{"id":497075,"date":"2026-03-01T07:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497075\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:20:08","slug":"bamba-cuypers-and-lod-score-as-fire-beat-montreal-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/497075\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamba, Cuypers and Lod score as Fire beat Montr\u00e9al 3-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Bamba scored in the first half, and the Chicago Fire scored twice in stoppage time to secure a 3-0 win over CF Montr\u00e9al in their home opener on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago (1-1) controlled the match throughout, taking a 1-0 lead into halftime after Bamba finished from the center of the box in the 27th minute. The Fire generated steady pressure and limited Montr\u00e9al&#8217;s chances despite playing the final 34 minutes a man down following a red card to Jonathan Dean in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire secured the match in stoppage time as Hugo Cuypers converted a penalty in the 90th minute to make it 2-0, and Robin Lod added a third moments later with a finish from close range.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago dominated the attacking numbers, finishing with an 18-4 advantage in shots and an 11-2 edge in on-target shots while producing 4.0 expected goals. Montr\u00e9al (0-2) managed just 0.1 expected goals and rarely threatened.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Chris Brady made two saves for the shutout, while Thomas Gillier kept the visitors within reach for much of the afternoon with seven saves.<\/p>\n<p>The win extended Chicago&#8217;s unbeaten streak against Canadian opponents to six matches dating to 2024 and marked the Fire&#8217;s first victory of the season after opening with a road loss at Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Montr\u00e9al: faces New York on March 8th.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago: against Columbus on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonathan Bamba scored in the first half, and the Chicago Fire scored twice in stoppage time to secure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-497075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}