Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Chicago Fire FC
1 – 3
Full Time
New York Red Bulls
Sat 9 May 2026 · 18:30 UTC Soldier Field HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 45' Jorge Ruvalcaba
0–2 49' Cade Cowell
0–3 81' Maxim Choupo-Moting pen
Dylan Nealis og 87' 1–3
Y 18' Robert Voloder
Y 81' Jorge Ruvalcaba
Maren Haile-Selassie 81' Y
Y 90' Omar Valencia

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Assistant 1 Mike Barwegen (Canada)
  • Assistant 2 Gianni Facchini
8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

7
4
6
Chicago Fire FC 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals New York Red Bulls
Last 5 meetings
2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls 2025-07-27 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2025-04-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC

Recent Form

Chicago Fire FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 May New York Red Bulls H 1–3 L
03 May FC Cincinnati H 2–3 L
26 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 5–0 W
18 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–3 D
12 Apr Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W
05 Apr Nashville SC H 1–0 W
New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–1 W
02 May FC Dallas H 0–0 D
25 Apr FC Cincinnati A 0–2 L
22 Apr D.C. United SC H 4–4 D
18 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 1–4 L
11 Apr Internacional CF Miami A 2–2 D

Season Stats

Chicago Fire FC New York Red Bulls
#3 Position #5
26 Points 22
14 Played 15
8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5
27 Scored 25
16 Conceded 32
+11 GD -7
1.86 PPG 1.47
57% Win % 40%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
50% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season
20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Chicago Fire FC are 3rd (26 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Chicago Fire FC
0-15
3/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
1/4
46-60
2/1
61-75
4/–
76+
2/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York Red Bulls
0-15
5/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/5
46-60
3/5
61-75
1/2
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Chicago Fire FC to score. At the same time, New York Red Bulls does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Chris Brady has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Tim Parker suffering a number of foals already.
  • 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Julian Hall made 283 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 18' The referee calls foul for Robert Voloder. He receives a card.
  • 23' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 28' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 33' New York Red Bulls is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 38' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Maxim Choupo-Moting scoring 1 goals.
  • 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 283 games and scored 418 goals.
  • 45' New York Red Bulls is taking the lead after the goal scored by Jorge Ruvalcaba on 45.
  • 49' GOAL! Cade Cowell scores on 49. Assisted by Ronald Donkor
  • 54' It looks like no one’s ball. Chicago Fire FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 59' Chicago Fire FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
  • 64' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 64 minutes.
  • 69' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 74' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 79' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 81' Goal! Maxim Choupo-Moting scores his 68 goal in 520 matches.
  • 81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jorge Ruvalcaba on 81.
  • 86' The travelling New York Red Bulls supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 87' Goal! Hugo Cuypers scores his 76 goal in 223 matches.
  • 90' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • Another three points for New York Red Bulls.

Lineups

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gregg Berhalter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Patryk Klimala 3
Robert Beric 3
Georgios Koutsias 2
Brian White 2
Lewis Morgan 2
Nemanja Nikolics 2
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2
Bradley Wright-Phillips 2

Head to Head

2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls 2025-07-27 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2025-04-05 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Chicago Fire FC 2024-09-15 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls 2024-04-13 New York Red Bulls 0–0 Chicago Fire FC

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls L 2026-05-03 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 FC Cincinnati L 2026-04-26 Chicago Fire FC 5–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-04-18 FC Cincinnati 3–3 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-04-12 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2026-04-05 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Nashville SC W

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-05-09 Chicago Fire FC 1–3 New York Red Bulls W 2026-05-02 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-22 New York Red Bulls 4–4 D.C. United SC D 2026-04-18 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-11 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 New York Red Bulls D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.29 Chicago Fire FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.3 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Chicago Fire FC53% Draw23% New York Red Bulls24%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.59
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 68%
32%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 29%
71%

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 FC43% Draw39% New York Red Bulls18%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 1–3 not predicted
1 – 3
Actual
2 – 1
9.1%
1 – 1
9%
2 – 0
7.3%
3 – 1
6.9%
1 – 0
5.9%
2 – 2
5.9%
3 – 0
5.4%
1 – 2
5.2%
3 – 2
4.5%
0 – 0
4.1%
4 – 1
4%
4 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Chicago Fire FC

Handicap Chicago Fire FC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 17% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 21% 42%
-0.5 58% — 42%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 12% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓
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.