D.C. UNITED vs CHICAGO FIRE
RFK STADIUM, Washington, D.C.
June 3, 2015 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #134)
7 pm ET (MLS LIVE)
Two long-time rivals in the Eastern Conference meet for the first time this season when D.C. United play host to the Chicago Fire on Wednesday evening at RFK Stadium. United returned home last weekend and put an end to their three-game winless skid, coming back for a 2-1 win against Philadelphia Union. The Fire put an end to a four-game winless run of their own, rolling to a 3-0 victory against a 10-man Montréal Impact on Saturday evening at Toyota Park.
- United won for the first time since May 13, coming back to claim a 2-1 win against Philadelphia Union at RFK Stadium on Saturday evening as Chris Rolfe converted a late penalty kick for the winner.
- The Fire won for the first time since April 24 as Kennedy Igboananike scored a goal and set up another in a 3-0 win against the Montréal Impact at Toyota Park on Saturday evening.
- United won the last meeting between the teams last year – a 2-1 win at RFK Stadium on Oct. 18 – their first victory against the Fire in seven tries. The last previous United win in the series came Aug. 22, 2012 at RFK Stadium, a 4-2 triumph. The first two meetings a year ago ended in draws.
- The Fire have won on three of their last six trips to the nation’s capital, with one draw, over the last five seasons. United last won at Toyota Park on Aug. 29, 2009, a 1-0 victory.
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REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Eric Weisbrod; 4th: Daniel Fitzgerald MLS Career: 86 games; FC/gm: 22.7; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 20; pens: 13
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DC: Davy Arnaud, Bobby Boswell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DC: Perry Kitchen, Taylor Kemp … CHI: Adailton, Matt Polster
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DC: Jalen Robinson (U.S. U-23 national team) … CHI: Shaun Maloney (Scotland; 6/5 v Qatar)
HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (49 meetings): United 18 wins, 70 goals … Fire 18 wins, 75 goals … Ties 13
AT RFK STADIUM (25 meetings): United 12 wins, 41 goals … Fire 8 wins, 35 goals … Ties 5
FUTURE MATCHES: 6/24: Chicago Fire vs. D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. CT; 10/18: D.C. United vs. Chicago Fire, tbd
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