 80 saves.

• With 16 goals this season, Nemanja Nikolic is second among MLS scorers behind NYCFC’s David Villa’s 19 goals.

• Nikolic ranks third in the league with 41 shots on target.

• Chicago hosted the 2017 MLS All-Star Game earlier this month at Soldier Field. The MLS All-Stars were defeated in a penalty shootout by La Liga giants Real Madrid after a 1-1 tie in regulation.

• Chicago has scored 46 goals this season, putting them third in the league behind NYCFC (47) and Toronto FC (49).

• The Fire have been caught offside 77 times, the most in MLS.

• Both teams have just one win in their past seven matches.

• Minnesota will be Chicago’s first Western Conference opponent since July.

• Chicago’s loss to Toronto last week was its first defeat at home in 2017.

• Minnesota is 1-6-0 against Eastern Conference teams.

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MNUFC Transfer Window ActivityIt was a busy closing week of the summer transfer window for Minnesota United FC, as the team added three players (Ethan Finlay, Jose Leiton and Alex Kapp) and sent one out on loan (Rasmus Schuller) in rapid succession.

The Loons made their first move by claiming Kapp off waivers after the goalkeeper had spent several weeks training with the club. Kapp was selected 68th overall in the fourth round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft by Atlanta United FC. Prior to that, he featured for Boston College and Creighton University. He accumulated 62 collegiate matches and made more than 200 saves during his time in the ACC and Big East.

Schuller was sent out on loan to his former club Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi (HJK) for the remainder of the MLS season. The midfielder, 26, had shone in training since signing with MNUFC in January 2017, but was limited to seven appearances (four starts) due to an unfortunate string of injuries over the first half of the campaign.

Minnesota-born midfielder and United States international Finlay was acquired via a trade with Columbus Crew SC for Targeted and General Allocation Money. He had a strong six-season tenure with Crew SC and was named to the MLS Best XI and MLS All-Star Team in 2015.

Finally, Costa Rica international Leiton will join MNUFC on loan from C.S. Herediano through July 2018. Leiton made a tremendous impact for Herediano last season in the Campeonato de Verano 2017 (Summer Championship), helping the team to its 26th title with his pace, creativity and ability to unbalance opposing defenses. He made his senior national team debut in the semifinals of the Gold Cup on July 22, coming off the bench for Costa Rica in a 2-0 loss to the United States.

Finlay Scores in Minnesota DebutAfter joining the squad early last week, Finlay wasted no time making his presence felt on the pitch for the Loons. Just 21 minutes into his first start, he scored his first goal in an MNUFC kit, putting the club up 1-0 vs. Seattle Sounders FC on the road. He is the third Minnesota player to score in his debut for the club in MLS, joining Christian Ramirez and Abu Danladi.

Head Coach Adrian Heath was pleased with Finlay’s performance, stating he can be “delighted with his first start” for the Loons: “He looks like he’s been with us an awful long time. He slotted straight in – knows the role. I think he’s going to be a good pickup for us.”

Kallman Returns to New-Look DefenseBrent Kallman returned to the starting XI on Sunday as a left-sided center back after missing two matches. Usually playing on the right side of the center-back pairing, he joined Michael Boxall at the core of the Loons’ defense, flanked by Jerome Thiesson on the right and Francisco Calvo at left back.

Calvo, who was the regular pairing with Kallman in the center, took the left back position for the first time as a Loon. He plays the role with the Costa Rica national team and featured there during Los Ticos’ Gold Cup campaign this summer, where he scored in a group-stage match.

Life on the RoadAfter a long stretch of five matches at home, Minnesota will spend a majority of its final stretch of the season on the road. Seven of the Loons’ 10 remaining games will take place on the road. If the showing at Seattle is any indication, MNUFC is inching closer to its first win away from TCF Bank Stadium, and will have a chance to get it against a stumbling Chicago Fire side this weekend.

Finlay Weighs in on the Road Stretch“Yeah, I think it’s good. To be honest with you, I encourage it. It’s going to be a test obviously. For me, it doesn’t really matter. I’m living out of a hotel right now anyway. It’s as close to a home as I’ve got here. You know, it’ll continue to test us. Obviously, it is what it is with the schedule and we’ll do the things we have to do. But still, three home games that we can still get points from, and I think we can play some games on the road that will get us some.”

Kallman Talks About Tough Test with Fire “They’re flying this season. They added a couple of really good pieces. One of them is a globally well-known player. I think their record at home is really, really good, too. So, another tough place to go play. No different than Seattle. If we put in another good performance, I think we’ll give ourselves a chance to win, it’s just about getting it done now at the end of the game.”

Heath Looks to Bring Successes From Seattle to Chicago“Obviously we’ll start building up now. We’ve sort of debriefed a little bit about the disappointment of Seattle. Because I was really disappointed for the players because of the effort they put in. I thought they deserved something out of the game. But now, we go again, against another team. They haven’t done so well in the last few weeks, but the fact that they’re near the top of the league, tells you the season they’ve had. So, it’s going to be difficult, but another one that we can look forward to.”

Heath on Chicago’s Recent Form“Yeah, but before that it was 11 games without losing. So the fact that they’re near the top of the table tells you everything they’ve done. I think the last year they brought eight or nine really good pieces into the team, so it doesn’t surprise me, spent a lot of money on this group. So it’s going to be tough. But as we proved, you know, Seattle who were 11 undefeated, eight or nine wins, and we were disappointed not to come away with conceivably all three points. So, a lot to play for.”

Allianz Field’s Pitch Takes RootConstruction of Allianz Field at its site in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul is in its early stages, but the pitch is already well on its way to being ready. Over 900 miles away in Colorado, the Green Valley Turf Compay is growing the stadium’s playing surface and preparing it for its debut in 2019. The grass will grow for 12 months at Green Valley’s facility before being transferred to the stadium site in the fall of 2018.

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TEAM GP W L T GD PTS Home Record Road RecordSeattle Sounders FC 26 11 7 8 7 41 8 - 1 - 3 3 - 6 - 5Portland Timbers 27 11 1 7 3 40 8 - 2 - 4 3 - 7 - 3Sporting Kansas City 25 10 5 10 12 40 8 - 0 - 5 2 - 5 - 5Houston Dynamo 26 10 8 8 9 38 9 - 0 - 3 1 - 8 - 5FC Dallas 24 9 6 9 5 36 6 - 2 - 5 3 - 4 - 4Vancouver Whitecaps FC 24 10 9 5 1 35 6 - 3 - 3 4 - 6 - 2San Jose Earthquakes 26 9 11 6 -16 33 7 - 1 - 5 2 - 10 - 1Real Salt Lake 27 9 13 5 -11 32 5 - 4 - 4 4 - 9 - 1LA Galaxy 24 6 13 5 -12 23 1 - 7 - 4 5 - 6 - 1Colorado Rapids 24 6 14 4 -11 22 6 - 5 - 2 0 - 9 - 2Minnesota United FC 24 6 14 4 -21 22 6 - 6 - 2 0 - 8 - 2

TEAM GP W L T GD PTS Home Record Road RecordToronto FC 26 15 3 8 27 53 10 - 0 - 3 5 - 3 - 5New York City FC 25 14 7 4 13 46 9 - 1 - 3 5 - 6 - 1Chicago Fire 25 12 8 5 12 41 10 - 1 - 1 2 - 7 - 4Columbus Crew SC 27 12 12 3 -1 39 9 - 3 - 1 3 - 9 - 2New York Red Bulls 24 12 10 2 5 38 8 - 2 - 2 4 - 8 - 0Montreal Impact 24 10 8 6 3 36 8 - 3 - 1 2 - 5 - 5Atlanta United FC 23 10 8 5 12 35 6 - 2 - 1 4 - 6 - 4Orlando City SC 25 8 10 7 -11 31 6 - 3 - 4 2 - 7 - 3Philadelphia Union 26 8 12 6 -2 30 7 - 4 - 2 1 - 8 - 4New England Revolution 24 8 11 5 -1 29 8 - 2 - 2 0 - 9 - 3D.C. United 26 7 15 4 -23 25 4 - 6 - 3 3 - 9 - 1

