Tai Baribo scored two early goals and the Philadelphia Union beat the Chicago Fire 3-0 on Saturday at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview to sweep the best-of-three first-round series in the MLS Cup playoffs.
Philadelphia, the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, will host fourth-seeded Charlotte or No. 5 seed New York City in the one-game conference semifinals.
Baribo dispossessed goalkeeper Jeff Gal, who started in place of the injured Chris Brady, at the edge of the 18-yard box and rolled his next touch into a wide-open net to open the scoring in the sixth minute. Then, in the 16th, Wagner’s header from in front of the goal, off a entry played by Kai Wagner, made it 2-0.
Bruno Damiani gave the Union a 3-0 lead in the 35th. Milan Iloski blocked a failed clearance attempt by Gal, who made his eighth appearance and seventh start of 2025, and Damiani put away a first-touch shot from the center of the area.
Andre Blake had two saves for the Union.
Gal did not stop a shot.
Philadelphia, which won both regular season matchups with the Fire by a combined score of 5-0 and held on to win Game 1 on penalty kicks (4-2), has won four straight against Chicago.
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