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Mike Magee breathes life into Chicago Fire's playoff bid

Chicago Fire beat New York Red Bulls 1-0 to move within two points of fifth-placed Philadelphia Union in the MLS standings.

By Shane Callaghan, Reporter

Published: August 11 2014 | 03:03

Last updated: August 11 2014 | 23:12

Chicago Fire kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the MLS Cup by beating New York Red Bulls 1-0 at Toyota Park this morning.

Mike Magee's first-half strike proved enough as Frank Yallop's side moved within two points of fifth-placed Philadelphia Union, who occupy the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

It was the Red Bulls who started the better of both sides in the Windy City, but Thierry Henry and co failed in their bid to give their team the lead.

Chicago edged ahead on 37 minutes after Quincy Amarikwa won a penalty but, after seeing his initial effort saved by Luis Robles, Magee followed up and tucked home the rebound.

Henry came close to providing a swift riposte for the visitors, firing a right-footed volley narrowly over the bar three minutes later.

Eric Alexander spurned a good chance to level matters on the hour mark after being played in by Tim Cahill, but the midfielder failed to beat Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson.

Yallop's troops weathered a brief storm of New York pressure and ultimately hung on to claim a much-needed three points.

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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