In front of a crowd of 19,560 at Toyota Park , the Chicago Fire lost to bitter rival DC United. DC United mid-fielder Fred scored the only goal of the game in the 27th minute and that’s all it would take for DC to put away the Fire.

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The Fire visited Gillette Stadium on Saturday night to take on the Superliga 2008 champs and bitter foe New England . The Fire struggled in the first half but must have found a magic bottle during half time because in the end the Fire beat the Revolution to complete the season sweep.

It was rookie Patrick Nyarko’s night as he made his first career MLS start and scored his first MLS goal. The rookie’s goal was enough to put the Fire ahead of visiting Chivas USA who helped bring in a big crowd at Toyota Park with a sell-out of 20,492 guests.The Fire didn’t have Cuauhtémoc Blanco Saturday night because he was suspended one game due to yellow card accumulation. New Fire player Marco Papa would get the start and switch between the right and left mid-field positions with Justin Mapp. Pappa had a solid night, and showed plenty of skill with the ball. The 20 year old also showed his great ability and will only add depth to the chart.

Everton F.C. paid a visit to Toyota Park on Wednesday night for a friendly against the Chicago Fire. Fans were treated to English Premiership stars like Yakubu, and Phil Neville. Although, there are high expectations for this Everton F.C. squad, they didn’t have much to show as they lost two to zero.