Chicago Fire
3-2
Toronto

Jones (14'), Maloney (56'), Larentowicz (68')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Giovinco (20'), Cheyrou (54')
Creavalle (67')

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Chicago Fire edge five-goal thriller against 10-man Toronto

Jeff Larentowicz's strike sees Chicago Fire beat 10-man Toronto 3-2 to move into third in the Eastern Conference.

By Chris O'Keefe, Reporter

Published: April 4 2015 | 22:00

Last updated: April 5 2015 | 14:21

Chicago Fire moved into third in the Eastern Conference as a Jeff Larentowicz strike saw them beat 10-man Toronto in a five-goal MLS thriller.

The hosts edged in front on 14 minutes when Joevin Jones latched on to Shaun Maloney's pass before tucking the ball past Joe Bendik.

Toronto equalised six minutes later as Sebastian Giovinco scored his first goal for the Canadians since his winter move from Italian champions Juventus.

Giovinco then turned provider for another new signing in Benoit Cheyrou, who opened his account for Toronto.

However, Chicago levelled through Maloney, with the ex-Wigan Athletic midfielder turning home Harrison Shipp's pinpoint delivery early in the second half.

Shipp was also involved in Fire's third goal on 68 minutes after he teed up Larentowicz, who calmly beat Bendik moments after Warren Creavalle was dismissed for a second bookable offence.

Despite a late effort from Giovinco, Chicago were able to hold on and move three points behind Eastern Conference leaders New York Red Bulls.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21