Rescued A Point
Toronto FC
Toronto FC went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 4–4
Major League Soccer · Matchday 23Toronto FC
Josh Sargent 27', 38', 54'
Derrick Etienne Jr. 90+2'
4 – 4
FT
HT 2–1
Chicago Fire
Maren Haile-Selassie 13', 58'
Walker Zimmerman 49'
Robert Lewandowski 63'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 23Toronto FC4–4Chicago Fire
1.28
Expected goals
1.92
13′27′38′49′54′58′63′92′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: TOR 1.28, CF 1.92.
Match report
Toronto FC 4-4 Chicago Fire
Toronto FC and Chicago Fire shared 8 goals in a 4-4 Major League Soccer draw at BMO Field. Haile-Selassie opened the scoring for Chicago Fire on 13', Sargent levelled for Toronto FC on 27', Sargent added his second on 38', Zimmerman turned into his own net on 49' to make it 3-1, Sargent completed his hat-trick on 54', Haile-Selassie added his second on 58', Lewandowski pulled one back for Chicago Fire on 63' and Jr. made it 5-3 to Toronto FC on 92'.
Expected goals finished Toronto FC 1.28, Chicago Fire 1.92. Chicago Fire held 57.0% of the ball.
It was settled late — Jr. struck on 92' to swing it Toronto FC's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Chicago Fire graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.92 expected goals. Toronto FC graded out for clinical edge — 4 goals and 1.28 expected goals.
Josh Sargent came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 10.0 for Toronto FC from 3 goals and 7 shots.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
43%Possession57%
18Shots15
1.28xG1.92
What the numbers say
5 readsClinical Edge
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.92 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.92
- Overperformance
- +2.08
Clinical Edge
Toronto FC
Toronto FC finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 1.28 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 1.28
- Overperformance
- +2.72
Box Occupation
Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 11 of 15
- Share
- 73%
- xG per shot
- 0.13
Timeline
⚽13'
Maren Haile-Selassie
🟨18'
Sam Rogers
Foul
Josh Sargent — assist: Djordje Mihailovic
⚽27'
Markus Cimermancic
Foul
🟨34'
Josh Sargent
⚽38'
🔄45'
Noah Allen ↑ Sam Rogers ↓
Half-time
🔴49'
Walker Zimmerman
Josh Sargent — assist: Djordje Mihailovic
⚽54'
Jackson Gilman ↑ Matheus Pereira de Souza ↓
🔄55'
⚽58'
Maren Haile-Selassie — assist: Robert Lewandowski
⚽63'
Robert Lewandowski — assist: Philip Zinckernagel
🔄64'
Robin Lod ↑ Puso Dithejane ↓
Lewis Morgan ↑ Theo Corbeanu ↓
🔄64'
🔄77'
Sergio Oregel ↑ Maren Haile-Selassie ↓
🔄78'
Mauricio Pineda ↑ Djé D'Avilla ↓
Derrick Etienne Jr. ↑ Djordje Mihailovic ↓
🔄79'
Emilio Aristizábal ↑ Markus Cimermancic ↓
🔄79'
🟨86'
Robin Lod
Foul
🔄89'
Johan Arath Gomez ↑ Philip Zinckernagel ↓
Benjamin Kuscevic
Foul
🟨90'
Derrick Etienne Jr. — assist: Dániel Sallói
⚽90+2'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueBMO Field, Toronto
RefereeTori Penso, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 23
StatusMatch Finished