MLS
September 8, 2010
Chicago
0 - 0
Toronto FC
Eastern Conference
1:30 BST, September 9, 2010
Toyota Park, United States
Referee: Ramón Hernández
Fire earn draw with Toronto, winless in past four
Scoring Summary
| Chicago | Toronto FC |
|---|
Teams
| Chicago | Toronto FC |
|---|---|
| 25 Sean Johnson | 24 Stefan Frei |
| 2 C.J. Brown | 12 Adrian Cann |
| 32 Dasan Robinson | 3 Nana Attakora-Gyan |
| 28 Steven Kinney | 33 Maksim Usanov |
| 11 John Thorrington | 20 Robert Tyrel Harden |
| 12 Logan Pause | 8 Dan Gargan |
| 18 Mike Banner | 23 Jacob Peterson |
| 14 Patrick Nyarko | 21 Nick LaBrocca |
| 8 Freddie Ljungberg | 6 Julián De Guzman |
| 15 Collins John | 14 Dwayne De Rosario |
| 10 Nery Castillo | 17 O'Brian White |
| Substitutes | |
| 40 Andrew Dykstra | Jon Conway 1 |
| 23 Krzysztof Krol | Nick Garcia 4 |
| 22 Wilman Conde | Raivis Hscanovics 34 |
| 9 Baggio Husidic | Doneil Henry 28 |
| 19 Corben Bone | Gabe Gala 27 |
| 20 Brian McBride | Nane Joseph 15 |
| 3 Calen Carr | Maicon Santos 29 |
| Substitutions | |
| Wilman Conde for John Thorrington (45) | Maicon Santos for Jacob Peterson (55) |
| Calen Carr for Freddie Ljungberg (75) | Nick Garcia for Maksim Usanov (78) |
| Brian McBride for Collins John (81) | Nane Joseph for O'Brian White (82) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Patrick Nyarko (67) | Adrian Cann (23) |
| Julián De Guzman (34) | |
| Maksim Usanov (68) | |
| · Squads: Chicago | Toronto FC | |
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) -- Toronto's Stefan Frei and Chicago's Sean Johnson made big saves in the final 25 minutes in the teams' 0-0 tie Wednesday night.
Toronto (7-9-7) earned a point to move into ninth place in the overall MLS standings with 28, four behind Seattle and San Jose - currently in the last two MLS Cup playoff positions. Chicago (6-7-8) is 11th with 26 points.
Toronto FC is 0-3-2 in its last five games, and Chicago is 0-2-2 in its last four.
Johnson made a pair of saves in a 4-minute span in the second half, stopping midfielder Nick LaBrocca's curling shot from 20 yards, and covering O'Brian White's point-blank chance from the right crease.
Frei twice corralled long shots by Nery Castillo, and grabbed a hard shot by midfielder Mike Banner in the 90th minute en route to his eighth shutout of the season.
The first real scoring opportunity came in the third minute of the second half, when Chicago's Freddie Ljungberg fired wide right from 14 yards on a breakaway.