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

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MLS · 2026

New York Red Bulls

1 – 1

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Chicago Fire FC

Sat 22 Aug 2026 · 22:30 UTC Sports Illustrated Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 38' Maren Haile-Selassie

Cameron Harper 85' 1–1

Y 17' Leonardo Barroso

Y 64' Joel Waterman

Mohammed Sofo 66' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC — MLS at Sports Illustrated Stadium.

New York Red Bulls 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Chicago Fire FC 26 games · 42 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Sergii Demianchuk (USA)

5 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Seattle Sounders FC	27	38
23	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	27	21

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 18 games · Avg 2.4 goals Chicago Fire FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC 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

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	Chicago Fire FC	H	1–1	D
19 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–1	L
15 Aug	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
01 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–2	W
25 Jul	Charlotte FC	H	0–2	L
22 Jul	Philadelphia Union	A	1–3	L

Chicago Fire FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W
16 Aug	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W
02 Aug	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
25 Jul	New York City FC	A	1–3	L
22 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	L

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		Chicago Fire FC
#10	Position	#5
33	Points	42
27	Played	26
9 / 6 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 6 / 8
34	Scored	46
51	Conceded	38
-17	GD	+8
1.22	PPG	1.62
33%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

22% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

31% Clean Sheets
Chicago Fire FC this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Chicago Fire FC are 5th (42 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/5

16-30

2/3

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/8

61-75

2/6

76+

5/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Chicago Fire FC

0-15

7/2

16-30

7/5

31-45

3/8

46-60

4/6

61-75

8/–

76+

3/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	10 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

Chicago Fire FC

Hugo Cuypers	11 G
Maren Haile-Selassie	8 G	3 A
Philip Zinckernagel	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! New York Red Bulls vs Chicago Fire FC — let the football do the talking.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
17' That looks like a foul for a card for Leonardo Barroso.
22' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
27' Jonathan Dean has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 25 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
32' Sweden international Anton Saletros has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
37' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
38' Maren Haile-Selassie adds to his 7 season tally! Chicago Fire FC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
43' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Chicago Fire FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
46' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Mijahir Jimenez is replaced by Jorge Ruvalcaba on 46 minute.
51' Justin Che is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Chicago Fire FC tonight.
56' The New York Red Bulls bench stirs into life. Dylan Nealis is withdrawn and Omar Valencia gets his opportunity.
57' Maxim Choupo-Moting has so much to prove this time. He replaces Emil Forsberg on 57 minute.
62' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Michael Bradley will be considering his options from the bench.
64' The referee calls foul for Joel Waterman. He receives a card.
65' Chicago Fire FC make a change. Samuel Williams trudges off to be replaced by Anton Saletros on 65 minutes.
66' That is a card for New York Red Bulls. Mohammed Sofo will be fuming at that decision.
71' With 1 assists to his name this season, Adri Mehmeti is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Chicago Fire FC.
76' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
77' Chicago Fire FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jonathan Dean is hanging Viktor Radojevic on the field on 77 minute.
82' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
85' Cameron Harper is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 1 goals this season for the .
85' New York Red Bulls ring the changes. Julian Hall has done his job and it is now time for Cameron Harper to step up.
86' Another change for Chicago Fire FC made on 86 minute. Mauricio Pineda leaves to be changed by Dje Davilla.
87' The whistle greets Robin Lod as he departs to be replaced by Jack Elliott.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 57'
7
Cade Cowell ↓ Mohammed Sofo 46'
12
Dylan Nealis ↓ Omar Valencia 56'
2
Justin Che
48
Ronald Donkor
14
Julian Bazan
16
Julian Hall ↓ Cameron Harper 85'
15
Adri Mehmeti
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty 46'
91
Mijahir Jimenez ↓ Jorge Ruvalcaba 46'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

Chicago Fire FC Lineups

Starting XI

19
Jonathan Bamba ↓ Puso Dithejane 87'
17
Robin Lod ↓ Jack Elliott 87'
7
Maren Haile-Selassie
16
Joel Waterman
22
Mauricio Pineda ↓ Dje Davilla 86'
11
Philip Zinckernagel ↓ Robert Lewandowski 65'
1
Chris Brady
5
Sam Rogers
2
Leonardo Barroso
47
Samuel Williams ↓ Anton Saletros 65'
14
Viktor Radojevic ↓ Jonathan Dean 77'

Bench

9
Robert Lewandowski ↑ 65'
6
Anton Saletros ↑ 65'
3
Jack Elliott ↑ 87'
44
Josh Cohen
15
Andrew Gutman
24
Jonathan Dean ↑ 77'
29
David Poreba
42
Dje Davilla ↑ 86'
12
Puso Dithejane ↑ 87'

Coach Gregg Berhalter

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-19 New York Red Bulls 0–1 Nashville SC L 2026-08-15 Atlanta United FC 2–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-08-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 Orlando City SC W 2026-07-25 New York Red Bulls 0–2 Charlotte FC L 2026-07-22 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York Red Bulls L

Chicago Fire FC Form

2026-08-22 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chicago Fire FC D 2026-08-19 Orlando City SC 1–2 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-08-16 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2026-08-02 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2026-07-25 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC L 2026-07-22 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.36 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

1.69 Chicago Fire FC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC 73% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls33% Draw27% Chicago Fire FC40%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.05

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

60%

Draw or Chicago Fire FC

67%

New York Red Bulls or Chicago Fire FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls24% Draw44% Chicago Fire FC32%

Actual: Chicago Fire FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.8%

0 – 1

7.2%

2 – 1

7.1%

0 – 2

6.7%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.4%

0 – 3

3.7%

2 – 3

3.5%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	Chicago Fire FC covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	9%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	16%	70%
-0.5	30%	—	70%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Chicago Fire FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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