TEAM GP W T L GD PTS Home Record Road RecordToronto FC 26 15 3 8 27 53 10 - 0 - 3 5 - 3 - 5New York City FC 25 14 7 4 13 46 9 - 1 - 3 5 - 6 - 1Chicago Fire 25 12 8 5 12 41 10 - 1 - 1 2 - 7 - 4Seattle Sounders FC 26 11 7 8 7 41 8 - 1 - 3 3 - 6 - 5Portland Timbers 27 11 1 7 3 40 8 - 2 - 4 3 - 7 - 3Sporting Kansas City 25 10 5 10 12 40 8 - 0 - 5 2 - 5 - 5Columbus Crew SC 27 12 12 3 -1 39 9 - 3 - 1 3 - 9 - 2New York Red Bulls 24 12 10 2 5 38 8 - 2 - 2 4 - 8 - 0Houston Dynamo 26 10 8 8 9 38 9 - 0 - 3 1 - 8 - 5Montreal Impact 24 10 8 6 3 36 8 - 3 - 1 2 - 5 - 5FC Dallas 24 9 6 9 5 36 6 - 2 - 5 3 - 4 - 4Atlanta United FC 23 10 8 5 12 35 6 - 2 - 1 4 - 6 - 4Vancouver Whitecaps FC 24 10 9 5 1 35 6 - 3 - 3 4 - 6 - 2San Jose Earthquakes 26 9 11 6 -16 33 7 - 1 - 5 2 - 10 - 1Real Salt Lake 27 9 13 5 -11 32 5 - 4 - 4 4 - 9 - 1Orlando City SC 25 8 10 7 -11 31 6 - 3 - 4 2 - 7 - 3Philadelphia Union 26 8 12 6 -2 30 7 - 4 - 2 1 - 8 - 4New England Revolution 24 8 11 5 -1 29 8 - 2 - 2 0 - 9 - 3D.C. United 26 7 15 4 -23 25 4 - 6 - 3 3 - 9 - 1LA Galaxy 24 6 13 5 -12 23 1 - 7 - 4 5 - 6 - 1Colorado Rapids 24 6 14 4 -11 22 6 - 5 - 2 0 - 9 - 2Minnesota United FC 24 6 14 4 -21 22 6 - 6 - 2 0 - 8 - 2

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MONTREAL IMPACT

NEW YORK RED BULLS

PORTLAND TIMBERS

MONTREAL IMPACT

NEW YORK CITY FC

LA GALAXY

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

D.C. UNITED

COLUMBUS CREW SC

MONTREAL IMPACT

COLUMBUS CREW SC

FC DALLAS

CHICAGO FIRE

REAL SALT LAKE

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

PORTLAND TIMBERS

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

CHICAGO FIRE

REAL SALT LAKE

COLORADO RAPIDS

HOUSTON DYNAMO

VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC


PHILADELPHIA UNION

D.C. UNITED

ORLAND0 CITY SC

ORLANDO CITY SC

TORONTO FC

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

CHICAGO FIRE

NEW YORK CITY FC

NEW YORK RED BULLS

TORONTO FC

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION


MINNESOTA UNITED FC

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION

LA GALAXY

REAL SALT LAKE

FC DALLAS

HOUSTON DYNAMO

TORONTO FC

COLORADO RAPIDS

PORTLAND TIMBERS

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PHILADELPHIA UNION

MINNESOTA UNITED FC


D.C. UNITED

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

HOUSTON DYNAMO

ATLANTA UNITED FC

ATLANTA UNITED FC

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GOALS: David Villa, New York City FC (19) MIN: Christian Ramirez (11)

ASSISTS: Victor Vazquez, Toronto FC (13) MIN: Kevin Molino (7)

SHOTS: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC (110) MIN: Christian Ramirez (53)

SOG: Sebastian Giovinco, Toronto FC (44) MIN: Christian Ramirez (28)

YELLOW CARDS: Nine players tied (8) MIN: Brent Kallman (6)

RED CARDS: Jelle Van Damme, N/A (3) MIN: Justin Davis, Abu Danladi (1)

SAVES: Joe Bendik, Orlando City SC (86) MIN: Bobby Shuttleworth (81)

CLEAN SHEETS: Tim Melia, Sporting Kansas City (10) MIN: Bobby Shuttleworth (5)

Landon Donovan MLS MVP: David Villa, New York City FC

Defender of the Year: Matt Hedges, FC Dallas

Allstate Goalkeeper of the Year: Andre Blake, Philadelphia Union

Newcomer of the Year: Nicolas Lodeiro, Seattle Sounders FC

AT&T Rookie of the Year: Jordan Morris, Seattle Sounders FC

Coach of the Year: Oscar Pareja, FC Dallas

Comeback Player of the Year: Chris Pontius, Philadelphia Union

MLS WORKS Humanitarian of the Year: Matt Lampson, Chicago Fire

MLS Fair Play (Individual): Keegan Rosenberry, Philadelphia Union

MLS Fair Play (Team): Columbus Crew SC

Minnesota United FC plays in North America’s top professional soccer league, Major League Soccer (MLS). The league features 22 teams from across the United States and Canada.

After a successful bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 1994, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) founded MLS to bring a top-level soccer league back to the country for the first time since 1984, when the original NASL folded. The league was set to begin play in 1996 with 10 teams: Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew (SC), D.C. United, Dallas Burn (FC Dallas), Kansas City Wiz (Sporting Kansas City), Los Angeles Galaxy, New England Revolution, NY/NJ MetroStars (New York Red Bulls), San Jose Clash (Earthquakes) and Tampa Bay Mutiny.

The league’s first match was played on April 6, 1996 as the San Jose Clash played D.C. United in front of 31,000 fans at Spartan Stadium. The league drew large crowds in its opening season, pulling star power from around North America and building on the excitement of the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

As MLS has continued to grow, clubs have begun moving out of shared American football venues and into soccer-specific stadium, led by Columbus Crew (SC), who moved into the soccer-specific MAPFRE Stadium in 1999. Currently, 14 teams play in soccer-specific venues.

The league is split into the Eastern and Western Conferences. Each team plays 34 matches during the season. Teams play all conference opponents twice, once at home and once on the road, and each team in the other conference once, with an even balance of home and away matches. The remainder of the schedule is filled with matches against conference opponents. The top six teams in each conference at the end of the year qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs.

The postseason begins with the third through sixth seeds in each conference playing in a knockout round. The winners advance to the conference semifinals to play the first and second seeds in the conference. In this round, the format switches to a two-match aggregate series, with the team scoring the most goals over the series moving on. The same format is used for the conference finals. The winner of the conference final moves on to face the other conference champion in the MLS Cup Final. The final is a single match, hosted by the team with the best record in the regular season, with the winner being declared MLS Cup Champion.

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MNUFC MATCH NOTES

2017Playing at home 6-6-2Playing on the road 0-8-2Playing on grass 0-5-2Playing on artificial turf 6-9-2Wearing primary kit 5-6-2Wearing secondary kit 1-8-2Scoring first 5-2-0Allowing first 1-12-3Scoring 0 goals 0-7-1Scoring 1 goal 2-5-0Scoring 2 goals 1-2-3Scoring 3+ goals 3-0-0Allowing 0 goals 4-0-1Allowing 1 goal 0-3-0Allowing 2 goals 2-3-3Allowing 3+ goals 0-8-0Scoring in the 1st half 4-4-0Scoreless 1st half 2-10-4Scoring in the 2nd half 5-4-3Scoreless 2nd half 1-10-1Leading at halftime 2-0-0Trailing at halftime 0-9-3Tied at halftime 4-5-1Leading after 60 minutes 4-0-0Trailing after 60 minutes 0-12-1Tied after 60 minutes 2-2-3Leading after 75 minutes 6-0-0Trailing after 75 minutes 0-11-0Tied after 75 minutes 0-3-4

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MIN OPPShots 238 390Shots on Goal 90 134Accuracy 38% 34%Goals 30 51Fouls 259 304Offside 45 36Corners 96 134Yellow Cards 48 33Red Cards 2 1Saves 86 56Clean Sheets 5 8

DATE OPPONENT RESULT LOCATION3/04 at Portland Timbers 1 - 5 L Providence Park3/12 Atlanta United FC 1 - 6 L TCF Bank Stadium3/18 at Colorado Rapids 2 - 2 D Dick’s Sporting Goods Park3/25 at New England Revolution 2 - 5 L Gillette Stadium4/01 Real Salt Lake 4 - 2 W TCF Bank Stadium4/08 at FC Dallas 0 - 2 L Toyota Stadium4/15 at Houston Dynamo 2 - 2 D BBVA Compass Stadium4/23 Colorado Rapids 1 - 0 W TCF Bank Stadium4/29 San Jose Earthquakes 0 - 1 L TCF Bank Stadium5/07 Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0 W TCF Bank Stadium5/13 at Toronto FC 2 - 3 L BMO Field5/21 LA Galaxy 1 - 2 L TCF Bank Stadium5/27 Orlando City SC 1 - 0 W TCF Bank Stadium6/03 at Sporting Kansas City 0 - 3 L Children’s Mercy Park6/14 at Sporting Kansas City^ 0 - 4 L Children’s Mercy Park6/17 at Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 L Rio Tinto Stadium6/21 Portland Timbers 3 - 2 W TCF Bank Stadium6/24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 - 2 D TCF Bank Stadium6/29 at New York City FC 1 - 3 L Yankee Stadium7/04 Columbus Crew SC 0 - 1 L TCF Bank Stadium7/15 Atlas FC* 1 - 1 D TCF Bank Stadium7/19 Houston Dynamo 0 - 0 D TCF Bank Stadium7/22 New York Red Bulls 0 - 3 L TCF Bank Stadium7/29 D.C. United 4 - 0 W TCF Bank Stadium8/05 Seattle Sounders FC 0 - 4 L TCF Bank Stadium8/20 at Seattle Sounders FC 1 - 2 L CenturyLink Field

