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Fernandez, Rolfe leads Fire past Toronto FC

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Chicago Fire's Avaldo Fernandez, right, celebrates with temmate Chris Rolfe after scoring his team's first goal during the first half of their MLS soccer game against Toronto FC in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

TORONTO (AP) Alvaro Fernandez and Chris Rolfe scored to help the Chicago Fire beat Toronto FC 2-1 on Wednesday night in Major League Soccer.

Chicago moved into second place in the East, improving to 14-8-5 with its fifth victory in six games.

Eric Hassli scored for Toronto, 0-6-2 in its last eight games and 5-17-6 overall.

A crowd of 14,623 attended the game, the smallest for a league game at BMO Field this season.

Fernandez opened the scoring on a header in the 13th minute, and Rolfe made it 2-0 in the 42nd. Hassli scored in the 79th minute.

Chicago also won the two previous meetings this season, 3-2 in Toronto and 2-1 in Chicago.

Updated September 12, 2012

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