The Chicago Fire scored five consecutive goals to start the match and held off a late rally to defeat the U-17 national team 5-3 in a friendly match played March 15. Jordan Cila ended the shutout in the 56th minute, and Landon Donovan added two late goals for the U-17s, who will play D.C. United on March 17 at the Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton, Fla. The U-17s are set to compete in the ’99 Dallas Cup Super Group from March 28 through April 4, and have been drawn into Group D to face German club FC Augsburg on March 28, Mexico’s UAG (“Tecos”) on March 29 and Brazilian entry SC Corinthians on March 31 in the tournament’s opening round. March 15 in Bradenton, Fla. USA U-17s 3 Chicago Fire (MLS) 5. Goals: Cila 56; Donovan 60, 69; Podbrozny 13, Razov 25, Gutierrez 44, Kuhn 47, Lagos 50. USA — Countess, Akwari, Yi, Trembly, Onyewu (Martin, 46), Jackson (Convey, 46), Cutler, Beckerman, Beasley, Cila (Rivera, n/a), Donovan. Chicago — Thornton (Sutton, 46), Brown (Kovalenko 46), Kubik (Kuhn, 46), Okaroh (Soehn, 46), Gutierrez, Podbrozny, Nowak (Wolff, 46), Marsch (Lewis, 46), Keller, Klopas (Lagos, 46), Razov. Att.: n/a. U-20s TIE, LOSE IN MOROCCO The U.S. U-20 squad played the Moroccan U-20s in a pair of friendly matches last week. In the first game on March 10, the teams drew 1-1, with John Thorrington netting the U.S. goal. In the second match on March 13, the U.S. fell 1-0 to the hosts. After a scoreless first half, Morocco scored a goal less than a minute into the second half and hung on for the win. Head coach Sigi Schmid’s team has the week off, but will regroup in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on March 23 to train for a week before departing on March 30 for Nigeria and the FIFA World Youth Championship. The U.S. U-20s were drawn into Group E and will face England (April 5), Japan (April 8) and Cameroon (April 11) in the opening round.