TIME (CT)8/26 at Chicago Fire 7:30 p.m. Toyota Park9/09 Philadelphia Union 7:00 p.m. TCF Bank Stadium9/13 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8:30 p.m. BC Place9/16 at Montreal Impact 8:30 p.m. Stade Saputo9/23 FC Dallas 7:00 p.m. TCF Bank Stadium9/30 at Houston Dynamo 7:30 p.m. BBVA Compass Stadium10/03 at Atlanta United FC 6:00 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Stadium10/07 Sporting Kansas City 7:00 p.m. TCF Bank Stadium10/15 at LA Galaxy 4:00 p.m. StubHub Center10/22 at San Jose Earthquakes 3:00 p.m. Avaya Stadium

M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D S C O R I N G F R E Q U E N C Y - M L S O N LY

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2017For 4 4 2 0 11 7 1 1 30

Against 8 6 8 2 11 5 7 4 51

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2015 MINNESOTA UNITED FC GOAL MAPNo. Name (JERSEY NAME) GP ST SV CS YC RC GAA MIN

32 KAPP, Alex 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

24 MCLAIN, Patrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0

33 SHUTTLEWORTH, Bobby 22 21 81 5 4 0 1.90 1938

MIN TOTALS^ 86 5 4 0 2.13

No. Pos. Name (JERSEY NAME) GP ST G A SOG YC RC MIN30 F ALLEN, Brandon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 023 M ANOR, Bernardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 D BOXALL, Michael 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3608 D BURCH, Marc 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 7835 D CALVO, Francisco 19 19 1 0 3 3 0 171019 M CRONIN, Sam 17 17 0 1 1 3 0 15179 F DANLADI, Abu 17 9 3 2 7 2 1 7932 D DAVIS, Justin 8 5 0 0 0 0 1 4925 D DEMIDOV, Vadim 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 27031 M DE VILLARDI, Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 013 M FINLAY, Ethan 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9012 D GREENSPAN, Joseph 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 11810 M IBARRA, Miguel 22 16 2 3 10 2 0 13717 M IBSON 21 19 0 4 4 5 0 176015 M JOME, Ismaila 11 6 0 0 0 3 0 58416 M Kadrii, BASHKIM 11 5 0 0 3 0 0 42214 D KALLMAN, Brent 18 18 1 0 2 6 0 1524

M LEITON, Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 017 M MARTIN, Collin 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 18318 M MOLINO, Kevin 22 22 5 7 14 4 0 191828 M NICHOLSON, Sam 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 30921 F RAMIREZ, Christian 22 21 11 1 28 1 0 184420 M SCHULLER, Rasmus 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 3244 D TAYLOR, Jermaine 11 4 0 0 1 1 0 5053 D THIESSON, Jerome 23 23 1 1 3 4 0 205511 M VENEGAS, Johan 16 11 2 4 9 4 0 105122 D VENEGAS, Kevin 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 54026 M WARNER, Collen 16 8 1 0 1 3 0 794

MIN TOTALS^ 30 23 90 44 2

M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D 2 0 1 7 G O A L K E E P I N G S TAT I S T I C S - R E G U L A R S E A S O N

M L S T E A M O F T H E W E E KBrent Kallman (D)Week 3*Christian Ramirez (F)Week 5Adrian Heath (Head Coach)Week 5Kevin Molino (M)Week 7*, Week 21Bobby Shuttleworth (GK)Week 8*, Week 10*, Week 16*Miguel Ibarra (M)Week 10

Francisco Calvo (D)Week 13Jerome Thiesson (D)Week 21*

M L S S A V E O F T H E W E E KBobby Shuttleworth (GK)Week 5

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# Player Date Opponent Min1 Christian Ramirez March 3 Portland 792 Kevin Molino March 12 Atlanta 30 ^3 Kevin Molino March 18 Colorado 50 ^4 Christian Ramirez March 18 Colorado 585 Collen Warner March 25 New England 156 Brent Kallman March 25 New England 49 +7 Kevin Molino April 1 Real Salt Lake 168 Christian Ramirez April 1 Real Salt Lake 529 Christian Ramirez April 1 Real Salt Lake 6210 Johan Venegas April 1 Real Salt Lake 6811 Christian Ramirez April 15 Houston 47 *12 Johan Venegas April 15 Houston 5913 Miguel Ibarra April 23 Colorado 72 *14 Abu Danladi May 7 Sporting KC 2215 Christian Ramirez May 7 Sporting KC 3916 Kevin Molino May 13 Toronto FC 5217 Kevin Molino May 13 Toronto FC 6218 Christian Ramirez May 21 LA Galaxy 6619 Christian Ramirez May 27 Orlando City 5320 Own Goal June 21 Portland 721 Christian Ramirez June 21 Portland 4722 Abu Danladi June 21 Portland 6423 Francisco Calvo June 24 Vancouver 5024 Jerome Thiesson June 24 Vancouver 64 *25 Christian Ramirez June 29 New York City 926 Christian Ramirez July 29 D.C. United 727 Abu Danladi July 29 D.C. United 4028 Own Goal July 29 D.C. United 5829 Miguel Ibarra July 29 D.C. United 90

# Player Date Opponent Min30 Ethan Finlay August 20 Seattle 21

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Stat Year #

Goals 2017 30

Assists 2017 23

Yellow Cards 2017 48

Red Cards 2017 2

Points 2017 22

Wins 2017 6

Losses 2017 14

Draws 2017 4

Shutouts 2017 5

Goals Allowed 2017 51

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Wins 6

Losses 15

Draws 4

Points 22

Goals 30

Assists 23

Shutouts 5

Yellow Cards 50

Red Cards 2

Goals Allowed 56

Consecutive Wins (Overall) 1 7/29/2017

Consecutive Wins (Home) 2 4/1/2017 - 4/23/2107

Consecutive Wins (Away) 0

Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Overall) 2 4/15/2017 - 4/23/2017

Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Home) 3 5/27/2017 - 7/4/2017

Consecutive Matches Unbeaten (Away) 1 4/15/2017

Consecutive Losses (Overall) 2 6/3/2017 - 6/17/2017

Consecutive Losses (Home) 1 7/22/2017

Consecutive Losses (Away) 5 5/13/2017 - Present

Consecutive Clean Sheets (Overall) 1 7/29/2017

Consecutive Clean Sheets (Home) 1 7/29/2017

M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D A L L - T I M E T E A M R E C O R D S

A L L - T I M E S TAT S A L L C O M P E T I T I O N SR E G U L A R S E A S O N T E A M R E C O R D S

A L L - T I M E I N D I V I D U A L R E C O R D S ( M L S O N LY ) A L L - T I M E I N D I V I D U A L R E C O R D S ( A L L C O M P E T I T I O N S )

Match Season MNUFC Career2 GoalsChristian Ramirez, 4/1/2017Kevin Molino, 5/13/2017

11 GoalsChristian Ramirez, 2017


2 AssistsKevin Molino, Two times; Miguel Ibarra, 5/7/2017

7 AssistsKevin Molino, 2017


6 ShotsChristian Ramirez, 4/1/2017

53 ShotsChristian Ramirez, 2017


4 Shots on GoalChristian Ramirez, Two times

28 Shots on GoalChristian Ramirez, 2017


8 SavesBobby Shuttleworth,6/17/2017

81 SavesBobby Shuttleworth, 2017


2055 MinutesJerome Thiesson, 2017


6 WinsBobby Shuttleworth, 2017


5 Clean SheetsBobby Shuttleworth, 2017


23 AppearancesJerome Thiesson, 2017 Bobby Shuttleworth, 2017

23 AppearancesJerome Thiesson, 2017 Bobby Shuttleworth, 2017

23 Consecutive Apps.Jerome Thiesson, 2017


Match Season MNUFC Career2 GoalsChristian Ramirez, 4/1/2017Kevin Molino, 5/13/2017



2 AssistsKevin Molino, Two times; Miguel Ibarra, 5/7/2017



6 ShotsChristian Ramirez, 4/1/2017



4 Shots on GoalChristian Ramirez, Two times



8 SavesBobby Shuttleworth,6/17/2017









24 AppearancesJerome Thiesson, 2017

24 AppearancesJerome Thiesson, 2017



Consecutive Clean Sheets (Away) 0

Consecutive Matches with Goals Scored (Overall) 5 3/3/2017 - 4/1/2017

Consecutive Matches with Goals Scored (Home) 5 5/7/2017 - 7/4/2017

Consecutive Matches with Goals Scored (Away) 3 3/12/2017 - 3/25/2017

Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Overall) 3 7/4/2017 - 7/22/2017

Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Home) 3 7/4/2017 - 7/22/2017

Consecutive Matches without a Goal (Away) 2 6/3/2017 - 6/17/2017

Largest Margin of Victory 4 7/29/2017 vs D.C. United

Largest Margin of Defeat 5 3/12/2017 vs. Atlanta

Most Goals Scored in a Match 4 Two times vs. RSL, DC

Most Goals Conceded in a Match 6 3/12/2017 vs. Atlanta

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Last home win 4-0 vs. D.C. United 7/29/2017Last home loss 0-4 vs. Seattle Sounders FC 8/5/2017Last home draw 0-0 vs. Houston Dynamo 7/19/2017

