Chicago Fire shock New York Red Bulls in five-goal thriller

Aug 27, 2015 at 1.30am UK

FT(HT: 2-1)

Kennedy Igboananike scores twice as Chicago Fire claim a 3-2 victory over the New York Red Bulls.

Published: August 27 2015 | 03:29

Last updated: August 28 2015 | 12:16

Kennedy Igboananike scored twice as the Chicago Fire produced a shock by beating the New York Red Bulls 3-2 at Toyota Park.

New York were gifted the chance to break the deadlock in just the 10th minute when Jeff Larentowicz pulled down Matt Miazga while marking him at a corner, which allowed Sacha Kljestan to fire home from the penalty spot.

However, the hosts responded well to the early setback and pulled level midway through the first half when Gilberto found the space on the left wing to deliver a cross which was turned in by Igboananike.

Despite appearing to be on top heading into the interval, the Red Bulls were dealt another blow before the break when a cross reached Michael Stephens, who chested the ball down to allow Patrick Nyarko to send a half-volley into the bottom corner on the turn.

The visitors hit back with a clever move early in the second half as they took a corner without the Chicago defenders realising, which handed Kljestan the space to travel with the ball before Ronald Zubar converted the inviting cross.

Chicago continued to look the more dangerous of the two sides, but the Red Bulls remained on level terms after Luis Robles kept out a low strike from David Accam.

The long spells of pressure brought another reward as the game entered the closing stages when Stephens released Accam with an inch-perfect through-ball in a fine move rounded off by Igboananike, scoring his second of the night with an emphatic finish to condemn New York to a loss which leaves them five points behind Eastern Conference leaders DC United.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21