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Early Dillon Serna strike downs Chicago Fire

Dillon Serna's opener after 50 seconds is enough as Colorado Rapids end a three-match losing streak to beat Chicago Fire 1-0.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: August 23 2015 | 03:56

Last updated: August 24 2015 | 10:41

Dillon Serna struck within a minute of kickoff as Colorado Rapids ended a three-match losing streak with a 1-0 win away to Chicago Fire this morning.

With just 50 seconds on the clock, the striker connected with Gabriel Torres's cross to fire past Sean Johnson from just outside the six-yard box.

The hosts responded well to the early setback and came agonisingly close to an equaliser when Jeff Larentowicz's free kick deflected just wide.

Just before the break, Kennedy Igboananike latched on to Matt Polster's through ball before drilling just past the post as Rapids survived to earn a slender half-time lead.

Gilberto - making his Fire debut - was introduced on 63 minutes and almost bagged an equaliser late on but his header sailed narrowly over the bar.

Chicago, who finished the clash with 20 shots, with four on target, ran out of ideas as Colorado hung on.

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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

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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