Last away win - -Last away loss 1-2 @ Seattle Sounders FC 8/20/2017Last away draw 2-2 @ Houston Dynamo 4/15/2017

Held scoreless 0-4 L vs. Seattle Sounders FC 8/5/2017Scored 1 goal 1-2 L @ Seattle Sounders FC 8/20/2017Scored 2 goals 2-2 W vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 6/24/2017Scored 3+ goals 4-0 W vs. D.C. United 7/29/2017

Clean sheet 4-0 W vs. D.C. United 7/29/2017Allowed 1 goal 0-1 L vs. Columbus Crew SC 7/4/2017Allowed 2 goals 1-2 L @ Seattle Sounders FC 8/20/2017Allowed 3+ goals 0-4 L vs. Seattle Sounders FC 8/5/2017

Scored hat trick - -Multi-goal match Kevin Molino (2G), @ TOR 5/13/2017Multi-assist match Kevin Molino (2A), vs. DC 7/29/2017Multi-point match Kevin Molino (2A), vs. DC 7/29/2017Sent off Abu Danladi, vs. POR 6/21/2017Penalty scored Kevin Molino, @ COL 3/18/2017Penalty missed - -GK penalty save - -M

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First match 1-5 loss against Portland, Portland, OR, 3/3/2017

First win 4-2 win against Real Salt Lake Minneapolis, MN, 4/1/2017

First home match 1-6 loss against Atlanta, Minneapolis, MN, 3/12/2017

First draw 2-2 against Colorado, Commerce City, CO, 3/18/2017

First goal Christian Ramirez in 1-5 loss against Portland, Portland, OR, 3/3/2017

First home goal Kevin Molino in 1-6 loss against Atlanta, Minneapolis, MN, 3/12/2017

First assist Johan Venegas to Christian Ramirez in 1-5 loss against Portland, Portland, OR, 3/3/2017

First clean sheet Bobby Shuttleworth in 1-0 win against Colorado, Minneapolis, MN, 4/23/2017

First caution Johan Venegas against Portland, Portland, OR, 3/3/2017

First ejection Justin Davis against Colorado Commerce City, CO, 3/18/2017

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CHIC

AGO 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA8/26 @ Chicago 7:30 p.m. 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All Time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Leading Scorers in series: NONE

ATLA

NTA 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA3/12 @ Minnesota 1 - 6 L 2017 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0TBD @ Atlanta 5:00 p.m. All Time 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Kevin Molino (1); ATL – Josef Martinez (3)

COLO

RADO 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA3/18 @ Colorado 2 - 2 D 2017 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 24/23 @ Minnesota 1 - 0 W All Time 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 2

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Kevin Molino, Christian Ramirez, Miguel Ibarra (1); COL – Dominique Badji, Marlon Hairston (1)

COLU

MBU

S 2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

7/04 @ Minnesota 0 - 1 L 2017 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0All Time 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – None; CLB –Kekuta Manneh (1)

DALL

AS

2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

4/08 @ Dallas 0 - 2 L 2017 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 29/23 @ Minnesota 7:00 p.m. All Time 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – N/A; FCD – Javier Morales, Michael Barrios (1)

DC


7/29 @ Minnesota 4 - 0 2017 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0All Time 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez, Abu Danladi, Miguel Ibarra (1); DC – None

HOUS

TON 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

4/15 @ Houston 2 - 2 D Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA7/19 @ Minnesota 0 - 0 D 2017 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 29/30 @ Houston 7:30 p.m. All Time 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez, Johan Venegas (1); HOU – Mauro Manotas, Alberth Elis (1)

LA


5/21 @ Minnesota 1 - 2 L 2017 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 010/15 @ Los Angeles 4:00 p.m. All Time 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez (1); Giovani dos Santos (1)

MON

TREA

L 2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

9/16 @ Montreal 6:30 p.m. 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0All Time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: NONE

NEW

ENGL

AND 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA3/25 @ New England 2 - 5 L 2017 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5

All Time 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 5Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Brent Kallman, Collen Warner (1); NE – Juan Agudelo (2)

NYCF

C


6/29 @ New York 1 – 3 L 2017 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3All Time 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3

Leading Scorers in series: MIN –Christian Ramirez (1); NYC – Alexander Callens, Jack Harrison, David Villa (1)

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ORLA

NDO 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA5/27 @ Minnesota 1 - 0 W 2017 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All Time 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez (1); ORL – N/A

RED

BULL

S 2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

9/22 @ Minnesota 0 - 3 L 2017 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0All Time 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – None; NY – Daniel Royer, Alex Muyl, Bradley Wright-Phillips (1)

PHILA

DEPH

IA 2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

9/09 @ Minnesota 7:00 p.m. 2017 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0All Time 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: NONE

PORT

LAND 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA3/03 @ Portland 1 - 5 L 2017 2 1 1 0 4 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 56/21 @ Minnesota 3 - 2 W All Time 2 1 1 0 4 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 5

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez (2); POR – Diego Valeri (3)

RSL


4/01 @ Minnesota 4 - 2 W 2017 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 16/17 @ Salt Lake 9:00 p.m. All Time 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez (2); RSL – Yura Movsisyan (2)

SAN

JOSE 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA4/29 @ Minnesota 0 - 1 L 2017 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 010/22 @ San Jose 3:00 p.m. All Time 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – NONE; SJ – Jungwirth (1)

SEAT

TLE 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA8/05 @ Minnesota 0 - 4 L 2017 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 28/20 @ Seattle 1 - 2 L All Time 2 0 2 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 2

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Ethan Finlay (1); SEA – Clint Dempsey (3)

SPOR

TING K

C 2017 Matches: Total Home Away5/07 @ Minnesota 2 - 0 W Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA6/03 @ Kansas City 0 - 3 L 2017 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 310/07 @ Minnesota 7:00 p.m. All Time 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Christian Ramirez, Abu Danladi (1); SKC – Ike Opara, Jimmy Medranda, Saad Abdul-Salaam (1)

TORO

NTO 2017 Matches: Total Home Away

Season GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA5/13 @ Toronto 2 - 3 L 2017 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3

All Time 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Kevin Molino (2); TOR – Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore, Tosaint Ricketts (1)

VANC

OUVE

R 2017 Matches: Total Home AwaySeason GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA GP W L D GF GA

6/24 @ Minnesota 2 - 2 D 2017 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 09/13 @ Vancouver 9:00 p.m. All Time 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Leading Scorers in series: MIN – Jerome Thiesson, Francisco Calvo (1); VAN – Cristian Techera, Tony Tchani (1)

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POR 3/3 GK Alvbage LD Davis CD Calvo CD Demidov RD Taylor DM Warner LM Kadrii CM Schuller CM Saeid RM Molino CF J. Venegas

Score: MIN 1-5 POR Attendance: 21,114 Venue: Providence Park, Portland, OR

ATL 3/12 GK Alvbage LD Taylor CD Calvo CD Demidov RD Thiesson DM Warner LM J. Venegas CM Schuller CM Saeid RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 1-6 ATL Attendance: 35,043 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

COL 3/18 GK Shuttleworth LD Davis CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Warner LM Ibarra CM Schuller CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-2 COL Attendance: 14,013 Venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO

NE 3/25 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Kallman CD Demidov RD K. Venegas DM Warner DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM Saeid RM Kadrii CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-5 NE Attendance: 11,571 Venue: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

RSL 4/1 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Davis DM Warner DM Ibson LM Kadrii CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 4-2 RSL Attendance: 17,728 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

FCD 4/8 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Warner DM Cronin LM Kadrii CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-2 FCD Attendance: 16,048 Venue: Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX

HOU 4/15 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Warner DM Cronin LM Schuller CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-2 HOU Attendance: 16,125 Venue: BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX

COL 4/23 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 1-0 COL Attendance: 17,491 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

SJ 4/29 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-1 SJ Attendance: 17,605 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

SKC 5/7 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM Danladi RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-0 SKC Attendance: 17,709 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

TOR 5/13 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Danladi CM Molino RM Ibarra CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-3 TOR Attendance: 27,249 Venue: BMO Field, Toronto, ON

LA 5/21 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM Molino RM Danladi CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 1-2 LA Attendance: 19,107 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

ORL 5/27 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Calvo CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Jome CM J. Venegas RM Ibarra CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 1-0 ORL Attendance: 18,896 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

SKC 6/3 GK Shuttleworth LD Burch CD Taylor CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Warner DM Ibson LM Jome CM Molino RM Ibarra CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-3 SKC Attendance: 20,361 Venue: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS

SKC 6/14 GK McLain LD Jome LCD Davis CD Kallman RCD Greenspan RB K. Venegas LM Schuller CM Martin RM Warner F Kadrii F Danladi

Score: MIN 0-4 SKC Attendance: 15,260 Venue: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, KS

RSL 6/17 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Calvo CD Kallman RD K. Venegas DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM Danladi RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-1 RSL Attendance: 19,256 Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, UT

POR 6/21 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Calvo CD Kallman RD K. Venegas DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM Molino RM Danladi CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 3-2 POR Attendance: 18,442 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

