WASHINGTON — Hugo Cuypers scored his MLS-leading 12th goal this season, Robin Lod and Maren Haile-Selassie each added a goal and the Chicago Fire beat D.C. United 3-1 on Wednesday night.
Cuypers has scored at least one goal in each of the nine games he has played this season.
Chris Brady had six saves for the Fire (6-4-2), who got back in the win column after losing back-to-back games for the first time this season.
D.C. (4-5-4), which beat the Fire 2-1 on March 14 at Soldier Field, had its five-game unbeaten streak snapped.
After Sean Johnson made a diving stop of a Philip Zinckernagel penalty kick, Cuypers put away a loose ball with a first-touch finish from point-blank range to give the Fire a 2-1 lead in the 71st minute.
Tai Baribo opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Louis Munteanu boxed out a defender to win an arcing header played into the area by Baribo, then back-heeled a pass back to Baribo for a blistering finish inside the left post from near the penalty spot.
Zinckernagel played a perfectly placed ball from near the right sideline to the center of the area, and Lod slammed home a header to make it 1-1 in the 62nd minute.
Haile-Selassie subbed on for Lod in the 63rd and slammed home a rebound to cap the scoring in the 87th minute.
Johnson had five saves for D.C. United.
