BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – As debuts go, all that Bastian Schweinsteiger was missing from his first appearance in a Chicago Fire shirt Saturday was three points.
Not following the script, the Montreal Impact ensured that the Fire, orchestrated superbly by their superstar German debutant, would only leave with a point from a game they mostly dominated.
Schweinsteiger opened the scoring with his first MLS goal on a 17th-minute header from close range and went the full 90 minutes as the Men in Red recovered from the 70th-minute dismissal of Juninho and a 90th-minute deficit to claim a deserved equalizer in stoppage time and a share of the spoils with a 2-2 draw at Toyota Park.