Chicago Fire take advantage of sloppy Toronto FC defending to post first away win
TORONTO — The Chicago Fire, taking advantage of sloppy defending, scored three second-half goals — including two just three minutes apart — to defeat a depleted Toronto FC 4-1 for its first away win of the MLS season Saturday.
Maren Haile-Selassie, Hugo Cuypers, Mauricio Pineda and Allan Arigoni scored for Chicago (4-8-6), which came into the game tied for 27th in the league on offence, averaging 1.00 goals a game.
Lorenzo Insigne replied for Toronto (7-8-3) in a contest that saw some deplorable defending from both sides — but more from TFC.
Toronto was punished in the 41st minute when Alonso Coello’s attempted back pass was intercepted by Cuypers. Goalkeeper Luka Gavran made a fine save from close range to deny the Belgian forward but Toronto was unable to clear its zone as midfielder Deybi Flores had the ball pilfered by Fabian Herbers, whose cross was headed home by Haile-Selassie.