Robin Lod and Andrew Gutman each scored a goal to help the Chicago Fire beat Toronto FC 2-1 on Saturday night at Soldier Field for the Fire’s third consecutive win.
Toronto (3-6-5) has lost three in a row and is winless in eight straight, dating to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on April 4 — the last of a four-game unbeaten streak.
Chris Brady had three saves for the Fire (8-4-2), who are now 14-14-14 all time against Toronto.
Lod opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. On the counterattack, Hugo Cuypers played a centering pass from the left side to Maren Haile-Selassie, who tapped a first-touch pass to a charging Lod. He beat goalkeeper Luka Gavran one on one to give the Fire a 1-0 lead.
Gutman headed home a corner kick played in by Philip Zinckernagel to give the Fire a 2-1 lead in the 65th minute.
Toronto’s Josh Sargent returned from a three-game absence (thigh) and scored a goal that made it 1-1 in the 34th minute. Alonso Coello, on the counterattack, played a through ball to a charging Sargent for a first-touch finish that slipped under the crossbar.
Cuypers, who leads MLS with 13 goals, saw his string of consecutive appearances with a goal snapped at 10 games — the third-longest in league history.
The league now takes a break for the FIFA World Cup and will return to action July 16.
