Chicago City Wire

Chicago Fire FC (6-12-8, 26 points) scored two second-half goals to secure a 2-2 draw with New York City FC (11-9-6, 39 points) on Saturday night at Citi Field.

Fire forward Hugo Cuypers initiated the comeback with a left-footed goal in the 78th minute. This goal marked Cuypers as the first Fire player since 2020 to score 10 or more goals in a single season. Homegrown midfielder Brian Gutiérrez equalized by converting a penalty kick past goalkeeper Matt Freese in the 90+4th minute.

New York City opened the scoring in the 15th minute through forward Alonso Martínez, who also doubled their lead seven minutes later.

With this result, Chicago now stands in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, two points below the playoff line.

Chicago will next host Inter Miami CF at Soldier Field on Saturday, Aug. 31. The match is set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. CT and will be broadcast globally on MLS Season Pass and locally on WRTO 1200 AM (Spanish) and WLS-AM 890 (English).

Notes:

- This is the sixth time this season that Chicago has earned a point after trailing.

- Hugo Cuypers has started every MLS regular-season match for Chicago so far in 2024 and leads the team with ten goals and two assists.

- Brian Gutiérrez scored his sixth goal of the season and tenth career goal during his twenty-first start of this regular season.

- Gutiérrez became only the second Homegrown player in club history to score ten goals for Chicago Fire FC.

- Greek forward Georgios Koutsias made his fiftieth appearance for Chicago when he entered in the seventy-second minute.

- Midfielder Federico Navarro returned from injury, playing for the first time since May against Orlando City SC.

- Defender Chase Gasper, midfielder Fabian Herbers, and winger Ariel Lassiter were unavailable for today’s match due to injuries and yellow card accumulation.

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Box Score:

New York City FC: Goals - Martínez (15',22')

Chicago Fire FC: Goals - Cuypers (78'), Gutiérrez (90+4' penalty)

Discipline:

NYC - Gray (Yellow Card)

CHI – Giménez (Yellow Card)

NYC - Parks (Yellow Card)

CHI - Navarro (Yellow Card)

NYC - Gray (Second Yellow Card)

Lineups:

Chicago Fire FC: GK Brady; D Souquet, Terán (Salquist), Czichos, Gutman (Reynolds); Arigoni (Mueller); M Haile-Selassie (Koutsias), Gutiérrez, Acosta (Navarro), Giménez; F Cuypers

Subs not used: GK Richey; D Dean, Pineda; F Barlow

New York City FC: GK Freese; D Risa, Martins; McFarlane(O’Toole), Gray; M Sands Moralez(Fernández), Parks; F Rodríguez(Haak), Martínez(Mijatovic), Wolf

Subs not used: GK Barraza; D Tanasijevic,Ilenic ; F Bakrar Ojeda

Stats Summary:

Shots: NYCFC / CHI =12 /9

Shots on Goal: NYCFC / CHI =4/3

Saves : NYCFC / CHI =1/2

Passing Accuracy % : NYCFC / CHI =86.3%/79.5%

Corners : NYCFC / CHI =12/4

Fouls : NYCFC / CHI =7/14

Offsides : NYCFC / CHI=1/0

Possession % : NYCFC / CHI=58.1%/41.9%

Attendance:24,428

Referee: Malik Badawi Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn,Ben Pilgrim Fourth Official Jeremy Scheer VAR Jon Freemon Jonathan Johnson