Second-half substitute Robert Lewandowski scored the tiebreaking aim within the 74th minute to steer the Chicago Hearth to a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in Commerce Metropolis, Colo.
Lewandowski, who added an help on the Hearth’s fourth aim, eluded three defenders earlier than scoring his first aim in 9 matches off a move from Philip Zinckernagel.
Jonathan Bamba scored a brace and Puso Dithejane additionally tallied for the Hearth (16-10-7, 55 factors), who clinched a playoff spot two weeks in the past.
Morgan Whittaker and Paxten Aaronson scored for the Rapids (12-14-7, 43 factors), who had their 10-match residence unbeaten streak snapped. Colorado is eighth within the Western Convention standings with two matches remaining.
Colorado opened the scoring within the twenty second minute when Whittaker transformed a move from Georgi Minoungou from 12 yards out. Whittaker has scored in three consecutive matches.
The Hearth leveled the match within the forty first minute when Jonathan Dean slipped a move to Zinckernagel, who attacked from the appropriate facet and drew Colorado goalkeeper Nico Hansen off his line. Zinckernagel misplaced possession as he closed in on aim, however the ball ricocheted to Bamba, who deposited a shot into the again of the web.
Zinckernagel performed a large move to Dean within the 56th minute. Dean whipped a cross to a sprinting Bamba, who tapped the ball in to present Chicago a 2-1 lead.
The Rapids answered two minutes later when Aaronson linked on a leaping shot off a bouncing cross from Minoungou to tie the match.
Lewandowski put Chicago forward within the 74th minute, and Dithejane, who additionally entered within the second half, added an insurance coverage aim within the 88th minute off an help from Lewandowski.
Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady made two saves, whereas Hansen additionally recorded two saves.
Within the seventeenth minute, Bamba carried the ball out of midfield and slipped a move to Noah Allen, whose left-footed shot bounced simply broad of the close to submit.
Moments later, Whittaker rose above the Hearth again line however could not get a clear header on Miguel Navarro’s cross.
Aaronson ripped a shot within the twenty sixth minute that compelled Brady right into a diving save.
Hansen made a kick save on Zinckernagel’s close-range shot within the sixtieth minute, conceding a Chicago nook.
