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Regular Season - 31• 25 Oct 2026

Atlanta United FC 2–3 Chicago Fire

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Match Recap

Chicago Fire trailed early and still walked out of Atlanta with all three points. Tomás Jacob had Atlanta United FC up inside four minutes, but Anton Saletros leveled before the half and Chicago took over, with Anzor Mekvabishvili and Philip Zinckernagel turning a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead in the space of 30 second-half minutes. Breel Embolo's reply on 67 minutes made it 2-3 and briefly put Atlanta back in it, but the comeback held. The result tells two different stories in the Major League Soccer table: fourth-placed Chicago extends a form run of three straight wins, while 14th-placed Atlanta, winless in the pair's last two meetings, slips further off the pace. Five goals, a lead squandered, and a response that never quite arrived — watch how Mekvabishvili and Zinckernagel tore the game open in those decisive second-half minutes.

Match Statistics

Atlanta United FC
VS
Chicago Fire
39% Ball Possession 61%
0.59 Expected goals (xG) 1.08
8 Total Shots 12
3 Shots on target 4
5 Shots off target 5
0 Blocked Shots 3
5 Shots inside box 7
0 Shots outside box 1
4 Corner Kicks 5
5 Offsides 5
8 Fouls 14
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1 Goalkeeper Saves 1
421 Total passes 480
333 Accurate passes 383
13 Free Kicks 6

Lineups

Atlanta United FC
G. Martino 4-2-3-1
VS
Chicago Fire
G. Berhalter 4-3-3

Substitutes — Atlanta United FC

8T. Muyumba 7S. Alzate 20L. Brennan 47Matthew Edwards 42Jayden Hibbert 4E. Mihaj 22F. Picault 48C. Sanchez 19Sergio Santos

Substitutes — Chicago Fire

29D. Poręba 22M. Pineda 35S. Oregel 23A. Mekvabishvili 18J. Gómez 12P. Dithejane 44J. Cohen 15A. Gutman 2Leonardo Barroso