VAN 6/24 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Calvo CD Kallman RD K. Venegas DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 2-2 VAN Attendance: 19,017 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

NYC 6/29 GK Shuttleworth LD Thiesson CD Calvo CD Taylor RD K. Venegas DM Cronin DM Ibson LM Ibarra CM J. Venegas RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 1-3 NYC Attendance: 21,572 Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

CLB 7/4 GK Shuttleworth LD Jome LCD Davis CD Greenspan RCD Thiesson RD K. Venegas LM Danladi CM Cronin CM Ibson RM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-1 CLB Attendance: 18,564 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

ATS 7/15 GK Shuttleworth LD Jome CD Davis CD Greenspan RD Thiesson DM Schuller DM Warner LM Kadrii RM Ibarra CM Martin CF Allen

Score: MIN 1-1 ATS Attendance: 17,010 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

HOU 7/19 GK Shuttleworth LD Davis CD Greenspan CD Kallman RD Thiesson DM Ibson DM Cronin LM Kadrii RM Ibarra CM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-0 HOU Attendance: 19,456 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

NY 7/22 GK Shuttleworth LD Jome CD Kallman CD Boxall RD Thiesson DM Ibson DM Martin LM Nicholson RM Ibarra CM Molino CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 0-3 NY Attendance: 20,022 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

DC 7/29 GK Shuttleworth LD Jome CD Calvo CD Boxall RD Thiesson DM Ibson DM Cronin LM Nicholson RM Molino CM Danladi CF Ramirez

Score: MIN 4-0 DC Attendance: 20,146 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

2 0 1 7 M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D S TA R T I N G L I N E U P S - A L L C O M P E T I T I O N S

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SEA 8/5 GK Shuttleworth LD Jome CD Calvo CD Boxall RD Thiesson DM Ibson DM Cronin LM Nicholson RM Ibarra CM Molino CF Danladi

Score: MIN 0-4 SEA Attendance: 22,649 Venue: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN

SEA 8/20 GK Shuttleworth LD Calvo CD Kallman CD Boxall RD Thiesson DM Ibson DM Cronin LM Nicholson RM Finlay CM Molino CF Danladi

Score: MIN 1-2 SEA Attendance: 40,312 Venue: CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA

= Home = Away

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2015 MINNESOTA UNITED FC GOAL MAPM I N N E S O TA U N I T E D N U M E R I C A L R O S T E R A N D P R O N U N C I AT I O N SNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown First Name Last Name

2 Justin Davis D 6'0" 175 Novi, Michigan

3 Jerome Theisson D 5'9" 155 Zurich, Switzerland tee-SOHN

4 Jermaine Taylor D 5'10" 195 Portland, Jamaica

5 Francisco Calvo D 5'11" 170 San Jose, Costa Rica KHAL-voh

6 Vadim Demidov D 6'1" 176 Riga, Latvia veh-DEEM DEH-mih-dahv

7 Ibson M 5'10" 168 Sao Goncalo, Brazil EEB-son

8 Marc Burch D 6’1” 180 Cincinnati, Ohio

9 Abu Danladi F 5'10" 170 Takoradi, Ghana ah-BOO dahn-LAH-dee

10 Miguel Ibarra M 5'6" 145 Lancaster, California ee-BAR-ah

11 Johan Venegas M 6'0" 168 Puerto Limon, Costa Rica JOE-han veh-NAY-gus12 Joseph Greenspan D 6'6" 209 Westfield, New Jersey13 Ethan Finlay M 5’9” 165 Marshfield, Wisconsin FIN-lee14 Brent Kallman D 6'2" 190 Woodbury, Minnesota CALL-man15 Ismaila Jome M 6’1 160 Brooklyn Park, Minnesota ISH-mail-uh JOHM16 Bashkim Kadrii M 5'10" 175 Copenhagen, Denmark BASH-keem KAH-dree17 Collin Martin M 5'11" 150 Chevy Chase, Maryland18 Kevin Molino M 5'8" 155 Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago moh-LEE-no19 Sam Cronin M 5’10 168 Atlanta, Georgia CROH-nin20 Rasmus Schüller M 5'10" 148 Espoo, Finland RAHS-mus SHOO-ler21 Christian Ramirez F 6'2" 187 Garden Grove California22 Kevin Venegas D 5'10" 165 Lakewood, California veh-NAY-gus23 Bernardo Anor M 5'8" 158 Caracas, Venezuela AHN-yor24 Patrick McLain GK 6'3" 205 Eau Claire, Wisconsin25 Michael Boxall D 6’2” 200 Auckland, New Zealand26 Collen Warner M 5'10" 178 Denver, Colorado CALL-in28 Sam Nicholson M 5’9” 157 Edinburgh, Scotland

30 Brandon Allen F 6’1” 190 Old Bridge, New Jersey31 Thomas de Villardi M 6’1” 175 Vincennes, France toe-MAH duh-vee-YAR-dee32 Alex Kapp GK 6’0” 190 Somers, New York KAHP

33 Bobby Shuttleworth GK 6'2" 205 Tonawanda, New York

Jose Leiton M 5’9” 158 San Jose, Costa Rica lay-TONE

Position Name Yrs. w/ Club Hometown First Name Last NameHead Coach Adrian Heath 1 Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK

Assistant Coach Ian Fuller 2 Ellensburg, WashingtonAssistant Coach Mark Watson 1 Vancouver, British Columbia

Goalkeeper Coach Marius Røvde 1 Trondheim, Norway MAR-e-us ROHV-da

Head Athletic Trainer Sean Kupiec 1 Utica, New York KOOP-ee-ekSporting Director Manny Lagos 7 Saint Paul, Minn. LAH-gohs

Dir. of Player Personnel Amos Magee 1 Saint Paul, Minn. AY-mos

2015 MINNESOTA UNITED FC GOAL MAPM I N N E S O TA U N I T E D T E C H N I C A L S TA F F A N D P R O N U N C I AT I O N S

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M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D P L A Y E R B I O G R A P H I E S

# 1 2 B E R N A R D O A N O R | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 158 Birthdate: 5/24/1988 (29) Hometown: Caracas, VenezuelaPrevious Club: Sporting Kansas City Acquired: Signed 1/24/2017

Anor signed with Minnesota ahead of its inaugural MLS season after joining the club on loan in 2016. The Venezuela-born midfielder arrived to the Loons from Sporting Kansas City and has played five total seasons in MLS (with Columbus Crew, Sporting KC and now MNUFC). He has unfortunately seen a number of injuries since a promising start to his original loan spell, sidelining him for much of the past few seasons.

# 3 0 B R A N D O N A L L E N | F O R W A R DHeight: 6’1” Weight: 190 Birthdate: 10/08/1993 (23) Hometown: Old Bridge, New JerseyPrevious Club: New York Red Bulls Acquired: Loan 7/15/2017

Allen arrived on loan from New York Red Bulls on July 15. Before signing a Homegrown Player contract with New York in Dec. 2015, he was a three-time All-American, three-time All-Big East first-team member and MAC Hermann Trophy nominee at Georgetown, where he holds the record for highest-scoring player in school history (50 goals). Most recently, Allen led Red Bulls II to an Eastern Conference title in 2016, scoring 21 goals in 32 matches for the team.

# 5 F R A N C I S C O C A LV O | D E F E N D E RHeight: 5’11” Weight: 170 Birthdate: 7/8/1992 (25) Hometown: San Jose, Costa RicaPrevious Club: Saprissa Acquired: Signed 12/27/2016

At just 25 years old, Calvo has the potential to be a familiar name in Minnesota for years to come. Whether playing at center back or left back, the MNUFC captain does well to stretch the pitch and create imbalances in the attack. He’s a standout for club and country in defense and on set pieces, scoring for the Loons in a 2-2 comeback draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on June 24 and for Costa Rica in a 1-1 result against Canada on July 11. Calvo has started in 19 of 19 matches for MNUFC.

# 8 M A R C B U R C H | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’1” Weight: 180 Birthdate: 5/7/1984 (33) Hometown: Cincinnati, OhioPrevious Club: Colorado Rapids Acquired: Trade 3/31/2017

Burch is a 12-year MLS veteran with over 200 regular-season appearances. In 2016, he set career highs with Colorado Rapids in games started (27) and minutes played (2,443). He was named to the MLS Team of the Week in Week 3 of the 2017 season after tallying an assist in Colorado’s 2-2 draw with MNUFC. He is currently nearing full fitness after undergoing successful bi-lateral sports hernia surgery, which took place on June 20.

# 2 5 M I C H A E L B O X A L L | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’2” Weight: 200 Birthdate: 8/18/1988 (29) Hometown: Auckland, New ZealandPrevious Club: SuperSport United Acquired: Signed 7/12/2017

New Zealand international Boxall joined MNUFC on July 12 after representing his country at the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He brings added MLS experience to Minnesota, having been selected first overall in the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft by Vancouver Whitecaps FC ahead of their inaugural MLS campaign. Boxall made his MNUFC debut in the 3-0 loss to New York Red Bulls on July 22 and has since appeared as a starting right center back on three other occasions.

