Chicago concluded its preseason trip to England by beating Queen’s Park Rangers, 1-0, at the Imperial College Sports Ground in London. Real Salt Lake is on the move as well. It wrapped up avisit to Southern California by beating Orange County Blues (USL), 1-0, in Irvine, Calif.
 

Week 3 Results:
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12
Irvine, CA | OC Blues 0 Real Salt Lake 1.
Real Salt Lake wrapped up a visit to SouthernCalifornia by beating the USL’s Blues. Fourth-round SuperDraft pick Lucas Baldin scored for RSL inthe 54th minute. RSL will train at home for a few days, the make a return trip to Arizona to play in the Desert Diamond Cup tournament.

England | Queens Park Rangers  0 Chicago 1.
Quincy Amarikwa ran onto a ball from Harry Shipp and rounded QPR keeper AlexMcCarthy to steer the ball into the net and give the Fire the win at at the Imperial College Sports Ground in London. Head coach Frank Yallop used 21 players, including keeper Sean Johnson, who joined the team Monday after completing his duties with the U.S. national team. He pulled off several saves to keep QPR off the board. McCarty was one of several QPR first-teamers toplay in the contest. The Fire returns to Chicago Friday for several days of training before heading to Portland for the Simple Invitational.
 
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Clearwater, FL | Philadelphia 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1.
Philadelphia Union defender Steven Vitoria debuted for the club — aday after his acquisition on loan from Benfica was announced — in the 1-0 loss to the NASL Rowdies. Corey Herzog, one of the players cut loose by Orlando City last year during its transition to an MLS operation, converted a penalty kick for the only goal.

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