KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Jose Mauri and Johnny Russell each scored in the opening six minutes Saturday night and Sporting Kansas City beat the Chicago Fire 2-0 .
Kansas City (12-5-7) has won six straight home matches against the Fire. Sporting has kept clean sheets in eight of the last 11 meetings between the sides in Kansas City. Chicago (6-12-5), which was coming off a 1-0 win at New York to snap a 19-match road winless run, was looking to win consecutive away games for the first time since October 2013.
Mauri scored in the fourth minute, sending a shot from distance that goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth misplayed. Russell tapped in a rebound of Daniel Salloi's breakaway shot.