Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

May 25, 2025 5:37 pm

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

new york city fc
Photo by: Lucas Boland-Imagn Images

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.

Halftime substitute Mounsef Bakrar leveled earlier in the second half to help New York City FC (7-5-3, 24 points) complete consecutive home wins and their fourth in five contests on their own turf.

Alonso Martinez added his eighth goal of the season from the penalty spot after a late foul that resulted in a second yellow card for Chicago defender Dje D’Avilla.

Replays indicated D’Avilla got the ball on his challenge, but referee Rosendo Mendoza stuck with his original decision after consulting the replay monitor.

Philip Zinckernagel scored early for Chicago (5-5-4, 19 points), which started brightly but was reduced to 10 men in the 31st minute when midfielder Brian Gutierrez directed an elbow toward City’s Aiden O’Neill, prompting Mendoza to immediately reach for his red card.

That set in motion the sequence of events leading to the Fire’s first loss in six matches across all competitions.

Wolf was involved in the attack down the left that led to NYCFC’s equalizer, connecting with Justin Haak before Haak’s low cross found Bakrar for a simple tap-in in the 58th minute.

Twelve minutes later, Wolf provided a moment of individual brilliance for his fourth goal of the campaign.

After reaching a loose ball beyond the left side of the penalty area, Wolf cut back to his right, eluded defender Leonardo Barroso and then curled a right-footed strike beyond the diving Chris Brady and into the bottom-right corner.

Zinckernagel’s fifth goal came during a bright start for Chicago, which had scored 13 times in its last four games.

Fullback Andrew Gutman began the move with a cross-field pass to find Jonathan Dean wide right, and Dean slotted a pass back to the run of Zinckernagel up the middle, who completed the play with an excellent shot to beat Matt Freese to the bottom-left corner.

Before Gutierrez’s ejection, Gutman appeared to give the Fire a second goal, but the play was correctly ruled offside.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

Nico Lodeiro
Jul 15, 2025 11:28 pm

Dynamo transfer MF Nico Lodeiro to his boyhood Uruguayan team

The Houston Dynamo formally transferred veteran midfielder Nico Lodeiro to Club Nacional de Football, his boyhood Uruguayan team, on Tuesday. Lodeiro, 36, appeared in his final game for the Dynamo…

los angeles galaxy
Jul 15, 2025 10:02 pm

LA Galaxy look to climb out of MLS cellar against Austin FC

Something has to give when offense-challenged Austin FC squares off against the porous defense of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday as the two Western Conference teams battle in Carson,…

sounders warmup
Jul 15, 2025 9:39 pm

Reports: MLS players get pay boost from CWC prize money

Major League Soccer players landed additional compensation for their participation in the FIFA Club World Cup, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The players’ collective bargaining agreement had stated players would…

More Soccer News

Nico Lodeiro
Jul 15, 2025 11:28 pm

Dynamo transfer MF Nico Lodeiro to his boyhood Uruguayan team

The Houston Dynamo formally transferred veteran midfielder Nico Lodeiro to Club Nacional de Football, his boyhood Uruguayan team, on Tuesday. Lodeiro, 36, appeared in his final game for the Dynamo…

los angeles galaxy
Jul 15, 2025 10:02 pm

LA Galaxy look to climb out of MLS cellar against Austin FC

sounders warmup
Jul 15, 2025 9:39 pm

Reports: MLS players get pay boost from CWC prize money

bruno wilson san jose
Jul 15, 2025 9:36 pm

Skidding Earthquakes, FC Dallas set sights on rebound

Jordan Morris
Jul 15, 2025 9:28 pm

Jordan Morris’ return gives Sounders more firepower vs. Rapids

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]