BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Given the lift David Accam provided the Chicago Fire as a second-half sub, the club's fans couldn't be blamed for wondering what might have been with the Fire's leading scorer in the starting lineup of what ended up a 2-1 loss to Toronto FC on Saturday at Toyota Park.
Perhaps things would have turned out his club's way, manager Veljko Paunovic acknowledged, but he still had no regrets about keeping Accam off the pitch until the 56th minute.
The Fire trailed 2-0 at that point, and just two minutes after Accam came on as part of a switch to a 4-3-3 formation, his run through the defense led to Michael de Leeuw's header that pulled Chicago within a goal.