FOXBOROUGH. Chicago Fire and New England draw 1-1. H. Cuypers scored the first goal (20′) for Chicago Fire. N. Gil made it even (45′). New England was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%)
The match was played at the Gillette Stadium stadium in Foxborough on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. In front of 15,269 spectators. The referee was with the collaboration of and . The 4th official was Kevin Morrison. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 9.19 degrees Celsius or 48.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 13 Total 9
- 4 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 4
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 140 Attack 85
- 46 Dangerous attack 25
- 92 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 18 Total 11
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
New England was in firm control of the ball 64% while Chicago Fire was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
New England was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough New England to win the match.
New England shot 13 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Chicago Fire shot 9 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
New England received 4 yellow cards (Carles Gil, Tomás Chancalay, Matt Polster and Ian Harkes). Regarding the opposition, Chicago Fire received 4 yellow cards (Brian Gutierrez, Tom Barlow, Allan Arigoni and Fabian Herbers).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, New England has 1 points like Orlando City to gain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Chicago Fire will has 5 points like DC United to soar in the 12th place.
Next matches
New England – Formation
New England
61'
90'
45'
New England adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Caleb Porter decided to play with the following team: Earl Edwards Jr. , Andrew Farrell , Henry Kessler , Dave Romney , DeJuan Jones , Ian Harkes , Matt Polster , Tomás Chancalay , Carles Gil , Nacho Gil and Giacomo Vrioni .
The home team had on the bench: Jonathan Mensah, Emmanuel Boateng, Jack Panayotou, Tommy McNamara, Ryan Spaulding , Jacob Jackson and Nick Lima.
Substitutions
New England made only 1 change substituting Andrew Farrell for Ryan Spaulding (61′).
Player of the match: DeJuan Jones
The player that probably impressed the most for New England was DeJuan Jones.
His rating is with 57 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 21. He performed 3 crosses.
Chicago Fire – Formation
Chicago Fire
Also Chicago Fire adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Frank Klopas played with: Spencer Richey , Allan Arigoni , Tobias Salquist , Rafael Czichos , Jonathan Dean , Kellyn Acosta , Gastón Giménez , Maren Haile-Selassie , Fabian Herbers , Brian Gutierrez and Hugo Cuypers .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Arnaud Souquet, Tom Barlow , Georgios Koutsias , Mauricio Pineda , Jeffrey Gal, Federico Navarro, Carlos Teran , Chase Gasper and Chris Mueller.
Chicago Fire could not rely on the presence of Carlos Teran (injured).
Substitutions
Chicago Fire made 5 changes: Brian Gutierrez for Georgios Koutsias (65′), Hugo Cuypers for Tom Barlow (77′), Jonathan Dean for Chase Gasper (77′), Gastón Giménez for Mauricio Pineda (77′) and Chase Gasper for Carlos Teran (84′).
Player of the match: Hugo Cuypers
The most impressive player for Chicago Fire was Hugo Cuypers.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 13.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- New England – Chicago Fire – 1-1
- New York RB – Inter Miami – 4-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Real Salt Lake – 1-2
- Charlotte – Columbus Crew – 2-0
- Cincinnati – New York City – 1-0
- Orlando City – Austin – 2-0
- Toronto – Atlanta United – 2-0
