CHICAGO FIRE vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS
TOYOTA PARK, Bridgeview, Ill.
August 26, 2015 (Week 26, MLS Game #256)
8:30 pm ET (CSN Chicago Plus, MSG; MLS LIVE)
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The Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls meet for the first time this season when the Eastern Conference foes face off at Toyota Park on Wednesday evening. The clubs come into the match at opposite ends of the division. The Fire sit at the foot of the East, five points out of the last playoff position, after seeing their winless run stretched to three games with a 1-0 home loss to the Colorado Rapids last weekend. The Red Bulls return to action five points out of the top spot in the conference, their last match a 3-0 home win against Toronto FC 11 days ago.
- The Fire saw their winless streak extended to three games with a second loss in that time, falling 1-0 to the Colorado Rapids at Toyota Park on Saturday.
- The Red Bulls extended their undefeated streak to six games with a fifth victory in their time last time out, defeating Toronto FC 3-0 on Aug. 15 at Red Bull Arena. Bradley Wright-Phillips netted a goal for a second consecutive game – his sixth in the last eight games – and now has 11 goals for the season.
- The Red Bulls have never won at Toyota Park. Their last away win against Chicago came May 14, 2005, a 3-0 win at Soldier Field. Since then, the Fire are undefeated in their last 13 home matches in the league series (8-0-5), including a 1-0 win last Aug. 14 in the last meeting between the clubs.
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REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Anthony Vasoli; AR2 (opposite): James Conlee; 4th: Nima Saghafi
MLS Career: 66 games; FC/gm: 23.4; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 28
SUSPENDED: NYR: Damian Perrinelle (through Aug. 26)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: CHI: Eric Gehrig, Chris Ritter, Adailton, Matt Polster, Patrick Nyarko … NYR: Sacha Kljestan, Felipe Martins, Chris Duvall, Mike Grella, Dax McCarty, Lloyd Sam, Connor Lade
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (48 meetings): Fire 25 wins (0 shootout), 80 goals … Red Bulls 13 wins (0 shootout), 59 goals … Ties 10
AT CHICAGO (24 meetings): Fire 14 wins (0 shootout), 42 goals … Red Bulls 3 wins (0 shootout), 21 goals … Ties 7
RETURN MATCHES: 9/11: New York Red Bulls vs. Chicago Fire, 7 p.m. (UniMas); 10/25: Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls, tbd
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