Cuauhtémoc Blanco found the net in his first appearance donning a Chicago Fire #10 shirt, but a late Derek Riordan goal earned Celtic a 1-1 Sunday draw to end their American tour.

The mercurial Mexico ace worked an active 58 minutes, firing on goal five times to the delight of the Toyota Park crowd.

In the 23rd minute, Blanco teed up Calen Carr, but the youngster could only find the crossbar. Seven minutes later, the debutant showed the home faithful why he was signed.

Blanco slalomed past a pair of defenders, then rounded Hoops keeper Artur Boruc to set the Fire in the lead.

Despite not threatening nearly as often as their Windy City hosts, Celtic went level when Riordan deposited a Massimo Donati cross with nine minutes to play.

Fire keeper Jon Busch then had to be on his toes to stop a late Scott McDonald blast to preserve the tie.

Scoring
CHI - Cuauhtémoc Blanco 30'
CFC - Derek Riordan (Massimo Donati) 81'

Line-ups
CHI - Matt Pickens (Jon Busch 46'); CJ Brown (Dasan Robinson 65'), Diego Gutierrez, Gonzalo Segares, Ivan Guerrero, Bakary Soumare (Willan Oliviera 77'), Chris Armas (Brian Plotkin 65'), Bruno Marques Menezes (Logan Pause 46'), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (Thiago 58'), Chad Barrett (Floyd Franks 60'), Calen Carr

CFC - Artur Boruc (Mark Brown 46'); Mark Wilson, Stephen Pressley, Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Andrea Capone (Massimo Donati 46'), Scott Brown, Paul Hartley (Teddy Bjarnason 56'), Aidan McGeady (Derek Riordan 71'), Maciej Zurawski (Scott McDonald 56'), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Chris Killen 77')