CHICAGO -- The Chicago Fire scored three goals in the first 13 minutes Saturday night and beat the San Jose Earthquakes 4-1.
Dema Kovalenko drove home a pass from Diego Gutierrez five minutes into the game, Lubos Kubick made it 2-0 in the 12th minute, and San Jose's Mauricio Wright put the ball into his own net on an errant clear attempt to end the early flurry.
Ante Razov added his eighth goal of the season five minutes before halftime as Chicago improved to 5-4-1.
San Jose (2-2-2) scored with 20 minutes left, when John Doyle
and Richard Mulrooney set up Harut Karapetyan's goal.