It's the conclusion of Leagues Cup matchday 2, where Chicago won at Minnesota, Toluca beat Nashville, and Club America shut out St Louis.
Leagues Cup matchday 2 Thursday: Road win for Chicago, Club America beats St Louis
The conclusion of Leagues Cup matchday two began with Chicago beating Minnesota 3-2 on the road. The result advanced Minnesota, while Chicago has a game left to play against Puebla in Central 2. Bongokuhle Hlongwane opened the scoring for United in the 62nd, but Chicago’s Xherdan Sharqiri equalized from the penalty spot in the 69th. Hlongwane scored again in the 73rd. Arnaud Souquet equalized for the Fire in the 79th and Kei Kamara scored in the 83rd minute.
“I think for me the team again tonight showed a lot of character,” Chicago coach Frank Klopas said. “We had a slow start a little bit in the game but then I think we picked up in the second half but even falling behind and against a really good team, difficult place, we stayed in the match. We found ways to score three goals on the road. That’s massive.”
Toluca won 4-3 at Nashville in Central 4 in another scenario where the losing team advances and the winner has a game left to play, with Toluca the home team at Colorado on Monday. Nashville took the lead from a 3rd minute Walker Zimmerman goal with Toluca’s Marcel Ruiz equalizing in the 27th. Fafa Picault returned the Nashville lead in the 37th. Ruiz equalized again for Toluca in the 44th, Tiago Volpi converted a penalty eight minutes into first-half stoppage time, and Robert Morales made it 4-2 in the 61st. Nashville’s Luke Haakenson scored in the 70th and Teal Bunbury saw red in the 86th minute.
Club America shut out St Louis City 4-0 at CityPark to advance from Central 1. Henry Martin put America up in the 5th with Julian Quinones doubling the lead in the 51st and Kevin Avarez scoring in the 54th. Alejandro Zendejas subbed on in the 63rd minute for Club America and scored in the 77th minute. America goalkeeper Luis Malagon made four saves to keep the clean sheet. With losses to both America and Columbus, St Louis can no longer advance with Club America playing Columbus on Monday at Lower.com Field.
With FC Cincinnati leading 2-0 at home over Chivas in Central 4, the game was suspended at halftime due to lightning and eventually postponed. Brandon Vazquez scored for Cincinnati in the 2nd and 8th minutes. UPDATE: The game concluded behind closed doors on Friday afternoon with Cincinnati winning 3-1 and advancing from Central 3. Chivas played a man down to a first-half stoppage time red card to Gilberto Sepulveda. Antonio Briseno scored for Chivas in the 60th but Vazquez scored again for Cincinnati in the 73rd minute.
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