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Toluca became the only Liga MX team to win on Thursday in the Leagues Cup by beating Chicago Fire 3-1 while coming from behind in a game that they dominated after they started down in the score. The duel was affected by a thunderstorm that forced the start of the match to be delayed by 30 minutes as well as the second half after a delay during halftime.
Marcel Ruiz was the star of the SeatGeek Stadium match in Illinois by scoring twice in the game, first in the 45th minute and in the 66th minute for the team in scarlet to turn the score around after Georgios Koutsias gave Chicago the lead in the 8th minute. Jesús Ángulo was in charge of tying the game in the 8th minute only momentarily so that the Devils could wake up on the attack.
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The match was suspended at halftime due to a thunderstorm as a safety measure for the players and fans, even though the circumstances were different in comparison to the ones seen before the match started.
Toluca reaches the next round
Because of the winning result for the Mexican team, Toluca is now qualified to the knockout stage as they have three points and a better goal differential than Sporting Kansas City.
Sporting beat Chicago in the opening game for both teams and now, after to defeats, is the Fire who is eliminated from any contention in the group. Now Toluca and Sporting will be gathering their respective teams looking to secure the top spot in their group.
In other Leagues Cup games, Atlas let the lead slip away and suffered a 2-1 defeat against Real Salt Lake at America First Field in Utah. Luis Reyes (26) opened the scoring, but Anderson Julio (45+2) and Nelson Palacio (79) achieved the comeback. Shortly before, Querétaro also lost 1-0 against Cincinnati, which achieved victory with a goal from Yamil Asad (64).