New York Red Bulls 1, Chicago Fire 2
2018 MLS Regular Season Match 6
Saturday, April 21, 2018 – 3:30 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
CHI – Aleksander Katai 2 (unassisted) 30’
CHI – Nemanja Nikolic (PK) 69’
NY – Bradley Wright-Phillips 5 (unassisted) 81’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Luis Robles (caution, unsporting behavior) 68’
CHI – Mohammed Adams (caution, unsporting behavior) 90+2’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles ©; Kemar Lawrence, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Michael Amir Murillo, Tyler Adams, Marc Rzatkowski (Sean Davis, 57’), Daniel Royer, Alejandro Romero Gamarra (Vincent Bezecourt, 77’), Florian Valot, Bradley Wright-Phillips
TOTAL SHOTS: 22; SHOTS ON GOAL: 11; FOULS: 5; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 1
Chicago Fire: Richard Sanchez; Grant Lillard, Brandon Vincent, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Kevin Ellis, Johan Kappelhof, Aleksandar Katai (Diego Campos, 83’), Mohammed Adams, Dax McCarty ©, Nemanja Nikolic (Jonathan Campbell, 89’), Elliot Carter (Alan Gordon, 74’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 4; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 5; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 9
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Assistant Referees: Corey Parker, TJ Zablocki
4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
VAR: Jorge Gonzalez
Attendance: 18,784
- For the first time this season, the New York Red Bulls (3-3-0, 9 pts) dropped three points at home to the Chicago Fire (2-3-1, 7 pts), 2-1, on Saturday at Red Bull Arena.
- The loss to Chicago snapped New York’s 11-match unbeaten streak (7-0-4) at Red Bull Arena in league play.
- Following a Chicago corner kick, defender Aaron Long headed the ball back to the top of the box where Chicago’s Aleksander Katai was standing. Katai volleyed the clearance, from 20-yards out, to the far post for the 1-0 lead in the 30th minute.
- Chicago, then, received a penalty kick opportunity in the 69th minute. Nemanja Nikolic was given the honor and finished to the left post to double the lead, 2-0.
- New York responded off their own corner kick. Following Sean Davis’s kick, the ball was loose inside the six-yard box and Bradley Wright-Phillips redirected the ball back in the net to cut the deficit to one, 2-1, in the 81st minute.
- Wright-Phillips has tallied a goal in back-to-back matches.
- BWP increased his career league goals to 91. Across all competitions, Wright-Phillips sits with 108 to his name.
- New York overwhelmed Chicago in shots, 22-4, shots on goal, 11-3, corners, 7-4 and possession, 62.8 percent to 37.2 percent.
- New York unveiled their 12th different starting XI this season across all competitions.
- New York is 40-35-20 all-time in the month of April. The Red Bulls have tallied 129 goals and have allowed 114 in the fourth month of the year.
- New York travels cross country to play LA Galaxy on Saturday, April 28 before their NY derby match against NYCFC on May 5 at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls kickoff against the Galaxy at 10:30 p.m. ET with coverage on MSG, MSG Go, ESPN+ and Red Bulls Radio in English on TuneIn.
