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Regular Season - 34• 7 Nov 2026

Chicago Fire 3–4 Columbus Crew

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Match Recap

Columbus Crew trailed by two goals inside the opening half hour, then needed Brais Méndez's 90+3-minute strike to complete the turnaround and beat Chicago Fire 4-3 in a seven-goal thriller in Major League Soccer. Robert Lewandowski struck twice in the first 22 minutes to put Chicago Fire in control, but Gonzalo Tapia answered with a goal either side of halftime, sandwiching finishes from Anass Zaroury and Maren Haile-Selassie as the lead kept swinging. The win stretches Columbus Crew's run to five straight victories, even as they sit eighth in the table, while Chicago Fire, fourth in the standings, have now won just two of their last five games. It also ends a streak in which Chicago Fire had never lost to Columbus Crew across their last two meetings, snapped at last by Méndez's late blow. Two braces and a winner in the final minute, this one has everything. Watch Méndez thread the 93rd-minute finish that sent Columbus Crew wild and sank the hosts.

Match Statistics

Chicago Fire
VS
Columbus Crew
53% Ball Possession 47%
2.97 Expected goals (xG) 1.54
14 Total Shots 11
6 Shots on target 6
4 Shots off target 4
4 Blocked Shots 1
12 Shots inside box 9
2 Shots outside box 2
6 Corner Kicks 4
3 Offsides 1
14 Fouls 14
4 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Goalkeeper Saves 3
503 Total passes 442
438 Accurate passes 369
12 Free Kicks 14

Lineups

Chicago Fire
G. Berhalter 4-4-2
VS
Columbus Crew
L. Courtois 3-4-3

Substitutes — Chicago Fire

10André Franco 12P. Dithejane 44J. Cohen 2Leonardo Barroso 3J. Elliott 15A. Gutman 18J. Gómez 23A. Mekvabishvili 35S. Oregel

Substitutes — Columbus Crew

26L. Giaccone 1N. Hagen 2M. Herrera 11B. Lennon 77Josef Martínez 10Brais Méndez 20André Gomes 3E. Bailly 19J. Thiaré