# 1 9 S A M C R O N I N | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 165 Birthdate: 12/12/1986 (30) Hometown: Atlanta, GeorgiaPrevious Club: Colorado Rapids Acquired: Trade 3/31/2017

Cronin brings eight years of MLS experience to MNUFC from his holding-midfield role. He was selected second overall by Toronto FC in the 2009 MLS SuperDraft, won the Supporters’ Shield with San Jose Earthquakes in 2012 and made his first MLS All-Star appearance as a member of Colorado Rapids in 2015. His addition to Adrian Heath’s starting XI has helped to solidify the defense; he has featured as a starter in 17 of 17 league matches with the club this season.

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M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D P L A Y E R B I O G R A P H I E S C O N T I N U E D

# 1 2 J O S E P H G R E E N S P A N | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’6” Weight: 209 Birthdate: 9/12/1992 (24) Hometown: Westfield, New JerseyPrevious Club: Colorado Rapids Acquired: Trade 12/11/2016

At 6’2”, 24-year-old Greenspan is a towering, young presence in the Loons’ back line. Selected 26th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Colorado Rapids, he arrived to MNUFC via a trade with his former club. The center back was loaned out to the USL’s Pittsburgh Riverhounds from April 10 until the end of May, where he played every minute of eight matches, making the Team of the Week twice and leading his side to four clean sheets. Greenspan made his MLS debut in a 1-0 loss to Crew SC.

# 1 3 E T H A N F I N L A Y | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’9” Weight: 165 Birthdate: 8/6/1990 (27) Hometown: Marshfield, WisconsinPrevious Club: Columbus Crew SC Acquired: Trade 8/9/2017

After six years with Columbus Crew SC, Finlay was traded to Minnesota for Targeted and General Allocation Money. The Minnesota-born midfielder had a breakout 2015 season that earned him a spot in the MLS All-Star Game and MLS Best XI. The former Creighton Bluejay has three caps with the U.S. national team, making his debut in January 2016 against Iceland. Finlay scored his first goal for Minnesota in his debut for the team on August 20 against Seattle Sounders FC.

# 3 1 T H O M A S D E V I L L A R D I | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 6’1” Weight: 175 Birthdate: 3/27/1994 (23) Hometown: Vincennes, FrancePrevious Club: University of Delaware Acquired: SuperDraft (#42 Pick) 1/13/2017

De Villardi was selected No. 42 overall by MNUFC in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft. The France native had four goals and 16 assists in his college career, split evenly between Duquesne University and the University of Delaware. He was named to the All-CAA First Team during his junior year, with nine assists and two goals. De Villardi suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in March 2017, but is recovering excellently since successful surgery on March 29.

# 2 J U S T I N D A V I S | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’0” Weight: 175 Birthdate: 5/6/1988 (29) Hometown: Novi, MichiganPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 12/1/2016

Davis has spent his entire professional career with the Loons since joining in 2011. He was one of the club’s first two signings in MLS alongside his long-time defensive partner Kevin Venegas, both of whom shone in NASL competition. The left back helped Minnesota to an NASL Soccer Bowl Championship in 2011 and has numerous NASL Best XI selections to his name. Davis played a full 90 in the 1-0 loss to Columbus Crew SC on July 4 and the 0-0 draw with Houston Dynamo on July 19.

# 5 V A D I M D E M I D O V | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’1” Weight: 176 Birthdate: 10/10/1986 (30) Hometown: Riga, LatviaPrevious Club: SK Brann Acquired: Signed 1/10/2017

Norway international Demidov has had a successful career playing in Europe’s top leagues and on the international stage. The 30-year-old is a strong option at central defense and isn’t afraid to throw his weight around to disrupt opponents. He’s also an aerial threat off set pieces, using his height to soar above defenders. Demidov has seen the field 16 times for Norway, including minutes in European Championship qualifying.

# 9 A B U D A N L A D I | F O R W A R DHeight: 5’10” Weight: 170 Birthdate: 10/18/1995 (21) Hometown: Takoradi, GhanaPrevious Club: UCLA Acquired: SuperDraft (#1 Pick) 1/13/2017

Danladi was selected No. 1 overall by MNUFC in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft following a highly successful career at UCLA. While there, the forward racked up a handful of Freshman of the Year awards and Pac-12 All-Conference teams, and was in the running for the MAC Hermann Trophy. He’s been bright in his appearances for the Loons so far, most notably scoring the decisive goal in a 3-2 victory over Portland Timbers on June 21 and striking in the 4-0 victory over D.C. United on July 29.

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# 1 4 B R E N T K A L L M A N | D E F E N D E RHeight: 6’2” Weight: 190 Birthdate: 10/4/1990 (26) Hometown: Woodbury, MinnesotaPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 1/23/2017

Kallman has spent his entire professional career with Minnesota United after first joining the club in 2013. He was an unused substitute in the Loons’ first two MLS games, but has since featuring in the starting lineup for 18 of 18 matches, taking on a tremendous amount of leadership and earning high praise from Heath, who described the center back’s performances this season as “excellent” on July 18, adding that “there’s not many [players]” he would swap out for Kallman in MLS.

# 3 2 A L E X K A P P | G O A L K E E P E RHeight: 6’0” Weight: 190 Birthdate: 10/18/1994 (22) Hometown: Somers, New YorkPrevious Club: Atlanta United FC Acquired: Signed off Waivers 8/8/2017

Kapp was signed by Minnesota off waivers on August 8. The goalkeeper featured for Boston College from 2012-15 and Creighton University as a graduate student in 2016. He accumulated 62 collegiate matches and made more than 200 saves during his time in the ACC and Big East. Kapp was selected 68th overall by Atlanta United FC in the fourth round of the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.

# 1 6 B A S H K I M K A D R I I | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 175 Birthdate: 7/9/1991 (26) Hometown: Copenhagen, DenmarkPrevious Club: FC Copenhagen Acquired: Signed 2/8/2017

A Denmark international of Albanian descent, Kadrii came up in the youth system of B.93 in Copenhagen, for whom he made his professional debut in 2008. He grew into a formidable scorer for the club, netting 18 goals in 30 appearances. Kadrii has made 11 league appearances with MNUFC, starting five times, and has yet to score an MLS goal. He did, however, score a lovely left-footed volley in the 1-1 friendly draw with Atlas FC on July 15 – his first goal for the club.

# 1 5 I S M A I L A J O M E | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 6’1” Weight: 160 Birthdate: 11/4/1994 (22) Hometown: Brooklyn Park, MinnesotaPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 2/24/2017

Minnesota native Jome first joined the Loons in 2016, making nine appearances and scoring on his professional debut. A former Minnesota Mr. Soccer, he has primarily played as a winger and, most recently, left wing back for MNUFC, using his rapid acceleration and footwork to create spaces down the flanks. After beginning the season as an unused substitute, Jome made three substitute appearances before getting his first MLS start in the 1-0 win over Orlando City SC on May 27.

# 7 I B S O N | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 168 Birthdate: 11/7/1983 (33) Hometown: Sao Goncalo, BrazilPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 1/23/2017

Ibson first signed with the Loons in 2015. He’s proven a quietly exceptional possession player with excellent control in tight spaces. Not only this, his ability to beat defenders and technical footwork help to open up space for teammates and create chances further down the pitch. The Brazilian has started 19 of 21 games for MNUFC so far this season and is among the players with the most touches per 90 minutes in MLS.

# 1 0 M I G U E L I B A R R A | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’4” Weight: 145 Birthdate: 3/15/1990 (27) Hometown: Lancaster, CaliforniaPrevious Club: Club Leon Acquired: Transfer 1/7/2017

Ibarra returned to Minnesota after a year and a half with Club Leon in Liga MX. During his earlier tenure with MNUFC (2012-2015), he earned a pair of NASL Best XI appearances, a Golden Ball Award (MVP) and was the first U.S. lower-division player to be called up to the U.S. national team since 2005. The midfielder has featured in 22 MLS games for the Loons, starting 16 times. He scored the winner against Colorado Rapids on April 23 and capped off the Loons’ 4-0 win over D.C. on July 29 with a stoppage-time goal. He is quick and creative down the wing.

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# 2 1 C H R I S T I A N R A M I R E Z | F O R W A R DHeight: 6’2” Weight: 187 Birthdate: 4/4/1991 (26) Hometown: Garden Grove, CaliforniaPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 1/5/2017

Ramirez was one of the Loons most valuable players during his NASL career and his debut MLS campaign has been no different. The forward has 11 goals in 22 MLS appearances, scoring the winner against Orlando City SC on May 27 and a second-half brace in the 4-2 victory over Real Salt Lake on April 1 among other impressive performances. “Superman,” as he is fondly nicknamed, has been one of the revelations of the MLS season so far and carries Minnesota’s goalscoring load.

