NEW YORK CITY FC vs. CHICAGO FIRE
YANKEE STADIUM, Bronx, New York
APRIL 10, 2016 (WEEK 6, MLS GAME #51)
7 pm ET (FS1, FOX Deportes, MLS LIVE)
New York City FC and the Chicago Fire meet for a second time this season when the Eastern Conference clubs face off Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium before an FS1 audience. NYCFC return to action after seeing their winless run extended to three matches, reaching a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution two weeks ago at Yankee Stadium. The Fire are coming off their first victory of 2016, a 1-0 win against Philadelphia Union last Saturday at Toyota Park.
- NYCFC return to action after a week off, reaching a draw for the second time in their last three matches last time out in a 1-1 draw with the New England Revolution on March 26 at Yankee Stadium.
- The Fire made a winner of Veljko Paunovic for the first time as an MLS head coach, Kennedy Igboananike scoring his second goal of the season for the game’s only goal in a win against Philadelphia Union on Saturday afternoon at Toyota Park.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Tommy McNamara scored a goal and an assist – the first goal of the 2016 MLS season – and Mix Diskerud and Khiry Shelton also had a goal and an assist as New York City FC claimed a 2-1 win in the season opener March 6 at Toyota Park.
- The teams have now evenly split their three meetings all-time. Last year, the Fire claimed a 1-0 win April 24 at Toyota Park; the teams reached a 2-2 draw May 15 at Yankee Stadium.
REFEREE: Mark Geiger. AR1 (bench): Corey Parker AR2 (opposite): Matthew Nelson; 4th: Mark Kadlecik
MLS Career: 149 games; FC/gm: 26.6; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 35; pens: 47
SUSPENDED: none
DISABLED LIST: NYC: Jack Harrison
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (3 meetings): NYCFC 1 win, 6 goals -- Fire 1 win, 6 goals -- Ties 1
AT YANKEE STADIUM (1 meeting): NYCFC 0 wins, 2 goals -- Fire 0 wins, 2 goals -- Ties 1
FUTURE MATCH: 4/10: New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire, 7 p.m. (FS1); 9/23: New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire, 8 p.m.
- Coaches record: Patrick Vieira vs. CHI: P1 W1 L0 D0 -- Veljko Paunovic vs. NYC: P1 W0 L1 D0
