Chicago 1 - 0 New England
Chicago 1-0 New England: Pause nets early
| Scoring Summary | |
| Chicago | New England |
| Logan Pause (4) | |
| Match Information |
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Stadium:
Toyota Park, United States
Attendance: Match Time: 19:30 ET |
| Teams | |
| Chicago | New England |
| 18 Matt Pickens | 1 Matt Reis |
| 2 C.J. Brown | 6 Jay Heaps |
| 5 Jim Curtin | 4 Avery John |
| 25 Gonzalo Segares | 16 James Riley |
| 23 Ivan Guerrero | 17 Gary Flood |
| 8 Diego Gutierrez | 14 Steve Ralston |
| 14 Chris Armas | 25 Andy Dorman |
| 21 Justin Mapp | 13 Jeff Larentowicz |
| 7 Logan Pause | 27 Wells Thompson |
| 9 Chad Barrett | 20 Taylor Twellman |
| 17 Chris Rolfe | 7 Adam Cristman |
| Substitutes | |
| Jon Busch | Doug Warren 12 |
| 32 Dasan Robinson | Tony Lochhead 19 |
| 34 Osei Telesford | Arsene Oka 32 |
| 11 Thiago | Ryan Solle 30 |
| 16 Brian Plotkin | Pat Noonan 11 |
| 31 Floyd Franks | Amaechi Igwe 2 |
| 3 Calen Carr | Chris Loftus 28 |
| Substitutions | |
| Thiago for Chris Rolfe (77) | Pat Noonan for Adam Cristman (71) |
| Dasan Robinson for Justin Mapp (85) | Arsene Oka for Gary Flood (80) |
| Calen Carr for Chad Barrett (90) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Chad Barrett (28) | Andy Dorman (61) |
| Calen Carr (90) | Jeff Larentowicz (84) |
| · Club Rosters: Chicago | New England | |
Updated: April 7, 2007, 11:09 PM ET
BRIDGEPORT, Ill. -- Logan Pause scored in the fourth minute to give the Chicago Fire a 1-0 victory over the New England Revolution in both teams' season opener Saturday night.Chris Rolfe sent the ball to Justin Mapp, who crossed it into the box. Pause headed the ball off the left post and into the net to give the Fire a 1-0 lead. The goal was Pause's first in a five-year Major League Soccer career.
Fire captain Chris Armas left the field in the 20th minute after an elbow bloodied his cheek. The Fire had 10 men on the field for about 5 minutes while Armas was stitched up, but held New England scoreless.
New England had its best scoring chances in the second half.
Andy Dorman rocketed the ball at goal in the early minutes of the second half, but Fire goalkeeper Matt Pickens leaped to his left and punched it out with one hand.
In the 81st minute, the referee awarded New England a free kick at the top of the box. Taylor Twellman blasted a low shot through the Fire's wall, but Pickens smothered it.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
| Colorado | 2 | |
| DC United | 1 | FT |
| Real Salt Lake | 2 | |
| FC Dallas | 2 | FT |
| Columbus | 0 | |
| New York Red Bulls | 0 | FT |
| Chicago | 1 | |
| New England | 0 | FT |
| Chivas USA | 2 | |
| Toronto FC | 0 | FT |
