New York City FC - Chicago Fire

New York City FC

Major League Soccer - MLS Season 2026 - Round 17

Sunday 26 July 2026 00:30

3 - 1

Finished

Referee: J. Montero

Chicago Fire

Result

Ball possession

46%

54%

Timeline

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

1-0

10'

21'

1-1

Joel Waterman

Agustin Ojeda

2-1

29'

Malachi Jones

3-1

41'

46'

Maren Haile-Selassie (out)
Robert Lewandowski (in)

46'

Leonardo José Caetano Barroso (out)
Robert Jonathan Dean Jr (in)

51'

Dje Tah D'Avilla

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

62'

63'

Dje Tah D'Avilla (out)
Mauricio Pineda (in)

Malachi Jones (out)
Bénie Adama Traore (in)

69'

71'

Viktor Radojević (out)
Andrew Gutman (in)

71'

Robin Lod (out)
Puso Dithejane (in)

77'

Joel Waterman

80'

Puso Dithejane

Talles Magno Bacelar Martins (out)
Hannes Wolf (in)

85'

Jonathan Shore (out)
(in)

85'

Agustin Ojeda (out)
Mitja Ilenčič (in)

90+2'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 New York City FC	2.50	2.55	2.50	2.45	2.50	2.50	2.53	2.60	2.40	2.52	2.55	2.45
X Draw	3.65	3.75	3.70	3.75	3.60	3.65	3.58	3.73	3.35	3.65	3.50	3.40
2 Chicago Fire	2.52	2.55	2.65	2.63	2.55	2.70	2.52	2.59	2.53	2.62	2.60	2.50

Previous confrontations (H2H)

13 New York City FC

8 Draw

3 Chicago Fire

42% Over 2.5 goals

54% Both teams scored

2.7 Goals per match

9 | 5 Clean sheets

🔥 New York City FC won the last 2 head-to-head meetings

Biggest win: New York City FC 4-1 Chicago Fire (2016)

Most goals: Chicago Fire 3-4 New York City FC (2020)

Goals scored all matches

1.67

1.00

Goals in home matches

1.83

1.33

Goals in away matches

1.50

0.67

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2025-09-14 Sunday 01:30

Won 😎

Chicago Fire

New York City FC

2025-05-25 Sunday 20:00

Won 😎

New York City FC 4 P

Chicago Fire 3 2

2024-08-25 Sunday 00:30

Draw 🤔

New York City FC 2

Chicago Fire 2 P

2024-07-14 Sunday 01:30

Draw 🤔

Chicago Fire 4

New York City FC 2

2023-10-22 Sunday 23:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 3

Chicago Fire

2023-03-05 Sunday 01:30

Draw 🤔

Chicago Fire

New York City FC 2

2022-08-21 Sunday 23:00

Won 😎

Chicago Fire 3

New York City FC

2022-05-22 Sunday 22:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 3 P

Chicago Fire

2021-10-28 Thursday 00:30

Won 😀

New York City FC P

Chicago Fire

2021-09-30 Thursday 01:00

Won 😎

Chicago Fire 2

New York City FC 2

2021-08-05 Thursday 01:00

Draw 🤔

Chicago Fire

New York City FC 3

2020-11-08 Sunday 20:30

Won 😎

Chicago Fire

New York City FC

2020-08-30 Sunday 00:30

Won 😎

New York City FC 2

Chicago Fire 2

2019-05-25 Saturday 20:30

Draw 🤔

Chicago Fire 2

New York City FC 2

2019-04-25 Thursday 00:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 4

Chicago Fire 3

2018-09-27 Thursday 00:00

Won 😎

New York City FC

Chicago Fire

2018-07-01 Sunday 01:00

Won 😀

Chicago Fire 3

New York City FC

2017-10-01 Sunday 01:30

Draw 🤔

Chicago Fire

New York City FC

2017-07-22 Saturday 19:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 5

Chicago Fire 2

2016-09-24 Saturday 01:00

Walkover 🔥

New York City FC

Chicago Fire

2016-04-11 Monday 00:00

Draw 🤔

New York City FC

Chicago Fire

2016-03-06 Sunday 19:00

Won 😎

Chicago Fire 2 P

New York City FC 2

2015-05-16 Saturday 00:00

Draw 🤔

New York City FC 3

Chicago Fire 3 P

2015-04-25 Saturday 01:00

Won 😀

Chicago Fire 2

New York City FC

Stats

New York City FC

Chicago Fire

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Offsides

Yellow cards

431

Total passes

493

346

Passes success

401

80%

Passes %

81%

1.39

Expected goals (xG)

1.36

-1.37

Goals prevented

-1.37

Stadion

Stadion name

Yankee Stadium

Capacity

54251

Address

One East 161st Street, The Bronx
New York City

table 2026

Western Conference

Team	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps	50
St. Louis City	47
FC Dallas	47
San Jose Earthquakes	45
Houston Dynamo	44
Los Angeles FC	41
Seattle Sounders	38
Colorado Rapids	36
Los Angeles Galaxy	36
Portland Timbers	32
Real Salt Lake	32
San Diego	32
Austin	31
Minnesota United FC	29
Sporting Kansas City	21

Eastern Conference

Team	Pts
Nashville SC	60
New England Revolution	46
Inter Miami	46
Charlotte	43
Chicago Fire	42
Philadelphia Union	39
Orlando City SC	34
New York Red Bulls	33
New York City FC	33
FC Cincinnati	33
DC United	30
Columbus Crew	29
Toronto FC	29
Atlanta United FC	27
CF Montréal	24

