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10/31 23:03 CDT Jonathan Bamba scores 2 goals for Fire in 4-2 win over Rapids
Jonathan Bamba scores 2 goals for Fire in 4-2 win over Rapids
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) --- Jonathan Bamba scored two goals, Robert
Lewandowski and Puso Dithejane each added a goal, and the Chicago Fire beat the
Colorado Rapids 4-2 on Saturday night.
The Fire (16-10-7) have 55 points this season, one behind Miami in the Eastern
Conference with a week remaining in the regular season.
Lewandowski, on the counter-attack, ran onto a ball played ahead by Philip
Zinckernagel near the top of the penalty, cut to evade goalkeeper Nico Hansen,
who charged off his line, and scored from point-blank range to give Chicago a
3-2 lead in the 74th minute.
Bamba scored a goal in the 41st minute to make it 1-1 at halftime and gave the
Fire a 2-1 lead in the 56th, his first multi-goal game in MLS.
Morgan Whittaker opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and Paxten Aaronson
added a goal in the 58th for Colorado. Whittaker scored a goal for the third
consecutive game.
The Rapids (12-14-7) had their five-game unbeaten streak snapped. Colorado has
43 points, eight in the Western Conference and one point ahead of 10th-place
Real Salt Lake.
Dithejane put away a feed from Lewandowski to cap the scoring in the 88th.
Up next
Chicago: Hosts Columbus next Saturday, the final day of the regular season.
Colorado: Plays next Saturday at Dallas.
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