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ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Phillip Zinckernagel opened the scoring in the fifth minute and added and assist, Hugo Cuypers scored two goals moments apart and the Chicago Fire beat Orlando City 3-1 on Saturday night,<\/p>\n
Chris Brady had five saves for Chicago (6-5-4), which has won three of its last four games.<\/p>\n
Zinckernagel took a pass from Mauricio Pineda a few yards outside the area, turned and ripped a shot the slipped through the fingers of goalkeeper Pedro Gallese to give the Fire a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Cuypers made it 2-0 in the 31st minute with a one-touch finish from the center of the area off a ball played in by Zinckernagel from the right side and scored his 10th goal of the season \u2014 matching his total from 2024 \u2014 to make it 3-0 in the 32nd. The 28-year-old in his second MLS season cut inside to evade a defender at the left corner of the area and then calmly rolled a shot inside the back post.<\/p>\n
Cuypers is the first player in MLS since Miguel Berry on Aug. 27, 2021, to score goals in consecutive minutes.<\/p>\n
Alex Freeman scored in the 40th minute for Orlando, the 20-year-old\u2019s fourth goal of the season, when he flicked in a header off a corner kick played in by Mart\u00edn Ojeda.<\/p>\n
Orlando (7-4-6), which saw its 12-game unbeaten streak come to an end Wednesday with a 3-2 loss to Atlanta, has lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.<\/p>\n
The teams played to a 0-0 tie on May 3 in Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n