MLS · Round 0
Soldier Field

Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City starting lineups

Chicago Fire FC Sporting Kansas City
5 - 0
Full time
Zinckernagel 51', 65' Cuypers 74', 90+8' Haile-Selassie 79'

Chicago Fire FC and Sporting Kansas City lineup images

Chicago Fire FC starting lineup vs Sporting Kansas City, 4-2-3-1: Brady, Dean, Waterman, Elliott, Gutman, D'Avilla, Salétros, Zinckernagel, Haile-Selassie, Dithejane, Cuypers. MLS Round 0, Saturday, April 25, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Sporting Kansas City starting lineup vs Chicago Fire FC, 5-4-1: Pulskamp, James, Bartlow, Miller, Davis, Agyabeng, Harris, Berg Johnsen, García, Capita, Joveljic. MLS Round 0, Saturday, April 25, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

Gutman Yellow cardYellow card
10'
Half time · 0 - 0
1 - 0Zinckernagelgoal
51'
Lod for Dithejanesubstitution
61'
2 - 0Zinckernagelgoal
65'
74'
substitutionMeyer for James
3 - 0Cuypersgoal
74'
75'
substitutionAfrifa for Harris
Oregel for Salétrossubstitution
76'
Shokalook for Zinckernagelsubstitution
76'
4 - 0Haile-Selassiegoal
79'
Radojevic for Gutmansubstitution
84'
Pineda for D'Avillasubstitution
84'
86'
substitutionBartlett for Capita
5 - 0Cuypersgoal
90+8'

Chicago Fire FC and Sporting Kansas City team sheets and player ratings

Chicago Fire FC

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 United States Brady rating 6.8
24 United States Dean rating 7.3
16 Canada Waterman rating 7.7
3 England Elliott rating 8.0
15 United States Gutman yellow card off 84' rating 7.9
42 Côte d'Ivoire D'Avilla off 84' rating 7.7
6 Sweden Salétros off 76' rating 7.3
11 Denmark Zinckernagel 2 goals off 76' rating 9.1
7 Switzerland Haile-Selassie 1 goal rating 8.7
12 South Africa Dithejane off 61' rating 6.9
9 Belgium Cuypers 2 goals rating 8.5
Substitutes
17 Finland Lod on 61' rating 6.6
35 United States Oregel on 76' rating 6.6
20 United States Shokalook on 76' rating 6.1
14 Serbia Radojevic on 84'
22 United States Pineda on 84'
44 United States Cohen
4 South Africa Mbokazi
29 United States Poreba
27 United States Borso

Sporting Kansas City

5-4-1
Starting XI
1 United States Pulskamp rating 6.1
2 United States James off 74' rating 5.4
23 Bartlow rating 4.5
15 United States Miller rating 4.9
8 United States Davis rating 6.6
20 Ghana Agyabeng rating 7.2
11 England Harris off 75' rating 6.7
4 Norway Berg Johnsen rating 6.3
6 Spain García rating 6.7
7 Angola Capita off 86' rating 6.7
9 Serbia Joveljic rating 6.1
Substitutes
28 United States Meyer on 74' rating 6.7
17 Canada Afrifa on 75' rating 5.6
16 United States Bartlett on 86'
12 United States Kortkamp
30 United States Cleveland
99 United States Reid
14 Tschantret
93 Russia Suleymanov
19 United States Calheira

Managers

Berhalter4-2-3-1Chicago Fire FC
Wicky5-4-1Sporting Kansas City
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Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City: match summary

Chicago Fire FC beat Sporting Kansas City 5–0 at Soldier Field in Chicago on Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Round 0 of the MLS. Philip Zinckernagel (51', 65'), Hugo Cuypers (74', 90+8') and Maren Haile-Selassie (79') scored for Chicago Fire FC. The match ratings read 7.5 for Chicago Fire FC and 6.1 for Sporting Kansas City. Philip Zinckernagel of Chicago Fire FC was the highest rated player on the pitch at 9.0, with Maren Haile-Selassie at 8.5 and Hugo Cuypers at 8.5 next, and Bartlow of Sporting Kansas City the lowest rated starter at 4.5. Chicago Fire FC lined up in a 4-2-3-1 under Berhalter, Sporting Kansas City in a 5-4-1 under Wicky. Andrew Gutman was booked on 10 minutes, and nobody was sent off. Supporters Shield standings taken on September 2, 2026 had Chicago Fire FC 5th on 37 points and Sporting Kansas City 30th on 15.

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