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Wind burn

Chicago eliminates Dallas in MLS playoffs

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Dallas's Evan Whitfield dives for and misses a pass deflected by Antonio Martinez AP

CHICAGO (AP) -- Dema Kovalenko and Chris Armas scored to lead the Chicago Fire to a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Burn on Saturday night in the decisive third game of their MLS quarterfinal series.

Chicago, which advanced to the MLS semifinals for the third time in four seasons, limited the Burn to one goal and won the series 2-0-1.

"We came out with a great mentality," Fire coach Bob Bradley told the Chicago Daily Herald. "We were determined we were going to play on our terms. We did a good job of that."

Fire captain Peter Nowak was involved in both Fire goals.

"Competition is important," Bradley told the newspaper. "And it all starts with Peter. He is unbelievably competitive, day in and day out."

The Fire, 9-0 in playoff games at Soldier Field, will face the Los Angeles Galaxy in a three-game semifinal series, beginning Oct. 10.

Kovalenko opened the scoring in the 17th minute, and Armas, who returned from injuries and a commitment to the U.S. national team, slipped a shot past Burn goalkeeper Matt Jordan in the 55th minute.

Chicago midfielder Diego Gutierrez received a yellow card for the third consecutive game, drawing an automatic one-game suspension to be served in the first game of the semifinals.

Summary

Scoring:

CHI--Kovalenko (Whitfield, Nowak) 17
CHI--Armas (Nowak, Marsch) 55

DALLAS BURN--Matt Jordan, Ryan Suarez, Eric Dade (Richard Farrer 64), Jorge Rodriguez, Paul Broome (Antonio Martinez 58), Oscar Pareja, Chad Deering, Hamisi Amani-Dove (Aleksey Korol 69), Jason Kreis, Bobby Rhine, Ariel Graziani
TOTAL SHOTS: 5 (Graziani 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 2 (Rhine 1, Graziani 1); FOULS: 30 (Dade 5, Pareja 5); OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: Jordan 3; CAUTIONS: Deering 30, Graziani 34, Broome 46+, Suarez 68, Korol 73; EJECTIONS: Pareja 75; POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 49%

CHICAGO FIRE--Zach Thornton, C.J. Brown (Jim Curtin 81), Carlos Bocanegra, David Vaudreuil, Chris Armas, Diego Gutierrez, Jesse Marsch, Evan Whitfield, Peter Nowak (Sergi Daniv 91+), Dema Kovalenko, Ante Razov (Jamar Beasley 87)
TOTAL SHOTS: 11 (Kovalenko 3, Whitfield 3); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Whitfield 3); FOULS: 18 (Armas 5); OFFSIDE: 5; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: Thornton 2; CAUTIONS: Armas 7, Gutierrez 25, Bocanegra 74, Vaudreuil 90; EJECTIONS: none; POSSESSION PERCENTAGE: 51%

Referee: Tim Weyland; Assistant Referees: George Gansner, Richard Huber
Attendance: 12,811; Weather: Clear, 59, N-9mph, 88%hum, Cold

 

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