In the infancy of MLS, they were the elite of the elite. But these days, the Chicago Fire and D.C. United have the longest ...

That’s tough.” Brian Gutierrez scored both goals — the 21-year-old homegrown player’s first multigoal game in MLS — for the Fire, and winger Jonathan Bamba had two assists in his MLS debut.

and Jonathan Bamba was at the center of nearly all of it. Chicago’s new Designated Player put the Fire on his back early against San Jose and won his side a penalty kick in the fourth minute ...

Diego Rossi scored two goals, Jacen Russell-Rowe added a goal and the Columbus Crew beat the Chicago Fire 4-2 in the season opener for both ... multi-goal game in MLS — for Chicago and Jonathan Bamba ...

The Fire (0-1-1, 1 point ... Cuypers' first score survived a VAR review, with officials ruling that Chicago's Jonathan Bamba did not interfere with D.C. keeper Kim Joon-Hong (two saves).

Chicago was on the attack from the ... that evened the match at 1-1 in the 19th minute. The Fire swung back just three minutes later with Bamba doing most of the work and then passing to Gutierrez ...

Propelling Chicago early in its match was newly acquired wing Jonathan Bamba, who set up both of the Fire goals with passes to Brian Gutierrez. The work of the dynamic Bamba, who came from Spain's ...