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MLS: Chicago 3, San Jose 3 (tie)

Published: April 11, 2009 at 7:56 PM

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 11 (UPI) -- Chris Rolfe's goal in the 85th minute Saturday pulled Chicago into a 3-3 tie with San Jose and allowed the Fire to remain unbeaten in four games.

In a seesaw contest, Chicago (2


2) came back three times from one-goal deficits before securing the tie.

Marco Pappa and Brian McBride scored the other Fire goals. Ryan Johnson, Bobby Convey and Arturo Alvarez scored for the Earthquakes (1-1-2).

San Jose opened the scoring with Johnson's goal in the 14th minute but Chicago got it back in the 41st minute when Pappa scored off a pass by Logan Pause. The Quakes went up 2-1 when Convey scored a few minutes later but the Fire came back a second time to make it 2-2 on McBride's goal following a header by Cuauhtemoc Blanco.

San Jose went ahead 3-2 in the 75th when Alvarez scored on a penalty kick. Rolfe scored the game-tying goal off a pass from Pappa.

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