Chicago Fire FC Defeats New England Revolution 3-2 at SeatGeek Stadium

Chicago Fire FC Defeats New England Revolution 3-2 at SeatGeek Stadium

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – Chicago Fire (12-10-6, 42 points) earned a 3-2 victory over the New England Revolution (8-14-7, 31 points) Saturday, Sept. 6, at SeatGeek Stadium. The victory moves the Fire into ninth place in the Eastern Conference Standings.

Wingers Jonathan Bamba and Philip Zinckernagel scored in the match for Chicago before forward Hugo Cuypers added his sixth game-winning goal of the season. Midfielder André Franco marked his home debut with two assists in the match.

Just under 90 seconds into the match, Bamba got on the end of a lofted pass from Brian Gutiérrez into the box. The winger tapped the ball behind goalkeeper Matt Turner and slotted home the opener for Chicago. Eight minutes later, Franco turned away from pressure just outside the New England box before passing off to Zinckernagel, who took a few touches before driving a shot to the far post that knocked in to double the Fire lead.

Chicago took a 2-0 lead well into the second half, when midfielder Dje D’Avilla started a run into the box before passing to Franco. The Portuguese midfielder cut into the box and passed to Cuypers on his right, who struck a well-placed shot off his far post to make it a 3-0 lead in the 68th minute of play.

The visitors struck back 10 minutes later, when wingback Peyton Miller got behind the Fire defense and finished from the left of the box to make it 3-1. New England pushed for another one before drawing a penalty kick in stoppage time, which midfielder Carles Gil finished to cut the deficit to one. The Revolution looked for the equalizer, but a last-minute stop by goalkeeper Chris Brady sealed the result for the Fire, who jumped up to ninth place in the East with the victory.

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