Chicago Fire coach Denis Hamlett and defender Bakary Soumare were involved in a heated exchange at half-time of the club's 3-2 loss to Houston Dynamo on the weekend.

The pair will be issued fines by the club over the incident that prompted Hamlett to take Soumare out of the game at the break.

According to a report on Soccer by Ives, 'Hamlett and Soumare were involved in a heated exchange that got out of control (though team sources insist that no punches were thrown). The fracas resulted in Soumare being taken out of the match at halftime. The team-issued press release called the event "an incident"'.