{"id":841635,"date":"2026-08-02T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841635\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T03:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T03:30:09","slug":"robert-lewandowski-scores-two-goals-in-home-debut-to-lead-fire-over-charlotte-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841635\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lewandowski scores two goals in home debut to lead Fire over Charlotte FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Robert Lewandowski scored two goals, including the winner, in his home debut for the Fire, helping Chicago beat Charlotte FC 2-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lewandowski, who made the move from FC Barcelona in a two-year deal with Chicago, equalized in the 20th minute off a screamer from outside the box that tied the game at 1. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He connected on his second goal of the night in the 68th minute with a go-ahead shot to the bottom left corner to seal the win for the Fire (9-6-2), who played their first home match in over two months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pep Biel gave Charlotte (7-7-4) an early lead with a shot from the right side of the box on an assist from Idan Toklomati.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Charlotte pushed for an equalizer late and earned a corner in stoppage time, but Chicago held on to preserve the one-goal lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Charlotte entered the match unbeaten in its last two games, but dropped its third straight against the Fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Charlotte: Takes on Pumas UNAM in Leagues Cup group stage play on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chicago: Visit Club Necaxa in Leagues Cup group stage play on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/soccer<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Robert Lewandowski scored two goals, including the winner, in his home debut for the Fire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-841635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=841635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}