BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire center back Arne Friedrich felt that his team wasn’t pushing forward enough in their 2-1 win against Toronto FC on Saturday after falling behind in the 16th minute.
So Friedrich decided to push the game himself.
The German ventured forward several times, including once in the second minute of injury time, when he dribbled the ball from the midfield all the way to the edge of the Toronto penalty area before he was knocked to the ground by defender Ashtone Morgan.
“Especially in the second half, it was necessary, with us being down a goal,” Friedrich said after the game, with a bandage covering an injury to his nose, a consequence of his late-game foray into the attacking third. “It was one of my goals to push the team a little bit, and I guess we did that very well.”
His fellow center back, Austin Berry, scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute.
HIGHLIGHTS: CHI 2, TOR 1