{"id":133609,"date":"2025-08-10T05:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/133609\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T05:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:47:09","slug":"chicago-fire-battle-to-2-2-draw-with-lafc-in-son-heung-mins-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/133609\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire battle to 2-2 draw with LAFC in Son Heung-min’s debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denis Bouanga scored on a penalty kick in the 81st minute to rally Los Angeles FC to a 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.<\/p>\n

Bouanga notched his 14th goal of the season for LAFC (10-6-7). The PK was awarded after Fire defender Carlos Ter\u00e1n fouled LAFC newcomer Son Heung-min, who had entered in the 61st minute.<\/p>\n

Son was making his MLS debut after LAFC paid a reported $26 million transfer fee \u2014 the largest in MLS history \u2014 to Tottenham Hotspur for the rights to the 33-year-old South Korean star. Just three days after LAFC introduced Son at a news conference in Los Angeles, he entered in the 61st minute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Fire (10-9-6) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute on Ter\u00e1n\u2019s first goal of the season off a Philip Zinckernagel assist. LAFC pulled even in the 19th minute on defender Ryan Hollingshead\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n

The Fire took a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute on a Jonathan Bamba goal off assists from Zinckernagel and Brian Guti\u00e9rrez.<\/p>\n

Chris Brady saved four shots for the Fire. Hugo Lloris had one save for LAFC.<\/p>\n

It was the first of three straight home matches in Bridgeview for the Fire, whose home is Soldier Field. The Fire are 102-55-72 in regular-season play at SeatGeek.<\/p>\n

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