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Monday, April 22, 2013
Late Larentowicz tally enough to propel Fire
By Associated Press
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. --
Jeff Larentowicz
scored in the 83rd minute to lift the Chicago Fire to a 1-0 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.
Larentowicz headed
Austin Berry
's pass by Columbus goalkeeper
Andy Gruenebaum
from five yards out to cap a furious rally that saw Chicago take 16 shots at the Crew goal in the second half.
Chicago (2-4-1) won for the second time in three matches to climb out of a tie at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.
Sean Johnson
made two saves for his second shutout of the season.
The Crew (2-2-3) snapped their four-game unbeaten streak (1-0-3).
Chicago had pressed the attack from early in the second half, first when Sherjill MacDonald was stopped by Gruenebaum from 17 yards out.
Three minutes later, midfielder
Gonzalo Segares
' left-footed blast was kicked out by Gruenebaum. He made two more saves on MacDonald in the next 8 minutes, the latter on the tough angle shot.
But Larentowicz broke through a pair of Columbus defenders and was open to receive the headed pass from Berry and head it into the net to Gruenebaum's left for his first goal of the season.
The Crew had one last opportunity in stoppage time, but
Agustin Viana
's header from 15 yards out flew wide of the Chicago net.
Columbus had the best chance of a quiet first half, but
Dominic Oduro
fired his 18-yard shot wide in the 15th minute. Earlier, an apparent score by Columbus'
Chad Marshall
was wiped out by an offside call.