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Sporting Kansas City 0-1 Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire midfielder Marco Pappa strikes against the run of play to deny Sporting Kansas City top spot in the MLS Eastern Conference.

Sporting Kansas City have missed the chance to return to the top of the Eastern Conference after slumping to a shock home defeat to Chicago Fire.

Marco Pappa scored the game's only goal on 58 minutes, finishing off a swift counter-attack with a low sweeping shot after a neat pass from Chris Rolfe.

The goal came against the run of play as Kansas had dominated the game for sustained periods.

Peter Vermes's men enjoyed 61% of ball possession and created numerous chances, but their strikers - especially Teal Bunbury, who was off target with all five of his shots - were extremely wasteful in front of goal.

Kansas remain one point behind league-leaders DC United in second, while Chicago are two places and two points further back.

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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami34228479493074
2Columbus Crew34199672403266
3FC CincinnatiCincinnati341851158481059
4Orlando City34157125950952
5Charlotte FCCharlotte FC34149114637951
6New York City FCNY City34148125449550
7New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls34111495550547
8CF MontrealMontreal341110134864-1643
9Atlanta UnitedAtlanta341010144649-340
10DC United341010145270-1840
11Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia34910156255737
12Toronto34114194061-2137
13Nashville SCNashville3499163854-1636
14New England RevolutionNew England3494213774-3731
15Chicago Fire3479184062-2230

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Los Angeles FCLos Angeles34197863432064
2Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy34197869501964
3Real Salt LakeSalt Lake341611765481759
4Seattle SoundersSeattle34169951351657
5Houston DynamoHouston34159104739854
6Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd34157125849952
7Colorado RapidsColorado34155146160150
8Portland TimbersPortland341211116556947
9Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver34138135249347
10Austin FCAustin34119143948-942
11Dallas34118155456-241
12St Louis City34813135063-1337
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas3487195166-1531
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes3463254178-3721


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