The Chicago Fire scored three first-half goals to beat the United States Under-17 National Team, 3-0, in Bradenton, Fla. Chris Armas and U-17 alum DaMarcus Beasley scored for Chicago after the U-17s conceded an own goal in the seventh minute. The Fire deployed a 4-4-2 formation in the first half but added Mike Sorber to the mix to form a 3-5-2 for the second half. Fire: Thornton (Ring 46), Gutierrez, Bocanegra (Brown 46), Lewis, Whitfield (Sorber 46), Beasley, Armas (Evans 46), Nowak (Lavrinenko 46), Marsch (Daniv 46), Wolff (Wolyniec 46), Stoitchkov (George 25).
