New York City FC rallies to defeat short-handed Chicago Fire

Fire's unbeaten streak ends with 3-1 loss to NYCFC

The Fire had their three-game unbeaten streak snapped with a 3-1 loss Sunday to New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. They finished the game with only nine players on the field after Brian Gutierrez received a straight red card in the first half and Dje D’Avilla was sent off after his second yellow card in the second.The Fire (5-5-4) opened the scoring on a goal by Philip Zinckernagel in the 19th minute, but the red card on Gutierrez for violent c…

Short-handed Chicago Fire fall to New York City FC 3-1 in Yankee Stadium game

NEW YORK — Mounsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf each scored a second-half goal to help New York City FC beat the short-handed Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. After a failed clearance by the Fire, Wolf ran onto a loose ball in the left side of the area, cut back to the middle and bent a shot inside the back post to give NYCFC (7-5-3) a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute. New York City has won back-to-back games and is unbeaten in three straight.…

New York City FC rallies to defeat short-handed Chicago Fire

Hannes Wolf scored on a stunning 70th-minute strike and New York City FC rallied to a 3-1 victory over the nine-man Chicago Fire on Sunday.

Fire Extinguished By New York City FC

Goals from Mounsef Bakrar, Hannes Wolf and Alonso Martínez helped New York City FC to an impressive 3-1 victory over Chicago Fire at Yankee Stadium

New York City FC extinguish Fire

Chicago Fire came into the Bronx on Sunday riding a four-game winning streak and looked to be the early favorites in the match, going up a goal in the first twenty minutes. Some key halftime changes made by Pascal Jansen turned the tide decisively in favor of New York City, however, and sent Chicago back to the Windy City in style. New York City came into the match seeing if they could find a consistent stretch of play and trying to build off th…