Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

New York City FC
4 - 1 Full time
Chicago Fire FC

Yankee Stadium

Lineups

New York City FC4-3-3
JS12Saunders
JH2↓71'Hernandez
FB13Brillant
JM23⚽Mena
RM22Matarrita
SM9⚽↓58'Mendoza
AI51Iraola
AP21Pirlo
KS19Shelton
DV7⚽×2Villa
TM15↓78'McNamara
SJ25Johnson
R13↓58'Rodrigo
JK4Kappelhof
JM66Meira
MH5↓85'Harrington
RC30Cocis
MP2Polster
AA12Alvarez
MD8↓78'de Leeuw
DA11Accam
LS9⚽Solignac
Chicago Fire FC4-2-3-1

New York City FC substitutes

11 Jack Harrison 6.8 ↑58'
27 R. J. Allen ↑71'
6 Federico Bravo 6.4 ↑78'
25 Eirik Holmen Johansen
20 Mehdi Ballouchy
5 Mikey Lopez
99 Tony Taylor

Coach: Patrick Vieira

Chicago Fire FC substitutes

16 Jonathan Campbell 6.0 ↑58'
10 David Arshakyan 5.8 ↑78'
19 Khaly Thiam ↑85'
3 Brandon Vincent
6 Eric Gehrig
26 Michael Stephens
23 Patrick McLain

Coach: Veljko Paunovic

Match events

8'Jefferson Mena assist: Khiry Shelton 1 - 0⚽
9'David Villa assist: Khiry Shelton 2 - 0⚽
35'Luis Solignac assist: Arturo Alvarez 2 - 1⚽
44'Stiven Mendoza assist: David Villa 3 - 1⚽
Second half
58'↑ Jonathan Campbell ↓ Rodrigo⇄
58'↑ Jack Harrison ↓ Stiven Mendoza⇄
71'↑ R. J. Allen ↓ Jason Hernandez⇄
72'Fredric Brillant
78'↑ David Arshakyan ↓ Michael de Leeuw⇄
78'↑ Federico Bravo ↓ Thomas McNamara⇄
83'David Villa assist: Khiry Shelton 4 - 1⚽
85'↑ Khaly Thiam ↓ Michael Harrington⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 24 September 2016, 00:10 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

9New York City FC wins6Draws3Chicago Fire FC wins

18 past meetings on record. Biggest New York City FC win: Chicago Fire FC 2–0 New York City FC (2021). Biggest Chicago Fire FC win: Chicago Fire FC 0–2 New York City FC (2022).

5 Mar 2023Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
21 Aug 2022Chicago Fire FC 0 - 2 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
22 May 2022New York City FC 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
28 Oct 2021New York City FC 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
30 Sep 2021Chicago Fire FC 2 - 0 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
5 Aug 2021Chicago Fire FC 0 - 0 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
8 Nov 2020Chicago Fire FC 3 - 4 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
30 Aug 2020New York City FC 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
25 May 2019Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
25 Apr 2019New York City FC 1 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
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27 Sep 2018New York City FC 2 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
1 Jul 2018Chicago Fire FC 3 - 2 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
1 Oct 2017Chicago Fire FC 1 - 1 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
22 Jul 2017New York City FC 2 - 1 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
11 Apr 2016New York City FC 0 - 0 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
6 Mar 2016Chicago Fire FC 3 - 4 New York City FCMajor League Soccer
16 May 2015New York City FC 2 - 2 Chicago Fire FCMajor League Soccer
25 Apr 2015Chicago Fire FC 1 - 0 New York City FCMajor League Soccer