CHESTER — It was more difficult than it needed to be Sunday night at Subaru Park, but Jesus Bueno’s goal in the fourth round of the penalty kick shootout sealed the Union’s win in Game 1 of their best-of-3 series against the Chicago Fire, a game that finished 2-2.

The Union went up 2-0 before Chicago scored in the 84th and the third minute of stoppage time, the latter courtesy of former Union defender Jack Elliott. The game went straight to the shootout, where the Union missed their first attempt, then had Andre Blake save them. The top seed took the edge for good when Joel Waterman clattered the post in the fourth round, allowing Bueno to win it in the fifth.

It didn’t have to be that way, not when Indiana Vassilev scored in the 70th and Milan Iloski in the 75th for the Union, who unvei

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