Fire blasted by Rapids' arsenal

Will Johnson scored his first MLS goal on Saturday.

Invesco Field at Mile High


Scoring Summary:
CHI -- Will Johnson 1 (Chris Rolfe 3) 16
COL -- Alain Nkong 3 (Jeff Cunningham 2, Kyle Beckerman 2) 23
COL -- Eric Denton 1 (Ritchie Kotschau 2) 26
COL -- Jeff Cunningham 10 (Alain Nkong 2, Jean Philippe Peguero 3) 75
COL -- Alain Nkong 4 (unassisted) 84


Chicago Fire -- Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown, Jim Curtin (Scott Buete 84), Logan Pause, Jack Stewart, Will Johnson (Chad Barrett 71), Will John (Samuel Caballero 46), Jesse Marsch, Justin Mapp, Andy Herron, Chris Rolfe.


Substitutes Not Used: David Mahoney, Jared Montz.


TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Will Johnson 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (3 tied with 1); FOULS: 14 (Justin Mapp 3, Jesse Marsch 3); OFFSIDES: 2 (Chad Barrett 1, Will John 1); CORNER KICKS: 4 (Justin Mapp 2); SAVES: 2 (Zach Thornton 2)


Colorado Rapids -- Joe Cannon, Eric Denton, Ritchie Kotschau, Nat Borchers, Ricky Lewis, Terry Cooke (Dan Gargan 58), Kyle Beckerman, Guy Melamed, Alain Nkong (Hunter Freeman 89), Jeff Cunningham, Luchi Gonzalez (Jean Philippe Peguero 63).


Substitutes Not Used: Byron Foss, Sasha Gotsmanov, Wolde Harris, Amir Lowery, Fabrice Noel, Mike Petke.


TOTAL SHOTS: 10 (Alain Nkong 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Alain Nkong 3); FOULS: 12 (Kyle Beckerman 3); OFFSIDES: 3 (Jeff Cunningham 2); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Terry Cooke 1, Eric Denton 1); SAVES: 2 (Joe Cannon 2)


Misconduct Summary:
CHI -- Jim Curtin (caution; Reckless Foul) 3
COL -- Alain Nkong (caution; Reckless Foul) 66
CHI -- C.J. Brown (caution; Dissent) 76


Referee: Hilario Grajeda
Referee's Assistants: Nathan Clement; Adam Wienckowski
4th Official: Ben Chouaf
Attendance: 9,624
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-94-degrees


All Statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial