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Chicago Fire goalie Kenneth Kronholm can’t come up with a headed ball by Saint Louis FC midfielder Austin Martz (77) who scored during a U.S. Open Cup soccer match in St. Charles, Mo., Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Saint Louis beat won 2-1. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Nemanja Nikolic scored and Kenneth Kronholm had his second consecutive shutout to help the Fire defeat the Dynamo 1-0 in Houston in a game that was delayed nearly 40 minutes because of lightning in the area.
Nicolas Gaitan played a long arcing entry to Nikolic, who redirected it into the net from point-blank range to give the Fire the lead in the third minute of first-half stoppage time.
The Fire (6-10-9) snapped a five-game winless streak. The Dynamo (9-11-3) have lost five of their last six games.