Complete table

Line-ups

New York City FC — Formation: 4-1-4-1

Coach: Pascal Jansen

Matthew Freese

Tayvon Gray

Thiago Martins Bueno

James Sands

Nico Cavallo

Jonathan Shore

Agustin Ojeda

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda

Malachi Jones

Talles Magno Bacelar Martins

Maren Haile-Selassie

Robin Lod

Jonathan Bamba

Dje Tah D'Avilla

Anton Salétros

Philip Zinckernagel

Viktor Radojević

Jack Elliott

Joel Waterman

Leonardo José Caetano Barroso

Christopher Brady

Chicago Fire — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Chicago Fire

Coach: Mario Barcena

New York City FC — Formation: 4-1-4-1

Coach: Pascal Jansen

Chicago Fire — Formation: 4-4-2 Logo Chicago Fire

Coach: Mario Barcena

Matthew Freese

Tayvon Gray

Thiago Martins Bueno

James Sands

Nico Cavallo

Jonathan Shore

Agustin Ojeda

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda

Malachi Jones

Talles Magno Bacelar Martins

Maren Haile-Selassie

Robin Lod

Jonathan Bamba

Dje Tah D'Avilla

Anton Salétros

Philip Zinckernagel

Viktor Radojević

Jack Elliott

Joel Waterman

Leonardo José Caetano Barroso

Christopher Brady

Substitutes

Substitutes New York City FC

Name	Age	Position
Tomas Lían Romero Keubler	25	Goalkeeper
Maxwell Murray	24	Defender
Mitja Ilenčič	21	Defender
Maximo Augusto Carrizo Ballesteros	18	Midfielder
Hannes Wolf	27	Attacker
Bénie Adama Traore	23	Attacker
Seymour Garfield-Reid	18	Attacker

Substitutes Chicago Fire

Name	Age	Position
Josh Cohen	34	Goalkeeper
Samuel Rogers	27	Defender
Mauricio Pineda	28	Defender
Andrew Gutman	30	Defender
Robert Jonathan Dean Jr	29	Defender
Puso Dithejane	22	Defender
Sergio Oregel Jr.	21	Midfielder
Robert Lewandowski	38	Attacker
Jason Shokalook	24	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
7	Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau	8.5	90	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	45	1	37	1	-	-	12	7	2	2	1	4	1	-	-	0	-
26	Agustin Ojeda	8.2	89	Midfielder	1	1	1	1	16	2	12	1	-	-	9	2	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
49	Matthew Freese	7.7	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	19	-	13	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	0	-	4	1	0
8	Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda	7.7	90	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	51	3	40	2	-	2	10	7	-	-	1	4	0	-	-	0	-
11	Philip Zinckernagel	7.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	38	2	31	4	-	-	21	7	6	1	4	1	0	1	-	0	-
24	Robert Jonathan Dean Jr (sub)	7.3	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	20	1	17	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
16	Joel Waterman	7.2	90	Defender	1	0	1	1	74	-	64	2	1	2	9	5	1	1	3	1	1	-	-	0	-
24	Tayvon Gray	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	43	-	38	4	-	2	11	6	2	1	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
2	Nico Cavallo	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	47	-	35	3	-	1	9	6	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
88	Malachi Jones	7.0	69	Midfielder	1	0	1	1	11	-	8	2	-	1	8	3	2	-	1	-	0	3	-	0	-
13	Thiago Martins Bueno ©️	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	55	1	50	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
32	Jonathan Shore	6.9	85	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	38	1	30	4	-	-	11	6	3	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Talles Magno Bacelar Martins	6.9	85	Attacker	-	0	1	-	27	-	16	-	-	-	11	6	2	1	-	4	0	1	-	0	-
6	Anton Salétros	6.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	2	1	59	-	50	3	-	1	4	4	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Hannes Wolf (sub)	6.7	11	Attacker	-	0	1	-	6	-	6	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	James Sands	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	62	-	51	3	1	2	9	5	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
9	Robert Lewandowski (sub)	6.6	45	Attacker	-	0	2	1	10	-	9	-	-	-	9	4	5	2	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
22	Mauricio Pineda (sub)	6.6	27	Defender	-	0	1	1	32	-	28	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
7	Maren Haile-Selassie	6.5	45	Attacker	-	0	-	-	10	-	7	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Andrew Gutman (sub)	6.5	19	Defender	-	0	-	-	10	-	8	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Jack Elliott ©️	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	67	-	55	2	1	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
19	Jonathan Bamba	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	40	1	33	2	-	1	15	6	4	1	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
17	Robin Lod	6.3	71	Attacker	-	0	-	-	21	-	12	-	-	1	5	3	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Bénie Adama Traore (sub)	6.2	21	Attacker	-	0	1	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	1	-	0	1	-	0	-
12	Puso Dithejane (sub)	6.2	19	Attacker	-	0	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-	0	-
14	Viktor Radojević	6.0	71	Defender	-	0	-	-	20	-	17	2	-	-	8	4	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
42	Dje Tah D'Avilla	6.0	63	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	39	-	29	2	-	3	6	2	1	-	3	-	1	-	-	0	-
2	Leonardo José Caetano Barroso	5.9	45	Defender	-	0	-	-	22	1	20	3	-	2	7	4	-	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	-
1	Christopher Brady	5.2	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	29	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	3	0
35	Mitja Ilenčič (sub)	-	1	Defender	-	0	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
30	Tomas Lían Romero Keubler (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Maxwell Murray (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
29	Maximo Augusto Carrizo Ballesteros (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
99	Seymour Garfield-Reid (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
44	Josh Cohen (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
5	Samuel Rogers (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
35	Sergio Oregel Jr. (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Jason Shokalook (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-