Toronto FC vs 05.09.26 23:304 – 4Full Time
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Match report
Toronto FC and Chicago Fire share eight goals in stoppage-time thriller
Toronto FC and Chicago Fire shared an extraordinary eight-goal contest in Major League Soccer's regular season, drawing 4-4 at BMO Field after Derrick Etienne's stoppage-time equaliser denied Chicago a late win. The match swung repeatedly, with the visitors twice leading before Toronto hit back, and the lead changing hands on four separate occasions across the ninety minutes plus additional time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Maren Haile-Selassie opened the scoring for Chicago in the 13th minute, but Joshua Sargent responded with two goals either side of the half-hour mark, turning the game around by the 38th minute to send Toronto in 2-1 up at the break. The pattern continued after half-time when Walker Zimmerman's own goal levelled it at 2-2 in the 49th minute, only for Sargent to complete his hat-trick five minutes later and restore Toronto's lead.
Chicago responded again through Haile-Selassie's second of the night in the 58th minute, assisted by Robert Lewandowski, before Lewandowski himself put the away side ahead at 3-4 in the 63rd minute with an assist from Philip Zinckernagel. Toronto held firm until deep into stoppage time, when Etienne, set up by Dániel Sallói, struck in the 90+2nd minute to make it 4-4 and salvage a point for the home side.
Sargent produced a hat-trick for Toronto, scoring in the 27th, 38th and 54th minutes to finish with a match-high rating of 9.45.
Chicago held the greater share of possession at 57 percent, yet it was Toronto who registered more shots on goal, with 18 attempts to the visitors' 15.
Toronto FC and Chicago Fire drew 4–4 (half-time 2–1).
Toronto FC met Chicago Fire in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 23). Kick-off was Saturday, 5 September 2026, 23:30 UTC at BMO Field. Referee: Tori Penso. Attendance: 26,693.
Team pages: Toronto FC · Chicago Fire · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 13' Goal: Maren Haile-Selassie — 0–1 · Watch Maren Haile-Selassie's goal video (13')
- 27' Goal: Josh Sargent (assist: Djordje Mihailović) — 1–1 · Watch Josh Sargent's goal video (27')
- 38' Goal: Josh Sargent — 2–1 · Watch Josh Sargent's goal video (38')
- 49' Goal (own goal): Walker Zimmerman — 2–2
- 54' Goal: Josh Sargent (assist: Djordje Mihailović) — 3–2 · Watch Josh Sargent's goal video (54')
- 58' Goal: Maren Haile-Selassie (assist: Robert Lewandowski) — 3–3 · Watch Maren Haile-Selassie's goal video (58')
- 63' Goal: Robert Lewandowski (assist: Philip Zinckernagel) — 3–4 · Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal video (63')
- 90+2' Goal: Derrick Etienne (assist: Dániel Sallói) — 4–4 · Watch Derrick Etienne's goal video (90+2')
Starting line-ups
Toronto FC (4-2-3-1)
Chicago Fire (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Toronto FC 37%, the draw 27%, Chicago Fire 36%. It finished Toronto FC 4–4 Chicago Fire.
Anyone's game — Chicago Fire are the stronger side on our strength rating, and Major League Soccer home advantage is not enough to separate them. The draw at 27% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Toronto FC at 37%?
Home ground, against the rating. Chicago Fire sit 173 points higher on our strength rating — 1448 to 1621. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge on the road won 40.1% of 13,132 such games. Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.8% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.4% of 5,132 games vs 44.9% across all 99,727 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why only 37%?
Because Chicago Fire are the stronger side on our strength rating. The rest is the draw at 27% and Chicago Fire at 36%.
Why the draw at 27%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 27.2%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 24,965.
What did we measure but not count?
Chicago Fire average 6 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 173 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Chicago Fire scored +0.35 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,827 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Toronto FC vs Chicago Fire final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Maren Haile-Selassie's goal against Toronto FC (13').
- Watch Josh Sargent's goal against Chicago Fire (27').
- Watch Josh Sargent's goal against Chicago Fire (38').
- Watch Josh Sargent's goal against Chicago Fire (54').
- Watch Maren Haile-Selassie's goal against Toronto FC (58').
- Watch Robert Lewandowski's goal against Toronto FC (63').
- Watch Derrick Etienne's goal against Chicago Fire (90+2').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Toronto FC 4–4 Chicago Fire. Explore more on the Toronto FC and Chicago Fire team pages or the Major League Soccer page.