# 1 8 K E V I N M O L I N O | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’8” Weight: 155 Birthdate: 6/17/1990 (27) Hometown: Carenage, Trinidad and TobagoPrevious Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Trade 1/26/2017

Molino was Orlando City SC’s first MLS signing and rejoined forces with former coach Heath when he moved to MNUFC in a major inter-league trade on Jan. 26. He’s a strong, technical player through the midfield and can dribble past defenders to create opportunities in front of goal. Molino has started 22 of 22 league matches for Minnesota, with a tally of five goals and seven assists. Most recently, the Trinidad and Tobago international contributed two assists in the 4-0 victory vs. D.C. United.

# 2 8 S A M N I C H O L S O N | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’9” Weight: 157 Birthdate: 1/20/1995 (22) Hometown: Edinburgh, ScotlandPrevious Club: Heart of Midlothian Acquired: Signed 7/10/2017

Nicholson became MNUFC’s first signing of the summer on June 28. The 22-year-old joined the Loons from Hearts after playing a major role in the club’s promotion to the Scottish Premiership, scoring a career-high five goals and adding six assists. He played nearly every match in Hearts’ return to the top flight, guiding them to a spot in the Europa League. Nicholson now has his eyes set on success stateside and has featured and started in four games for the Loons.

# 1 7 C O L L I N M A R T I N | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’11” Weight: 150 Birthdate: 11/9/1994 (22) Hometown: Chevy Chase, MarylandPrevious Club: D.C United Acquired: Trade 1/3/2017

A young, creative midfielder, Martin has featured off the bench and in U.S. Open Cup and friendly action for the Loons since joining via a trade with D.C. United in January. He has represented the United States at U14, U15 and U17 levels and was the only high-school junior to train with the U20 squad in January 2012. Martin made his first MLS start with Minnesota in the 3-0 loss to New York Red Bulls on July 22.

J O S E L E I T O N | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’9” Weight: 158 Birthdate: 8/6/1993 (24) Hometown: San Jose, Costa RicaPrevious Club: C.S. Herediano Acquired: Loan 8/10/2017

Leiton comes to Minnesota on loan from Costa Rican side C.S. Herediano. He made a tremendous impact for Herediano last season in the Campeonato de Verano 2017 (Summer Championship), helping the team to its 26th title with his pace, creativity and ability to unbalance opposing defenses from the left wing. He then made his senior national team debut for Costa Rica in the semifinals of the Gold Cup on July 22, coming off the bench in a 2-0 loss to the United States.

# 2 4 P AT R I C K M C L A I N | G O A L K E E P E RHeight: 6’3” Weight: 205 Birthdate: 8/22/1988 (29) Hometown: Eau Claire, WisconsinPrevious Club: Orlando City SC Acquired: Trade 1/26/2017

McLain has been a bit of a journeyman in his career, getting the majority of his playing time in USL. The Eau Claire native played his college soccer for Cal Poly, where he earned All-Big West honors and set a school record with his 0.835 save percentage. He has yet to feature in MLS play for Minnesota, but saw minutes in the U.S. Open Cup defeat to Sporting Kansas City on June 14 and kept Atlas FC scoreless after being subbed on for the second half of the 1-1 friendly draw.

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# 2 2 K E V I N V E N E G A S | D E F E N D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 165 Birthdate: 7/29/1989 (28) Hometown: Lakewood, CaliforniaPrevious Club: Minnesota United FC Acquired: Signed 12/1/2016

Venegas has excelled with MNUFC over his five years with the club as both a midfielder and a defender. He’s one of the most physically fit players in the squad and brings a special flair to the field, with a knack for beating defenders with his footwork when going forward. His box-to-box play as a right back earned him a spot in the 2015 NASL Best XI. This season, he’s slotted into the starting XI seamlessly on six occasions.

# 1 1 J O H A N V E N E G A S | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 6’0” Weight: 168 Birthdate: 11/27/1988 (28) Hometown: Puerto Limón, Costa RicaPrevious Club: Montreal Impact Acquired: Trade 1/13/2016

Venegas often featured on the wing for Montreal Impact, showing pace, flair and technique as one of the club’s most dangerous attacking players off the bench. With MNUFC, the Costa Rica international has started 11 of 16 MLS matches, scoring in the 4-2 victory over Real Salt Lake and the equalizer at Houston Dynamo. He was in and out of the side due to his participation in the Gold Cup with Los Ticos, but returned as a substitute in the 4-0 victory over D.C. United on July 29.

# 3 J E R O M E T H I E S S O N | D E F E N D E RHeight: 5’9” Weight: 155 Birthdate: 8/6/1987 (30) Hometown: Zurich, SwitzerlandPrevious Club: FC Luzern Acquired: Signed 2/21/2017

Thiesson spent the past six seasons in the Swiss Super League, where he started 204 of 222 matches in league play, scoring two goals. Since joining MNUFC, the Swiss native has been a mainstay in the back line, proving pivotal with his ability to play at left or right back. In addition to his defensive contributions, Thiesson has scored one goal for the Loons this season: the equalizer in the 2-2 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on June 24. He made the MLS Team of the Week for Week 21.

# 4 J E R M A I N E TA Y L O R | D E F E N D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 195 Birthdate: 1/14/1985 (32) Hometown: Portland, JamaicaPrevious Club: Portland Timbers Acquired: Signed 1/24/2017

Jamaica international Taylor had six years of MLS experience prior to joining MNUFC, featuring for Houston Dynamo (2011-15) and most recently Portland Timbers (2016), where he started 21 of 23 matches. He is a strong and experienced defender who is not afraid to lay into his opponents despite standing at just 5’10”. Taylor has made over 80 appearances for Jamaica, including six starts (three clean sheets) during the Gold Cup in July.

# 3 3 B O B B Y S H U T T L E W O R T H | G O A L K E E P E RHeight: 6’2” Weight: 205 Birthdate: 5/13/1987 (30) Hometown: Tonawanda, New YorkPrevious Club: New England Revolution Acquired: Trade 2/15/2017

Shuttleworth spent eight seasons with the New England Revolution from 2009-2016, totaling 127 appearances, 124 starts, 34 shutouts, 344 saves and a 46-53-28 regular-season record. He anchored the squad during its run to the 2014 MLS Cup, tying the club record with 16 wins. Since joining Minnesota on February 15, Shuttleworth has made the MLS Team of the Week three times (Week 8, 10 and 16). He is also third in the league for saves, with a tally of 81.

# 2 0 R A S M U S S C H U L L E R | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 148 Birthdate: 6/18/1991 (26) Hometown: Espoo, FinlandPrevious Club: BK Hacken Acquired: Signed 1/24/2017

Schuller is an active member of the Finland national team and joined Minnesota United FC after playing in the top leagues of his home country and Sweden. He has a deft touch from defensive midfield and is not afraid to make forays forward, but has been limited to seven league appearances (four starts) due to injuries over the first half of the 2017 campaign. Schuller is currently on loan with HJK in Finland.

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M I N N E S O TA U N I T E D 2 0 1 7 T R A N S A C T I O N T R A C K E R ( S I N C E 3 / 3 / 2 0 1 7 )

Year Signing Trade Expansion Draft (Pick) SuperDraft (Pick) Loan

2016Justin Davis (12/1)Kevin Venegas (12/1)Francisco Calvo (12/27)

Joseph Greenspan (12/11)Johan Venegas (12/13)

Collen Warner (4th)

2017

Christian Ramirez (1/5)Miguel Ibarra (1/5)Vadim Demidov (1/10)Brent Kallman (1/23)Ibson (1/23)Bernardo Anor (1/24)Jermaine Taylor (1/24)Rasmus Schuller (1/24)Jerome Thiesson (2/21)Ismaila Jome (3/1)Sam Nicholson (7/10)Michael Boxall (7/12)Alex Kapp (8/8)

Collin Martin (1/3)Kevin Molino (1/26)Patrick McLain (1/26)Bobby Shuttleworth (2/15)Marc Burch (3/31)Sam Cronin (3/31)Ethan Finlay (8/9)

Abu Danladi (1st)Thomas de Villardi (42nd)

Bashkim Kadrii (2/8)Brandon Allen (7/14)Jose Leiton (8/10)

Players In

Marc Burch Traded from Colorado on 3/31

Sam Cronin Traded from Colorado on 3/31

Joe Greenspan Returned from loan on 5/25

Sam Nicholson Transfer from Hearts on 7/10

Michael Boxall Signed on 7/12

Brandon Allen Loaned from NYRB on 7/14

Alex Kapp Signed off Waivers on 8/8

Ethan Finlay Traded from Columbus on 8/9

Jose Leiton Loaned from Herediano on 8/10

Players Out

Josh Gatt Traded to Colorado on 3/31

Mohammed Saeid Traded to Colorado on 3/31

Joe Greenspan Loaned to Pittsburgh (USL) on 4/10

John Alvbage Loan from IFK Goteborg Ended

Rasmus Schuller Loaned to HJK on 8/9


# 2 6 C O L L E N W A R N E R | M I D F I E L D E RHeight: 5’10” Weight: 178 Birthdate: 6/24/1988 (28) Hometown: Denver, ColoradoPrevious Club: Houston Dynamo Acquired: Expansion Draft (#4 pick) 12/13/2016

Warner is a box-to-box midfielder who can cover ground and protect his attacking players. He brings great MLS experience to MNUFC; Drafted 15th overall by Real Salt Lake in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, Warner appeared off and on with RSL before being taken by Montreal in the 2011 expansion draft. He played the 2016 season with the Houston Dynamo. Appearing as a starter and substitute this year, Warner has one goal to his name, in the 5-2 loss to New England Revolution on March 25.

