FOXBOROUGH. New England and Chicago Fire played an incredible match before drawing 3-3.
The match was played at the Gillette Stadium stadium in Foxborough on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Malik Badawi who was helped by Nick Uranga and Kevin Lock. The 4th official was Armando Villarreal. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.5 degrees Celsius or 61.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 6 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 3
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 139 Attack 99
- 48 Dangerous attack 27
- 88 Ball safe 107
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 4
Fouls
- 14 Total 4
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. New England was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Chicago Fire that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
New England had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough New England to win the match.
New England shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Chicago Fire shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
New England received 2 yellow cards (Latif Blessing and DeJuan Jones). Regarding the opposition, Chicago Fire received 2 yellow cards (Jairo Torres and Chris Brady).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this contest, New England will have 25 points like Nashville SC to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Chicago Fire will have 16 points like New York City and New York RB to move down in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, New England will host Philadelphia Union on the 20th of October with a 21-9 head to head record in favor of Philadelphia Union (8 draws).
Chicago Fire will play away agasint New York City on the 20th of October with a 10-3 head to head record in favor of New York City (6 draws).
New England and Chicago Fire will play the return match on the at the Toyota Park
New England – Formation
New England
90'
81'
38'
New England adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Bruce Arena decided to play with the following team: Đorđe Petrović , Andrew Farrell , Dave Romney , Christian Makoun , DeJuan Jones , Matt Polster , Noel Buck , Emmanuel Boateng , Latif Blessing , Giacomo Vrioni and Bobby Wood .
The home team had on the bench: Jozy Altidore , Joshua Bolma, Earl Edwards Jr., Esmir Bajraktarevic, Justin Rennicks, Jack Panayotou, Omar Gonzalez, Ben Sweat and Carles Gil .
New England could not rely on the presence of Jozy Altidore (injured).
Substitutions
New England made 3 changes: Latif Blessing for Carles Gil (62′), Bobby Wood for Jozy Altidore (81′) and Emmanuel Boateng for Justin Rennicks (81′).
Best player: Carles Gil
The player that probably impressed the most for New England was Carles Gil.
His rating is with 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.
Chicago Fire – Formation
Chicago Fire
Also Chicago Fire adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Frank Klopas played with: Chris Brady , Kendall Burks , Mauricio Pineda , Wyatt Omsberg , Maren Haile-Selassie , Jairo Torres , Gastón Giménez , Miguel Navarro , Xherdan Shaqiri , Kacper Przybyłko and Georgios Koutsias .
These were the players on the bench: Kei Kamara , Alex Monis, Rafael Czichos , Brian Gutierrez , Arnaud Souquet , Missael Rodriguez, Javier Casas, Daniel Alonso Aceves Patiño and Spencer Richey.
Chicago Fire could not rely on the presence of Alonso Aceves (injured).
Substitutions
Chicago Fire made 5 changes: Mauricio Pineda for Rafael Czichos (62′), Kacper Przybylko for Kei Kamara (62′), Jairo Torres for B. Gutierrez (67′), Kendall Burks for Arnaud Souquet (73′) and Georgios Koutsias for Daniel Alonso Aceves Patiño (73′).
Best player: Xherdan Shaqiri
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Chicago Fire was Xherdan Shaqiri.
His rating is with 45 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Toronto – DC United – 2-1
- Orlando City – Atlanta United – 1-1
- New York City – Philadelphia Union – 1-3
- New England – Chicago Fire – 3-3
- Montreal Impact – Inter Miami – 1-0
