Ten Man Chicago Fire Fall 3-0 at Columbus Crew Saturday Night

COLUMBUS, Ohio(Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013) – The Chicago Fire (11-12-6, 39 points) fell 3-0 at the Columbus Crew (11-14-5; 38 points) Saturday night at Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Despite early dominance, it was the home side took the lead through Dominic Oduro in the 15^th minute. The Fire were dealt an additional blow in the 29^th minute as defender Bakary Soumare was shown a red card for a tackle on Crew forward Jairo Arrieta. Down a man, the visitors didn’t relent and nearly equalized through Juan Luis Anangono’s header off the cross bar in the 37^th minute.
The Fire continued to look for an equalizer in the second half only to see a Federico Higuain penalty kick make it 2-0 in the 70^th minute before Bernardo Anor made it 3-0 six minutes later. The visitors continued to attack and came close once again when Chris Rolfe’s deflected shot came off the post in the 79^th but in the end couldn’t convert after playing down a man for 61 minutes.
The Fire reserves take on the Columbus Crew Sunday, Sept. 22 at 9:00am CT at Obetz Training Facility while the first team returns return to action when they welcome the Montreal Impact to Toyota Park on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:30pm CT (My50/La Ley 107.9 FM).

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Notes:
-The 3-0 defeat snaps the Fire’s five match winning streak against the Crew across all competitions.
-Despite the loss, the Fire maintain a 24-13-13 all-time MLS regular season record against Columbus.
-Bakary Soumare’s 29^th minute red card means he’ll miss next Saturday’s match vs. Montreal.
-With his substitute appearance, Fire midfielder Patrick Nyarko tied Ante Razov for 10^th on the club’s all-time MLS regular season appearance list with 155 games played.
Chicago Fire 0 – 3 Columbus Crew
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Bakary Soumare, Gonzalo Segares (Joel Lindpere 80’); Alex (Patrick Nyarko 59’), Jeff Larentowicz ©, Arevalo Rios, Dilly Duka (Chris Rolfe 70’); Mike Magee, Juan Luis Anangono
Substitutes not used: Paolo Tornaghi, Hunter Jumper, Wells Thompson, Logan Pause
Columbus Crew: Matt Lampson; Chad Marshall, Tyson Wahl, Chad Barson, Agustin Viana; Dominic Oduro (Justin Meram 84’), Will Trapp, Tony Tchani, Bernardo Anor (Ben Speas 89’); Federico Higuain ©, Jairo Arrieta (Ryan Finley 79’)
Substitutes not used: Brad Stuver, Eric Gehrig, Kevan George, Ethan Finlay
Scoring Summary
CLB  - Dominic Oduro (Jairo Arrieta) 15’
CLB – Federico Higuain (penalty kick) 70’
CLB – Bernardo Anor (Tony Tchani) 76’


Misconduct Summary
CHI – Bakary Soumare (ejection, Foul) 29’
CLB – Chad Marshall (caution, Foul) 38’
CLB – Jairo Arrieta (caution, Foul) 76’
Referee: Juan Guzman
Assistants: Baboucarr Jallow, Kevin Klinger
Fourth Official: Daniel Fitzgerald
Attendance: 19,010