Footy & Co.Box score · Leagues Cup · Thursday, August 13
Cruz Azul 1–2 Chicago Fire FC
Full time · SeatGeek Stadium
1–2
FT
Cruz Azul
- Nicolás Ibáñez 81'
- Puso Dithejane 67'
- Puso Dithejane 90'+3'
Timeline
How it unfolded.
- SubstitutionLuka Romerofor Gonzalo Piovi44'
- 67'GoalPuso Dithejane
- 68'SubstitutionMaren Haile-Selassiefor Philip Zinckernagel
- 68'SubstitutionRobin Lodfor Robert Lewandowski
- SubstitutionNicolás Ibáñezfor Gabriel Fernandez78'
- 79'SubstitutionMauricio Pinedafor Sergio Oregel
- GoalNicolás Ibáñez81'
- 90'+3'GoalPuso Dithejane
- SubstitutionMateo Levyfor Carlos Rodríguez90'+5'
- 90'+6'SubstitutionDavid Porebafor Puso Dithejane
Team statistics
The box score.
- 50.2
- Possession %
- 49.8
- 17
- Shots
- 11
- 5
- Shots on target
- 5
- 5
- Corners
- 4
- 13
- Fouls
- 16
- 3
- Offsides
- 2
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 2
- 0
- Red cards
- 0
- 3
- Saves
- 4
- 427
- Passes
- 418
- 363
- Accurate passes
- 363
- 85%
- Pass accuracy
- 87%
- 0
- Penalty goals
- 0
- 0
- Penalties taken
- 0
- 13
- Crosses
- 14
- 5
- Accurate crosses
- 6
- 46
- Long balls
- 35
- 30
- Accurate long balls
- 19
- 6
- Blocked shots
- 3
- 12
- Tackles won
- 4
- 14
- Tackles
- 6
- 4
- Interceptions
- 6
- 16
- Clearances
- 26
- 16
- Clearances attempted
- 26
Lineups
Who played.
Cruz Azul4-1-4-1
- 23Kevin Mier G
- 33Gonzalo Piovi CD-L↓
- 4Willer Ditta CD-R
- 6Érik Lira DM
- 5Jesús Orozco LB
- 16Ángel Márquez RB
- 19Carlos Rodríguez CM-L↓
- 8Agustín Palavecino CM-R
- 3Omar Campos LM
- 20José Paradela RMA
- 21Gabriel Fernandez F↓
Bench
- 12Alán Montes SUB
- 32Cristian Jiménez SUB
- 18Luka Romero SUB↑
- 1Andrés Gudiño SUB
- 49Josué Díaz SUB
- 55Rogelio González SUB
- 66Jose Suárez SUB
- 30Emmanuel Ochoa SUB
- 214Mateo Levy SUB↑
- 17Amaury García SUB
- 7Nicolás Ibáñez SUBG↑
- 10Andres Montaño SUB
Chicago Fire FC4-3-3
- 1Chris Brady G
- 3Jack Elliott CD-L
- 16Joel Waterman CD-R
- 15Andrew Gutman LB
- 24Jonathan Dean RB
- 42D'Avilla Dje Tah CM
- 6Anton Saletros LM
- 35Sergio Oregel RM↓
- 9Robert Lewandowski F↓
- 12Puso Dithejane LF2 G↓
- 11Philip Zinckernagel RF↓
Bench
- 17Robin Lod SUB↑
- 29David Poreba SUB↑
- 7Maren Haile-Selassie SUBA↑
- 22Mauricio Pineda SUB↑
- 5Samual Rogers SUB
- 20Jason Shokalook SUB
- 14Viktor Radojevic SUB
- 44Josh Cohen SUB
- 37Robert Turdean SUB
- 38Christopher Cupps SUB
- 2Leonardo Barroso SUB
- 25Jeff Gal SUB
Match facts
Match facts
- Kickoff
- Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM EDT
- Competition
- Leagues Cup
- Venue
- SeatGeek Stadium
- Attendance
- —
- Officials
- Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Referee)
Attendance is the announced figure. Kickoff times are shown in Eastern time. Back to Thursday, August 13.