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Red Bulls Defeat Chicago Fire FC, 2-1, at Soldier Field

May 1, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York Red Bulls News Release


- The New York Red Bulls (5-2-2, 17 pts.) defeated Chicago Fire FC (2-3-4, 10 pts.), 2-1, on Saturday night at Soldier Field.

- Chicago opened the scoring in the 16th minute, as Xherdan Shaqiri converted a penalty kick following a New York handball.

- New York evened the score in the 75th minute. Dylan Nealis found Luquinhas, who made a run down the far side of the field, cut back into the edge of the box, and found Patryk Klimala who found the back of the net.

- The Red Bulls took the lead in the first minute of second half stoppage time, as Klimala converted a penalty kick for his second goal of the match.

- New York became the second team in MLS history to win its first five road games of the season in regulation and the first since the Los Angeles Galaxy in 1998.

- The goals for Klimala were his second and third of the season and the 10th and 11th of his MLS career. He has scored eight goals on the road in his MLS career.

- Klimala is the 28th player in franchise history to record double-digit goals and assists in his MLS career.

- Klimala converted his fourth career penalty kick goal with New York. It also marked his third game-winning goal in his MLS career.

- The match marked the first multi-goal match for Klimala in his Red Bulls career.

- Luquinhas recorded his second career MLS assist and third across all competitions, which is tied for the team lead with Klimala, Omir Fernandez, and Frankie Amaya.

- Dylan Nealis tallied his second career MLS assist and his second against Chicago Fire FC. The other was his first professional assist on July 17, 2021, when he was with Nashville SC.

- Dru Yearwood made his 50th career MLS appearance in the match.

- The five-straight road wins are tied for the longest road winning streak in franchise history, which was set in 2000.

- The Red Bulls are 9-1-1 in their last 11 MLS road matches, outscoring their opponents 22-6.

- New York extended its road unbeaten streak to six matches, which dates back to the last regular season match of 2021. This streak is the third longest road unbeaten streak in franchise history.

- Carlos Coronel passed Mike Ammann and moved into sole possession of sixth place in franchise history in wins with 18.

- The match marked the first come-from-behind victory for Gerhard Struber during his time with New York.

- The Red Bulls earned their 120th road win in franchise history, which is tied with Sporting Kansas City for the second-most in MLS history.

- New York has scored 13 goals on the road this season, which is the most in MLS.

- Following Saturday's match, New York will travel back to Red Bull Arena to face off against Portland Timbers on Saturday, May 7. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET on MSG, MSG GO and New York Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish via TuneIn, the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.

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New York Red Bulls 2, Chicago Fire FC 1

2022 MLS Regular Season Match 9

Saturday, April 30, 2022 - 8 p.m. ET

Soldier Field | Chicago, IL

Box Score

Scoring Summary:

CHI - Xherdan Shaqiri 2 (penalty) 16'

NY - Patryk Klimala 2 (Luquinhas, Dylan Nealis) 75'

NY - Patryk Klimala 3 (penalty) 90'+1

Misconduct Summary:

NY - Ashley Fletcher (caution, handball) 15'

NY - John Tolkin (caution, foul) 27'

CHI - Rafael Czichos (caution, dissent) 37'

CHI - Miguel Navarro (caution, foul) 45'+1

NY - Patryk Klimala (caution, other) 65'

CHI - John Durán (caution, time wasting) 72'

CHI - John Durán (red card, second yellow) 80'

CHI - Rafael Czichos (red card, second yellow) 83'

New York Red Bulls: Carlos Coronel; John Tolkin, Sean Nealis, Aaron Long ©, Tom Edwards, Lewis Morgan (Dylan Nealis, 63'), Frankie Amaya, Cristian Cásseres, Jr., Luquinhas (Dru Yearwood, 90'+5), Omir Fernandez (Patryk Klimala, HT), Ashley Fletcher (Tom Barlow, 56')

Unused Subs: Ryan Meara, Daniel Edelman, Zach Ryan

TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 16; POSSESSION: 55.8; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 2

Chicago Fire FC: Gabriel Slonina; Boris Sekulić, Wyatt Omsberg, Rafael Czichos ©, Miguel Navarro, Gaston Giménez (Jonathan Bornstein, 66'), Mauricio Pineda, Chinonso Offor (Jhon Espinoza, 79'), Xherdan Shaqiri, Brian Gutierrez (Carlos Terán 90'+2), John Durán

Unused Subs: Chris Brady, Kendall Burks, Alex Monis, Stanislav Ivanov, Missael Rodriguez, Victor Bezerra

TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 23; POSSESSION: 44.2; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 2

Referee: Jon Freemon

Assistant Referees: Jason White, Meghan Mullen

4th Official: Chris Ruska

VAR: Victor Rivas

AVAR: Peter Manikowski

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