CHESTER, Pa. — Jesús Bueno scored the decisive goal in a penalty-kick shootout after Philadelphia blew a two-goal lead late and the top-seeded Union beat the Chicago Fire on Sunday in a best-of-three first-round opener of the MLS Cup playoffs.

Fire goalkeeper Chris Brady had a save on a shot by Mikael Uhre as the match moved directly to penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw in regulation, but Andre Blake answered on a shot by former teammate Jack Elliott.

Francis Westfield and Milan Iloski had goals for the Union in the next two rounds, while Brian Gutiérrez and Hugo Cuypers scored for the Fire. Tai Baribo gave the Union a 5-4 lead and Bueno drilled the winner after Joel Waterman clanked his shot off the crossbar.

Indiana Vassilev used assists from Uhre and Iloski to find the net in the 70th m

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