Chicago City Wire

Chicago Fire FC II fell in a penalty shootout against New York City FC II after a 2-2 draw at Belson Stadium on Friday night. The match saw Chicago come from behind with goals from David Poreba, who scored in the 72nd and 90th minutes.

New York City FC II opened the scoring early with a goal from Ronald Arévalo in the fifth minute. The home team extended their lead with an own goal by Chicago's Jaylen Shannon in the 36th minute.

Poreba reduced the deficit for Chicago when he netted his first goal of the match, assisted by Christian Koffi and Omari Glasgow. His second goal came from a penalty kick after Harold Osorio was fouled inside the box.

The penalty shootout ended 6-5 in favor of New York City FC II. Despite the loss, both teams are tied on points in the Eastern Conference standings, with Chicago currently in fifth place due to goal difference.

Box Score:

New York City FC II (6): 2 (5) Chicago Fire FC II

Goals:

NYC - Arévalo (5')

NYC - Own Goal (Jaylen Shannon) 36'

CHI - Poreba (72')

CHI - Poreba (90')

Discipline:

CHI - Glasgow (Yellow Card) 61'

CHI - Osorio (Yellow Card) 69'

NYC - Arévalo (Yellow Card) 76'

CHI - Dimov (Yellow Card) 77'

NYC - Elias (Yellow Card) 82'

Chicago Fire FC II Lineup: GK Gal; D Richards (Hency, 62’), D Cupps, D Shannon, D Nagle, M Hlyut, M Oregel Jr. (Diouf, 75’), M Calle (Osorio, 62’), M Soudan (Koffi, 46’); F Glasgow, F Poreba

Substitutes not used: GK Los, GK Stechnij, D Pfrommer, D Held

New York City FC II Lineup: GK Romero; D Tiao, D Owusu, D R. Hope-Gund, D Baiera; M Elias, M Bednarsky (Rozhansky, 74’), M Carrizo; F Shore, F Jiménez (Azzam Ruiz, 74’), F Arévalo

Substitutes not used: GK Meyer, GK K. Hope-Gund, D Haxhari, D Leong

Stats Summary:

Shots: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:18 /12

Shots on Goal: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:2 /4

Passing Accuracy: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:80.9% /81.2%

Saves: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:2 /1

Corners: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:8 /5

Fouls: NYCFCII / CHIFCII:19 /13

Offsides: NYCFCII / CHIFCII :5/1

Possession:%51.6/48.4%

Referee Team:

Referee Marie Durr

Assistant Referee Joseph Knoff

Assistant Referee Albert Escovar

4th Official Ricardo Montero