The Chicago Fire Academy U-16 side emerged victorious in the quarterfinals of the 2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs on Wednesday night, taking down southern Florida's Weston FC by a score of 3-0 after extra time.
FINAL! A tremendous display in extra time by @ChiFireAcademy puts them into the next round with a 3-0 win.
— U.S. Soccer Academy (@ussoccer_acad) July 6, 2016
The two teams finished level at 0-0 after 80 minutes of regular time, before the Fire floodgates opened in the first 10-minute period of extra time. Goals from Andrew Akindele and Carlos Cepeda gave the Fire a 2-0 lead heading into the final overtime period, before Vitalis Takawira capped a tremendous late effort and put Chicago ahead for good at 3-0.