Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Chicago Fire FC

2 – 2

Full Time

New York Red Bulls

Sat 24 Oct 2020 · 23:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45+255' · FT 45+255'

Y 54' Dru Yearwood

Y 79' Aaron Long

Overview

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Chicago Fire FC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at Soldier Field.

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · 29 pts (2026/26)
New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Frank Anderson
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Peter Manikowski
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Ismir Pekmic

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals New York Red Bulls

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls 2019-06-29 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Chicago Fire FC 2019-03-30 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2018-08-12 Chicago Fire FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-04-21 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	New York Red Bulls	H	2–2	D
17 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D
11 Oct	D.C. United SC	H	2–1	W
08 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
03 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–2	D
27 Sep	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	2–2	D
18 Oct	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
14 Oct	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
10 Oct	Atlanta United FC	A	1–0	W
07 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–2	L
03 Oct	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC		New York Red Bulls
#4	Position	#8
29	Points	25
17	Played	18
9 / 2 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 4 / 7
32	Scored	29
23	Conceded	39
+9	GD	-10
1.71	PPG	1.39
53%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

41% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 4th (29 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

3/1

16-30

7/4

31-45

1/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

6/–

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds Soldier Field will turn into a battlefield for Chicago Fire FC and New York Red Bulls.
5' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
10' Marc Rzatkowski has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Chicago Fire FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' It is a cagey affair so far. Chicago Fire FC in their trying to find a way past New York Red Bulls's compact .
35' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
39' Kyle Duncan adds to his 1 season tally! New York Red Bulls lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
49' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
51' Robert Beric adds to his 0 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
54' Poor challenge from Dru Yearwood. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
56' Caden Clark has so much to prove this time. He replaces Samuel Tetteh on 56 minute.
61' Cristian Casseres Jr. has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
66' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
70' Cristian Casseres gets the nod from New York Red Bulls. He replaces Dru Yearwood and will look to change the dynamic.
72' Przemyslaw Frankowski makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Chicago Fire FC are in front.
77' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
78' New York Red Bulls make a change. Sean Davis trudges off to be replaced by Brian White on 78 minutes.
79' A moment of madness from Aaron Long on 79 minutes earns him a Yellow card. New York Red Bulls will be frustrated.
80' Fresh legs for Chicago Fire FC! Miguel Navarro comes on to replace Fabian Herbers.
85' Chicago Fire FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined New York Red Bulls backline.
90' A quiet spell here at Soldier Field. Chicago Fire FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Raphaël Wicky

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

16
Dru Yearwood ↓ Cristian Casseres Jr. 70'
24
Jason Pendant
33
Aaron Long
26
Tim Parker
27
Sean Davis C ↓ Brian White 78'
18
Ryan Meara
6
Kyle Duncan
22
Florian Valot
11
Samuel Tetteh ↓ Caden Clark 56'
74
Tom Barlow
8
Jared Stroud ↓ Marc Rzatkowski 78'

Bench

Coach Gerhard Struber

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Patryk Klimala	3
Robert Beric	3
Maxim Choupo-Moting	2
Luka Stojanovic	2
Xherdan Shaqiri	2
Georgios Koutsias	2
Brian White	2
Lewis Morgan	2

Head to Head

Chicago Fire FC Form

2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-17 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2020-10-11 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-10-08 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC L 2020-10-03 Montreal Impact FC 2–2 Chicago Fire FC D 2020-09-27 Chicago Fire FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W

New York Red Bulls Form

2020-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-18 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2020-10-14 Toronto FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-10-10 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2020-10-07 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2020-10-03 Orlando City SC 3–1 New York Red Bulls L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.25 Chicago Fire FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.38 New York Red Bulls xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC53% Draw23% New York Red Bulls24%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Chicago Fire FC or Draw

76%

Draw or New York Red Bulls

47%

Chicago Fire FC or New York Red Bulls

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Chicago Fire FC42% Draw39% New York Red Bulls19%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

5.5%

1 – 0

5.5%

3 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 0

3.9%

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap	Chicago Fire FC covers	Push	New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	21%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.