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Fire forward Kei Kamara (23) celebrates with teammate Miguel Navarro after scoring a goal against Minnesota United during the first half Saturday at Soldier Field. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Kei Kamara scored twice before halftime to spark the Chicago Fire to a 2-1 victory against Minnesota United on Saturday night at Soldier Field.
Kamara scored unassisted in the 24th minute to give the Fire (2-1-3) the lead. He took a pass from Arnaud Souquet and scored again 12 minutes later.
Kamara, who played for Minnesota in 2020, has scored 74 of his 142 career goals against his former teams.
Kervin Arriaga scored unassisted in the 57th minute for Minnesota (3-1-2), which was trying to become the second team in league history to win four straight road matches at the start of a season. The New York Red Bulls set the record at five last season.
Chris Brady finished with five saves for the Fire, who improved to 2-3-1 in the all-time series.