Fire Rally Past NYCFC With Short-Handed Victory in Chicago

Chicago Fire overcame a short-handed situation to defeat New York City FC 2-1 in Chicago as Maren Haile-Selassie scored the winner and Anton Salétros equalized, with the result extending Fire's three-match winning streak, according to the Associated Press.

According to the Associated Press, Chicago improved to 14-8-6 after rallying from a 1-0 deficit. The Fire played with 10 men from the 43rd minute after Dje D’Avilla received his second yellow card of the half.

NYCFC opened the scoring in the 19th minute when Hannes Wolf converted assists from Agustin Ojeda and Alonso Martinez, according to the Associated Press. Wolf's goal was his fifth of the season, while Ojeda recorded a career-high 11th assist.

Martinez earned his first assist in his first start and third appearance of the campaign after returning from an ACL injury, according to the Associated Press.

Salétros leveled the match in the 55th minute with a header for his first goal in his first MLS season, according to the Associated Press. Haile-Selassie provided the assist, his career-best 10th, while Robert Lewandowski recorded his third assist in his first MLS season.

Haile-Selassie then scored the deciding goal in the 87th minute after taking advantage of a Matt Freese turnover, according to the Associated Press. The goal marked Haile-Selassie's career-high ninth of the season.

Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady made four saves in the match, according to the Associated Press. NYCFC goalkeeper Freese stopped two shots as his team fell to 8-11-9.

According to the Associated Press, Chicago improved its home record to 9-4-1, while NYCFC dropped to 4-5-5 on the road. NYCFC had defeated Chicago 3-1 on July 25 and entered the match with a 1-5-5 run.

The Associated Press reported that NYCFC will next visit Inter Miami on Wednesday, while Chicago will host Philadelphia Union on the same day.