FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (Aug. 31, 2022) – Chicago Fire FC (8-13-7, 31 points) drew 0-0 with the New England Revolution (8-9-11, 35 points) on Wednesday night in Foxborough, Mass. With the result, the Fire maintain their position in the Eastern Conference, with five points separating them from the seventh and final playoff spot in the East.
Twenty minutes into the match, the Fire were awarded a penalty kick following a Video Review of Jhon Duran’s shot from inside the box, deflecting off the arm of Revolution defender Henry Kessler. Fire midfielder Chris Mueller stepped up to the spot to take the penalty kick, only to have his attempt saved by Djordje Petrović to keep the match scoreless.Â
Four minutes later, New England found the back of the net off a shot by Tommy McNamara, however the goal would be revoked following review of the play in which the ball went out of bounds prior to the assist.Â
Both sides continued to battle in their offensive thirds throughout the second half, with the Fire and New England logging 10 and 14 total shots, respectively. With five minutes remaining in the match, Gaga Slonina stepped up to make a game-saving block, denying a chance from DeJuan Jones who ripped a shot on frame. With tonight’s result, Slonina and the Fire notched their 11th clean sheet of the season, ranking third overall in the MLS.Â
NEXT MATCH:Â Chicago will travel to Columbus for its second game in four days, facing the Columbus Crew on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Lower.com Field. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. CT, the match will be televised on WGN-TV andCF97 Live, and transmitted locally in Spanish on TUDN 1200 AM.Â
Notes:
- Gaga Slonina made five saves in tonight’s match, marking the second-most saves he’s made in a match this season. Slonina previously recorded a season-high six saves when the Fire faced the San Jose Earthquakes on July 4.
- 19-year-old Brian Gutiérrez made the 50th Fire appearance of his young career tonight.
- Jhon Durán attempted six shots in tonight’s match, matching his career high of six attempts when the Fire faced Toronto on July 14.
- Tonight’s match was Chicago’s first meeting with the Revolution this season, 32nd of all-time. The Fire now hold an all-time record of 27-24-17 against the Revolution.Â
- Homegrown product Andre Reynolds II made the second start of his career, his first start in the midfield. Reynold’s first start with the Fire this season was as an outside back in the Fire’s home victory against league-leading Philadelphia Union on June 29.Â
- Jonathan Bornstein wore the captain's armband tonight in lieu of Rafael Czichos, who missed tonight's match with a left knee injury.Â
- Three changes were made to the Fire’s starting XI that took on CF Montréal on Saturday night.
- Goalkeeper Gaga Slonina made his team-leading 28th start of the season and claimed his 11th clean sheet of the campaign.
- The Chicago Fire have kept a clean sheet in 11 of their 28 games, only Philadelphia Union (12) and New York City (13) have done this more often this season.
Box Score:
New England Revolution 0:0 Chicago Fire FC
Goals:
None
Discipline:
NER - Kessler (Yellow Card) 22’
CHI - F. Navarro (Yellow Card) 29’
CHI - Pineda (Yellow Card) 76’
Chicago Fire FC: GK Slonina, D Sekulić, D Bornstein ©, D M. Navarro, D Terán, M Reynolds II (Pineda, 58’), M Mueller (Espinoza, 71’), M Herbers, M F. Navarro, M Gutiérrez (Shaqiri, 80’), F Durán
Subs not used: GK Richey, D Burks, M Monis, M Ivanov, F Przybyłko, F Bezerra
New England Revolution: GK Petrović, D Farrell, D Kessler, D Polster, D Bye, D Jones, M Bou, M Gil ©, M Maciel (Boateng, 72’), M McNamara (M Rivera, 72’), M Buck (Rennicks, 80’)
Subs not used:Â GK Edwards Jr., D Gonzalez, D Makoun, D Bell, D DeLaGarza, F Bajraktarevic,
Stats Summary: NER / CHI
Shots: 14 / 10
Shots on Goal: 5 / 2
Saves: 2 / 5
Passing Accuracy: 88.2% / 76.9%
Corners: 6 / 3
Fouls: 14 / 12
Offsides: 4 / 1
Possession: 63.7% / 36.3%
Attendance:Â 13,325
Referee:Â Marcos de Oliveira
Assistant Referees:Â Jose da Silva, Gjovalin Bori
Fourth Official:Â Adam Kilpatrick
VAR:Â Daniel Radford, Jonathan Johnson
