Fire: Mike Magee

Sporting KC score 2 early, beat Fire

July, 7, 2013
Jul 7
5:06
PM CT
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Benny Feilhaber and Graham Zusi scored in the first eight minutes, and Sporting Kansas City beat the Chicago Fire 2-1 on Sunday, snapping Chicago's three-match winning streak.

The victory was only Kansas City's second in the past seven matches, giving SKC 30 points.

Kansas City's two goals were scored 2 minutes, 14 seconds apart.

Feilhaber scored his first of the season in the sixth minute, hammering a right-footed shot from 16 yards when a throw-in by defender Matt Besler deflected off two players and ended up at his feet.

Chicago goalkeeper Paulo Tornaghi couldn't stop that shot, and seemed surprised by midfielder Zusi's nonchalant 20-yard shot soon after. It curled over Tornaghi and into the upper right-hand corner.

Mike Magee cut the margin to 2-1 in the 38th minute.

Magee scores winner as Fire beat Crew

June, 22, 2013
Jun 22
11:03
PM CT


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Mike Magee had the winning goal and Joel Lindpere had two assists to help the Chicago Fire rally in the second half for a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.

Lindpere found former Crew midfielder Dilly Duka at the far post for a right-footed stab that tied the game 1-1 in the 52nd minute.

Two minutes later, Lindpere assisted on Magee's 10th goal, sending a cross into the box that Magee chested into the goal.

Magee has scored in four league matches and six straight in all competitions since being acquired from Los Angeles in May.

The Fire (5-7-3) are 3-0-2 in their past five matches and have won six of the past seven against the Crew.

Federico Higuain scored on a penalty kick in the seventh minute for Columbus (5-6-5).

Mike Magee helps Fire beat Rapids

June, 20, 2013
Jun 20
9:35
AM CT

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Mike Magee scored on a penalty kick, Austin Berry headed in the tiebreaker in the opening minutes of the second half, and the Chicago Fire beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Magee tied the score in the 23rd minute with his fifth goal in five matches -- three in MLS play and two in the U.S. Open Cup. The goal was set up by Rapids defender Marvell Wynne's handball in the penalty area. Magee converted with a right-footed kick that beat goalkeeper Clint Irwin to his left.

Berry got the winning score in the second minute after halftime for the Fire (4-7-3). Chicago captain Jeff Larentowicz fed the ball in from outside the penalty area, and Berry was open in the right crease for the header, his first goal of the season.

Jamie Castrillon opened the scoring when he stripped the ball from Berry in Chicago's half of the field and scored on goalkeeper Sean Johnson on a 22-yard blast in the 17th minute to put Colorado (5-6-5) ahead. The Rapids lost their second straight and extended their winless stretch to 0-2-1.

The Rapids pressed hard during four minutes of stoppage time at the end, but forward Tony Cascio hit the right post from a yard out in the 91st minute, and forward Deshorn Brown was called for a handball to negate an apparent goal a minute later.

Irwin entered the game with a league-low 0.85 goals-against average, but was beaten twice in the first 47 minutes and was called on to make six saves in all. Johnson's single save was on Castrillon in the 38th minute.

Power Rankings: Fire stay at No. 15

June, 10, 2013
Jun 10
9:34
PM CT
The Fire continue to look like geniuses for obtaining Mike Magee, but still lag in the power rankings.

Read ESPN's MLS Power Rankings: Week 15

Power Rankings: Fire turnaround in sight?

June, 3, 2013
Jun 3
4:22
PM CT
Mike Magee paid instant dividends by scoring in his first league match for the Fire in a 2-0 win over D.C. United. Chicago still has a sizable hole to dig itself out of but looks to be better off with the arrivals of Magee and Bakary Soumare.

Read ESPN's MLS Power Rankings: Week 14

Fire extend United's winless streak

June, 2, 2013
Jun 2
9:31
PM CT


BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- An own goal knocked in by D.C. midfielder Nick DeLeon and a late score by Chicago newcomer Mike Magee gave the Fire a 2-0 victory over the United on Sunday.

Magee's goal came on his fourth and final shot of the match, a 14-yarder that beat United goalkeeper Joe Willis cleanly in the 85th minute.

Until then, a carom that first hit the chest of Fire midfielder Jeff Larentowicz, then hit DeLeon in the chest before bouncing off the turf and trickling across the goal line in the ninth minute was the game's only score. Willis had moved in the original path of the ball and couldn't reverse course in time.

Not counting the own goal, the Fire (3-7-2) have scored only eight goals in 12 matches this season, and DC (1-10-2) has only six in 13.

Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson needed to make only one save for his third shutout of the season.

Chicago got its first MLS victory since beating Columbus 1-0 on April 20. The Fire were 0-3-1 in league play since.

The loss extended United's winless streak to 0-9-2, and kept them last in the Eastern Conference.

Magee, making his MLS debut for Chicago, was acquired from Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to Robbie Rogers last weekend. He was saved on a breakaway by Willis in the 83rd minute, two minutes before he scored his seventh goal of the season.

United goalkeeper Bill Hamid missed the game due to his presence on the U.S. national team, backing up Tim Howard in a 4-3 exhibition victory over Germany in Washington.

Magee scores in Fire debut

May, 29, 2013
May 29
11:23
PM CT
Chris Rolfe and Mike Magee, who made his Fire debut, scored for Chicago in a 2-0 victory over the Charlotte Eagles in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Wednesday in Rock Hill, S.C.

Acquired from the Galaxy on Saturday, Magee headed in a goal in the 11th minute to give the Fire a 1-0 lead.

"It was great not only for Mike to have a good game and score but also for Chris Rolfe," Fire coach Frank Klopas said. "I think games like this are never easy. You see around the world just the upsets that take place and there are great opportunities for teams like Charlotte to compete against MLS teams and also for players to showcase their abilities. More than anything we had to take the game very serious, which we did but it was a great night. The facilities here were great, they're a great team and we kept a clean sheet and so it was nice for us."

The Fire will host the Columbus Crew in the fourth round of the Cup on June 12 at Toyota Park.
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