On Sunday May 22nd, New York City hosts Chicago Fire at Yankee Stadium in a clash of these two mismatched Major League Soccer teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 32 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. New York City is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Columbus Crew. Talles Magno scored the first goal for New York City in the 9th minute, then Valentin Mariano Jose Castellanos Gimenez added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Columbus Crew couldn’t manage to score, and New York City took the shutout win. New York City should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed Chicago Fire, recorded a 1-2 loss against Cincinnati FC. Rafael Czichos struck first for Cincinnati FC on an own goal in the 33rd minute, then Jhon Durán tied it up for Chicago Fire in the 83rd minute. Chicago Fire looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw each.
Chicago Fire is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Xherdan Shaqiri and Chinonso Nnamdi each only have 1 goal in their last 5. New York City is fortunate enough to have Valentin Mariano Jose Castellanos Gimenez in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored six goals.