Chicago Fire brush aside Orlando City to win first MLS playoff game since 2009

  • Hugo Cuypers scores twice to win Wild Card match

  • Chicago advances to face Philadelphia in Round 1

Hugo Cuypers recorded a second-half brace and the Chicago Fire picked up their first playoff win in 16 years with a dominating 3-1 triumph over Orlando City in an Eastern Conference wild-card match on Wednesday night in Bridgeview, Illinois.

Brian Gutiérrez also scored for the eighth-seeded Fire, who ended the longest playoff-victory drought in MLS history. It also was Chicago’s first postseason match since 2017.

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Championship roundup: Whittaker gives Boro win at sorry Sheffield Wednesday

  • Middlesbrough move to one point of leaders Coventry

  • QPR beat 10-man Swansea, Watford edge out West Brom

Morgan Whittaker’s early goal at a near-empty Hillsborough gave Middlesbrough a 1-0 win at bottom club Sheffield Wednesday and lifted them to within a point of Championship leaders Coventry.

Whittaker struck for the second game running in the sixth minute and that proved enough for Rob Edwards’ side, who should have won by a wider margin and had what looked a certain penalty turned down.

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