Chicago Fire 3-1 New York Red Bulls

Chicago Fire overcome the disappointment of being denied a blatant goal to record an impressive home win over New York Red Bulls.

Published: June 18 2012 | 00:25

Last updated: June 18 2012 | 18:50

Chicago Fire produced a stunning team performance to record a 3-1 win over New York Red Bulls in a match that was, once again, overshadowed by calls for goalline technology.

Patrick Nyarko's fourth-minute header had given Chicago a deserved half-time lead before Dax McCarty levelled the scores 10 minutes after the break.

Controversy struck 10 minutes later as Chris Rolfe sent Dominic Oduro clear on goal with a cute through ball.

New York goalkeeper Ryan Meara got a touch on Oduro's low shot but the ball slowly rolled a clear foot over the goalline before it was cleared away.

Oduro was shown a yellow card for his protestations, while the home crowd were equally incensed, especially after the incident was replayed on the big screen.

The hosts responded well after the incident and retook the lead 13 minutes later through a ferocious Gonzalo Segares strike from eight yards.

Fire then wrapped up the win nine minutes from time, as Rolfe scored for the first time since rejoining the franchise.

The 29-year-old, who has just returned from a spell with Danish side AaB, scored the 37th goal of his MLS career by tapping in from close range following a low cross by Nyarko.

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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