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Notes & Quotes: New York City FC 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FC

Published on August 29, 2020 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York City FC News Release


SUMMARY

New York City FC 3 - 1 Chicago Fire FC

Saturday, August 29, 2020

2020 MLS Regular Season

Red Bull Arena - Harrison, NJ

LINEUPS

New York City FC: Sean Johnson; Anton Tinnerholm, Maxime Chanot, Alex Callens, Ronald Matarrita (79' Gudmundur Thorarinsson); James Sands (88' Nicolas Acevedo), Alex Ring, Keaton Parks; Jesus Medina (79' Gary Mackay-Steven), Héber (66' Valentin Castellanos, Alexandru Mitriță (46' Maxi Moralez)

SUBS UNUSED: Brad Stuver, Joe Scally, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, Tony Rocha

Chicago Fire FC: Connor Sparrow; Boris Sekulic (84' Michael Azira), Mauricio Pineda, Francisco Calvo, Miguel Angel Navarro; Przemyslaw Frankwoski (83' Brian Gutierrez), Gaston Gimenez, Alvaro Medran (83' Brandt Bronico), Fabian Herbers (71' Jonathan Bornstein); Ignacio Aliseda, Robert Beric (66' Elliott Collier)

SUBS UNUSED: Gabriel Slonina, Andre Reynolds, Wyatt Omsberg, Djordje Mihalovic

SCORING SUMMARY

16' - NYC - Keaton Parks (Assisted by: Alexandru Mitriță)

45'+2' - CHI - Mauricio Pineda (Assisted by: Francisco Calvo, Alvaro Medran)

53' - NYC - Anton Tinnerholm (Assisted by: Maxi Moralez)

75' - NYC - Alex Ring (Assisted by: Anton Tinnerholm)

DISCIPLINE SUMMARY

37' - NYC - James Sands (YC - Unsporting Behavior)

42' - CHI - Przemyslaw Frankowski (YC - Unsporting Behavior)

83' - NYC - Alexander Callens (YC - Unsporting Behavior)

90'+1' - CHI - Francisco Calvo (YC - Unsporting Behavior)

QUOTES

NYCFC Head Coach Ronny Deila:

On bringing Maxi on at the half instead of later...

"Maybe we wanted to wait a bit, but I think we needed to make some changes in the second half to get three points. Today is the first time that I have seen Maxi so fresh. You can see that he has no pain, and you can also see how good he is and how vital he is for the team. We created a lot of chances and played a really good second half. I am eager to see the future but just want to play games now."

NYCFC Defender Anton Tinnerholm:

On just wanting to keep moving after difficult results this season...

"We had a rough start, there's no doubt about it. We had a lot of meetings and things got better. But in the end we have to show it on the pitch. It is easy to talk but harder to perform out there. We showed it today and we showed it against Columbus that we can do it. I think the second half we were dominating the game; the Chicago players were so exhausted in the final 15 minutes that they can't even press us. It reminds me of some games from last season, so we have to keep on doing what we did in the second half here. Now we have some confidence, you can see it in the guys. It's fun to come in a play some games again, now we have to keep on the momentum that we have started."

NYCFC Midfielder Maxi Moralez:

On getting back on the field after injury...

"At the beginning in Orlando I felt really good, but then I got the injury and wasn't able to recover until today. I'm really happy with everyone that helped me recover. Today I played well. Together we played well. My leg is a lot better and I recovered quicker than I hoped and now I'm 100 percent and ready for Wednesday's game [against New England]."

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