Bastian Schweinsteiger and Nemanja Nikolic combined for all three goals as the Chicago Fire defeated a short-handed New England Revolution side 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park.
The former German international put the Fire up just before the halftime break from a sharp angle, and Nikolic doubled the lead two minutes into the second half. The Hungarian international then added an insurance goal - his fourth of the year - off a great build up from Schweinsteiger and David Accam.
The game took a significant turn in the 27th minute when Revolution left back Je-Vaughn Watson was shown his second yellow card.
GOALS
- 45' ā CHI ā Bastian Schweinsteiger - Watch
- 47' ā CHI ā Nemanja Nikolic - Watch
- 73' ā CHI ā Nemanja Nikolic - Watch
Three Things
THE TURNING POINT:
New England used a different left back for the third consecutive match, on Saturday handing the spot to Je-Vaughn Watson. It didn't work. Watson was shown a
yellow card for an elbow
on
Luis Solignac
in the 21st minute, and then a second yellow for
needlessly taking down
Solignac again just six minutes later.