Chicago Fire FC vs New York City FC, 2021 MLS, Regular Season
· MLS
73': Keaton ParksNYCFC hold off Fire for draw with just 10 payers
Despite going a man down with less than 20 minutes to play in the contest, visiting NYCFC held strong and managed a 0-0 draw with Chicago.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jesús Medina.
- 3': Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Boris Sekulic.
- 6': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 6': Foul by Alfredo Morales (New York City FC).
- 7': Hand ball by Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC).
- 8': Foul by Jesús Medina (New York City FC).
- 8': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Francisco Calvo tries a through ball, but Chinonso Offor is caught offside.
- 14': Foul by Alfredo Morales (New York City FC).
- 14': Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Tinnerholm.
- 16': Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Mauricio Pineda.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Keaton Parks (New York City FC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Medina with a cross.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Maxime Chanot (New York City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 16': Dangerous play by Thiago (New York City FC).
- 16': Mauricio Pineda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 17': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Chicago Fire FC).
- 17': Jesús Medina (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 18': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC).
- 18': Gabriel Slonina (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Attempt missed. Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Álvaro Medrán.
- 25': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Alfredo Morales (New York City FC).
- 25': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Johan Kappelhof tries a through ball, but Chinonso Offor is caught offside.
- 26': Attempt missed. Gudmundur Thórarinsson (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Maximiliano Moralez.
- 30': Offside, Chicago Fire FC. Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov tries a through ball, but Boris Sekulic is caught offside.
- 32': Attempt missed. Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 36': Foul by Anton Tinnerholm (New York City FC).
- 36': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt missed. Jonathan Bornstein (Chicago Fire FC) header from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Boris Sekulic with a cross.
- 39': Hand ball by Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC).
- 42': Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
- 42': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 42': Keaton Parks (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Alexander Callens (New York City FC).
- 45': Attempt missed. Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Anton Tinnerholm.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 0, New York City FC 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Chicago Fire FC 0, New York City FC 0.
- 46': Alexander Callens (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC).
- 47': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 48': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
- 50': Foul by Alfredo Morales (New York City FC).
- 50': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Medina.
- 51': Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
- 51': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 55': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago.
- 58': Alexander Callens (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Jonathan Bornstein (Chicago Fire FC).
- 60': Attempt blocked. Maximiliano Moralez (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gudmundur Thórarinsson.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Thiago (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Medina.
- 62': Foul by Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC).
- 62': Francisco Calvo (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Corner, Chicago Fire FC. Conceded by Alexander Callens.
- 63': Attempt saved. Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 63': Chinonso Offor (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Alexander Callens (New York City FC).
- 64': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Robert Beric replaces Stanislav Ivaylov Ivanov.
- 67': Substitution, New York City FC. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi replaces Jesús Medina.
- 67': Substitution, New York City FC. Nicolás Acevedo replaces Thiago.
- 68': Foul by Francisco Calvo (Chicago Fire FC).
- 68': Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Attempt missed. Keaton Parks (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Anton Tinnerholm.
- 72': Attempt missed. Robert Beric (Chicago Fire FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 73': Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
- 73': Ignacio Aliseda (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Second yellow card to Keaton Parks (New York City FC) for a bad foul.
- 81': Hand ball by Gastón Giménez (Chicago Fire FC).
- 82': Attempt saved. Valentín Castellanos (New York City FC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Johnson.
- 83': Substitution, New York City FC. Santiago Rodríguez replaces Valentín Castellanos.
- 83': Substitution, New York City FC. Malte Amundsen replaces Gudmundur Thórarinsson.
- 84': Foul by Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (New York City FC).
- 84': Francisco Calvo (Chicago Fire FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 84': Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Álvaro Medrán (Chicago Fire FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 87': Attempt missed. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
- 87': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Luka Stojanovic replaces Chinonso Offor.
- 87': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Brian Gutierrez replaces Jonathan Bornstein.
- 90': Foul by Johan Kappelhof (Chicago Fire FC).
- 90': Nicolás Acevedo (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Johan Kappelhof (Chicago Fire FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Chicago Fire FC. Carlos Terán replaces Johan Kappelhof.
- 90'+3': Anton Tinnerholm (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Brian Gutierrez (Chicago Fire FC).
- 90'+5': Substitution, New York City FC. Andres Jasson replaces Maximiliano Moralez.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Chicago Fire FC 0, New York City FC 0.
- 0': Match ends, Chicago Fire FC 0, New York City FC 0.
Statistics
 NYC |
CHI |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 9 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 47.1 | Possession | 52.9 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 349 | Accurate Passes | 396 |
| 442 | Passes | 485 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 11 | Crosses | 21 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 57 | Long Balls | 71 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 36 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 19 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 28 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 19 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 9 |
| 22 | Clearances | 9 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Soldier Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 8,371
Venue: Soldier Field
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Attendance: 8,371
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 10 | +15 | 23 |
| 2 | New England Revolution | 10 | +6 | 19 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 11 | +3 | 19 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire FC | 10 | +8 | 17 |
Line-Ups
Chicago Fire FC (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 32 | Gaga Slonina (GK) |
| 22 | Mauricio Pineda |
| 5 | Francisco Calvo |
| 4 | Johan Kappelhof  |
| 7 | Ignacio Aliseda |
| 30 | Gastón Giménez |
| 10 | Álvaro Medrán |
| 3 | Jonathan Bornstein |
| 2 | Boris Sekulic |
| 9 | Chinonso Offor |
| 99 | Stanislav Ivanov |
New York City FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sean Johnson (GK) |
| 6 | Alexander Callens |
| 4 | Maxime Chanot |
| 20 | Gudmundur Thórarinsson |
| 3 | Anton Tinnerholm |
| 19 | Jesús Medina |
| 55 | Keaton Parks |
| 7 | Alfredo Morales |
| 11 | Valentín Castellanos |
| 8 | Thiago |
| 10 | Maxi Morález |
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