Thursday night in Bridgeview, Illinois, FC Dallas was out-manned from the moment the starting lineups were released.
Chicago Fire enjoyed their fourth-straight victory after beating FC Dallas 2-1, Dallas’ second-straight loss. All three goals in the game were scored ten minutes in and — while some games have fluke moments of intense scoring — those ten minutes appropriately embodied each team’s performance.
As a caveat, FC Dallas did not bring a full-strength lineup into the match after playing last Saturday and facing another game this Sunday. Aaron Guillen was given just his third career start, Walker Hume his first career minutes (90 of them, to be precise) and Carlos Cermeno received just his second career MLS start.