Philadelphia Union 4, Chicago Fire 1 | Player Ratings

After a string of impressive performances over the last few weeks, the Chicago Fire’s momentum was halted in Chester as they were crushed 4-1 by Philadelphia Union. The Union, who lead the Eastern Conference, took an early lead through Dániel Gazdag and capitalized on a series of individual mistakes to put four goals past Fire keeper Gaga Slonina. Amidst an abysmal performance from the Fire, Chris Mueller provided the visitors’ only consolation with a second-half goal past MLS All-Star Andre Blake.

Starting Lineup (left to right): Slonina; M. Navarro, Czichos, Pineda, Sekuli\u0107 (Reynolds II 87’); Giménez (Herbers 66’), F. Navarro; Mueller, Shaqiri (Casas Jr. 79), Torres (Gutiérrez 66’);…