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A D R I A N H E AT H | H E A D C O A C H

Heath was appointed head coach in Nov. 2016. After playing over 18 years in Europe, Heath spent the next 11 years coaching in England for clubs such as Burnley, Sheffield United and Coventry City before coming to the United States in 2008. The Englishman was named head coach of the USL expansion side Austin Aztex. The team spent two years in Austin before relocating to Orlando in 2010, to become Orlando City. In just four years under Heath, Orlando City won two USL Pro championships and three Commissioner’s Cups. The club joined MLS in 2015, and Heath’s influence helped build the team for a very successful inaugural season, narrowly missing out on the playoffs.

RECORD WITH MINNESOTA UNITED

YEAR REGULAR SEASON PLAYOFFS OPEN CUP TOTAL

2017 6 - 13 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 14 - 4

TOTAL 6 - 13 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 14 - 4

I A N F U L L E R | A S S I S TA N T C O A C H

Fuller joined Minnesota in 2016, following a successful stint with Orlando City SC. He was a player-coach with Orlando, helping the team to multiple titles in USL during his five years with the Lions. Fuller is a Portland native and first met Heath when he joined Austin Aztex in 2010. He was promoted to player-assistant coach for the club’s USL journey and was tapped to join the coaching staff full time as an assistant coach when Orlando joined MLS.

M A R K W AT S O N | A S S I S TA N T C O A C H

Watson, a former Canada national team defender and assistant coach, brings a wealth of MLS experience to MNUFC, having played for teams including Seattle Sounders, Vancouver Whitecaps and D.C. United. Additionally, Watson managed the San Jose Earthquakes before joining Orlando City as an assistant under Heath in 2014. During his tenure at San Jose, Watson helped guide the team to a playoff berth in 2010 and the club’s second Supporters’ Shield in 2012. He was named interim head coach in June 2013 and closed the season with the best record in MLS at 11-5-3. In addition to his MLS experience, Watson previously served as assistant coach with the Canada men’s national U20 and senior teams, as well as several years as an assistant with the USL PRO Charleston Battery.

M A R I U S R Ø V D E | G O A L K E E P E R C O A C H

A native of Norway, Røvde brings nearly 30 years of playing and coaching experience to Minnesota. As a player, he enjoyed a very successful career, starting with his hometown club Rosenborg BK. He played with teams across Europe, featuring in top leagues in Norway and Scotland, as well as League One in England. From 2008 to 2011, he was the head goalkeeping coach of Trinidad and Tobago Professional Football League side Joe Public FC. While working with the club, he also was involved with the Trinidad and Tobago national team program, was part of the coaching staff for several youth national teams and the women’s national team, and worked as the country’s director of goalkeeping.

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1 John Alvbage 90G 86G 46

2 Justin Davis 90D 70D 90D 6 27 90D 90D 29

3 Jerome Thiesson 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 75D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

4 Jermaine Taylor 90D 90D 45 24 15 4 90D 1 43 90D 13

5 Francisco Calvo 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D

6 Vadim Demidov 90D 90D 90D

7 Ibson 45 90M 90M 35 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 90M 77M 90M 86M 90M 80M 89M

8 Mohammed Saeid 90M 90M 63M

8 Marc Burch 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 63D

9 Abu Danladi 21 45 13 29 1 5 26 72M 78M 41M 79M 70M 43F 30 60M 90F 90F

10 Miguel Ibarra 2 90M 45M 10 47 85M 89M 90M 79M 78M 90M 7M 90M 90M 90M 73M 13 90M 90M 47 68M 8

11 Johan Venegas 90F 90M 69M 89M 90M 90M 90M 64M 6 11 49 86M 85M 90M 30 22

12 Joseph Greenspan 90D 28D

13 Ethan Finlay 90M

14 Brent Kallman 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 66D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 47D 90D 61D 90D

15 Ismaila Jome 11 1 12 79M 55M 17 77M 62 90D 90D 90D

16 Bashkim Kadrii 88M 18 21 45M 90M 61M 1 35 5 13 45M

17 Collin Martin 27 11 45 90M 10

18 Kevin Molino 90M 90M 69M 80M 90M 89M 84M 79M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 77M

19 Sam Cronin 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 77M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M

20 Rasmus Schuller 69M 72M 45M 1 43M 83 11

21 Christian Ramirez 21 90F 90F 90F 77F 90F 90F 90F 90F 84F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 89F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 43F

22 Kevin Venegas 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M

23 Bernardo Anor

24 Patrick McLain

25 Michael Boxall 90D 90D 90D 90D

26 Collen Warner 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 55M 90M 18 12 13 90M 1 47 4 13 1

28 Sam Nicholson 60M 77M 90M 82M

30 Brandon Allen

31 Thomas de Villardi

32 Alex Kapp

33 Bobby Shuttleworth 4 90G 90G 90G 90G 44G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G

45 Joshua Gatt

Played for other teams:

Ethan Finlay played 1284 minutes for CLB

Marc Burch played 270 minutes for COL

Sam Cronin played 262 minutes for COL

"00" = 100 minutes played

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Game #1 03/03/2017 MIN 1 at POR 5 L Ramirez 1 (J. Venegas 1) 79

Game #2 03/12/2017 MIN 1 vs ATL 6 L Molino 1 (penalty kick) 30

Game #3 03/18/2017 MIN 2 at COL 2 T Molino 2 (penalty kick) 50; Ramirez 2 (Thiesson 1, Ibson 1) 58

Game #4 03/25/2017 MIN 2 at NE 5 L Warner 1 (Ramirez 1) 15; Kallman 1 (unassisted) 49

Game #5 04/01/2017 MIN 4 vs RSL 2 W Molino 3 (unassisted) 16; Ramirez 3 (Molino 1) 52; Ramirez 4 (unassisted) 62; J. Venegas 1 (Molino 2) 68

Game #6 04/08/2017 MIN 0 at DAL 2 L

Game #7 04/15/2017 MIN 2 at HOU 2 T Ramirez 5 (Molino 3) 47; J. Venegas 2 (unassisted) 59

Game #8 04/23/2017 MIN 1 vs COL 0 W Ibarra 1 (J. Venegas 2) 72

Game #9 04/29/2017 MIN 0 vs SJ 1 L

Game #10 05/07/2017 MIN 2 vs KC 0 W Danladi 1 (Ibarra 1, Ibson 2) 22; Ramirez 6 (Ibarra 2, Danladi 1) 39

Game #11 05/13/2017 MIN 2 at TOR 3 L Molino 4 (Danladi 2) 52; Molino 5 (unassisted) 62

Game #12 05/21/2017 MIN 1 vs LA 2 L Ramirez 7 (Cronin 1) 66

Game #13 05/27/2017 MIN 1 vs ORL 0 W Ramirez 8 (J. Venegas 3, Ibson 3) 56

Game #14 06/03/2017 MIN 0 at KC 3 L

Game #15 06/17/2017 MIN 0 at RSL 1 L

Game #16 06/21/2017 MIN 3 vs POR 2 W own goal (Okugo) 7; Ramirez 9 (Molino 4) 47; Danladi 2 (unassisted) 64

Game #17 06/24/2017 MIN 2 vs VAN 2 T Calvo 1 (Molino 5) 50; Theisson 1 (Ibarra 3) 63

Game #18 06/29/2017 MIN 1 at NYC 3 L Ramirez 10 (unassisted) 9

Game #19 07/04/2017 MIN 0 vs CLB 1 L

Game #20 07/19/2017 MIN 0 vs HOU 0 T

Game #21 07/22/2017 MIN 0 vs NYR 3 L

Game #22 07/29/2017 MIN 4 vs DC 0 W Ramirez 11 (Molino 6) 7; Danladi 3 (Molino 7) 40; own goal (Jeffrey) 58; Ibarra 2 (J. Venegas 4) 91+

Game #23 08/05/2017 MIN 0 vs SEA 4 L

Game #24 08/20/2017 MIN 1 at SEA 2 L Finlay 2 (Ibson 4) 21

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1 John Alvbage

2 Justin Davis 90D

3 Jerome Theisson 15

4 Jermaine Taylor

5 Francisco Calvo

6 Vadim Demidov

7 Ibson 45

8 Marc Burch 23

9 Abu Danladi 90F

10 Miguel Ibarra

11 Johan Venegas

12 Joseph Greenspan 67D

13 Thomas de Villardi

14 Brent Kallman 90D

15 Ismaila Jome 75D

16 Bashkim Kadrii 90F

17 Collin Martin 90M

18 Kevin Molino

19 Sam Cronin

20 Rasmus Schuller 45M

21 Christian Ramirez

22 Kevin Venegas 90D

23 Bernardo Anor

24 Patrick McLain 90G

26 Collen Warner 90M


U.S. OPEN CUP

4R 06/14/2017 MIN 0 at KC 4 L

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