Philadelphia Union defeated Chicago Fire FC 3-1 on Wednesday night at Soldier Field, extending their unbeaten streak to 14 matches and earning their eighth consecutive win. Chicago opened the scoring in the 45th minute before forward Milan Iloski scored the equalizer in the 49th minute with his 18th league goal of the season. Forward Burno Damiani gave the Union the lead in the 55th minute, assisted by Homegrown midfielder Cavan Sullivan and Iloski, before adding his second goal of the night in the 67th minute to bring his season total to 11. With his assist, Sullivan has set a new MLS single-season record for goal contributions by a teenager (21). With the victory, Interim Head Coach Ryan Richter extended his record unbeaten run to start an MLS coaching career to 14 regular-season matches.Â
The Union return home to face Charlotte FC at Subaru Park on Saturday, October 17 (2:30 p.m. ET / Apple TV).
Chicago Fire FC (1) – Philadelphia Union (3)
Soldier Field (Chicago, IL)Â
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
Asst Referee 1: Brian Dunn
Asst Referee 2: Walt Heatherly
4TH Official : Igor Bych
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Brian Marshall
SCORING SUMMARY
CHI – Maren Haile-Selassie (N. Allen, J. Bamba) 45’
PHI – Milan Iloski (F. Westfield, B. Damiani) 49’
PHI – Bruno Damiani (C. Sullivan, M. Iloski) 55’
PHI – Bruno Damiani (J. Lukic) 67’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
CHI – M. Mbokazi (caution) 34’
CHI – J. Elliott (caution) 41’
CHI – J. Elliott (second caution, ejected) 45+1’
PHI – I. Vassilev (caution) 85’
CHI – P. Zinckernagel (caution) 88’
PHI – N. Pierre (caution) 90+3’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union: Andre Blake (C), Nathan Harriel, Kai Wagner, Francis Westfield, Neil Pierre, Jovan Lukic, Jesus Bueno (Indiana Vassilev 56’), Cavan Sullivan (Ben Bender 80’ ), Bruno Damiani (Ezekiel Alladoh 80’), Milan Iloski (Malik Jakupovic 90+2’), Quinn Sullivan (Japhet Sery Larsen 90+2’).
Substitutes not used: Andrew Rick (GK), Geiner Martinez, Jeremy Rafanello, Alejandro Bedoya.
Chicago Fire FC: Chris Brady, Jonathan Dean (Leonardo Barroso 68’), Jack Elliott, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Noah Allen, Johan Gomez (Puso Dithejane 67’), Anton Saletros ( Sergio Oregel Jr 72’), Mauricio Pineda, Jonathan Bamba (Andreas Hanche-Olsen 45’), Robert Lewandowski (Philip Zinckernagel 67’), Maren Haile-Selassie.
Substitutes not used: Jeffrey Gal (GK), Josh Cohen, Andrew Gutman, Dawid Poreba.
NOTES
- Interim Head Coach Ryan Richter extended his MLS record unbeaten start to a managerial career to 14 regular-season matches.
- With the victory, the Union extended their club-record unbeaten streak to 14 matches and their club-record winning streak to eight matches.
- Philadelphia became just the third MLS club in the post-shootout era to win eight consecutive matches within a single season.
- With tonight's comeback victory, the Union became just the third MLS team in the post-shootout era to win five matches in a single season after trailing at halftime. Four of those victories have come under Interim Head Coach Ryan Richter.
- Homegrown midfielder Cavan Sullivan recorded his 14th assist of the season. With 21 goal contributions, he has set a new MLS single-season record for goal contributions by a teenager.
- Forward Bruno Damiani recorded two goals and an assist, bringing his season total to 11 goals. He has recorded eight goals and three assists in his last six MLS appearances. He also recorded his team-leading third multi-goal MLS match of the season.
- Forward Milan Iloski scored his 18th MLS goal of the season, the third-most in the league and second-most in a single regular season in Union history.
- Homegrown defender Frankie Westfield recorded his 11th assist of the season.
- With Iloski at 18 goals and Damiani at 11, the Union have two players with at least 10 MLS goals in a season for the first time since 2022.
- The Union have outscored opponents 41-16 (+25) during their 14-match unbeaten streak.
- Defender Kai Wagner made his 212th MLS regular-season start, surpassing Raymon Gaddis (211) and tying Jack Elliott (212) for third-most in club history. With his next start, Wagner would move into sole possession of third place.
