MLS · Round 0
Yankee Stadium

New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC starting lineups

New York City FC Chicago Fire FC
3 - 1
Full time
Fernández 10' Ojeda 29' Jones 41'
Waterman 21'

New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC lineup images

New York City FC starting lineup vs Chicago Fire FC, 4-1-4-1: Freese, Gray, Martins, Sands, Cavallo, Shore, Ojeda, Perea, Fernández, Jones, Magno. MLS Round 0, Saturday, July 25, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Chicago Fire FC starting lineup vs New York City FC, 4-4-2: Brady, Barroso, Waterman, Elliott, Radojevic, Zinckernagel, Salétros, D'Avilla, Bamba, Haile-Selassie, Lod. MLS Round 0, Saturday, July 25, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

1 - 0Fernándezgoal
10'
21'
goalWaterman1 - 1
2 - 1Ojedagoal
29'
3 - 1Jonesgoal
41'
Half time · 3 - 1
46'
substitutionLewandowski for Haile-Selassie
46'
substitutionDean for Barroso
51'
Yellow cardD'Avilla Yellow card
Fernández Yellow cardYellow card
62'
63'
substitutionPineda for D'Avilla
Traoré for Jonessubstitution
69'
71'
substitutionDithejane for Lod
71'
substitutionGutman for Radojevic
77'
Yellow cardWaterman Yellow card
80'
Yellow cardDithejane Yellow card
Farnós for Shoresubstitution
85'
Wolf for Magnosubstitution
85'
Ilenic for Ojedasubstitution
90+2'

New York City FC and Chicago Fire FC team sheets and player ratings

New York City FC

4-1-4-1
Starting XI
49 United States Freese rating 7.6
24 Jamaica Gray rating 7.3
13 Brazil Martins rating 7.4
6 United States Sands rating 7.2
2 United States Cavallo rating 7.5
32 United States Shore off 85' rating 7.4
26 Argentina Ojeda 1 goal off 90' rating 8.3
8 United States Perea rating 8.0
7 Argentina Fernández 1 goal yellow card rating 8.0
88 Sierra Leone Jones 1 goal off 69' rating 7.4
11 Brazil Magno off 85' rating 6.8
Substitutes
9 Côte d'Ivoire Traoré on 69' rating 5.8
87 Spain Farnós on 85'
17 Austria Wolf on 85'
35 Slovenia Ilenic on 90'
30 El Salvador Romero
23 United States Murray
15 United States Pierre
29 United States Carrizo
99 Jamaica Reid

Chicago Fire FC

4-4-2
Starting XI
1 United States Brady rating 4.7
2 Portugal Barroso off 46' rating 6.0
16 Canada Waterman 1 goal yellow card rating 7.6
3 England Elliott rating 6.0
14 Serbia Radojevic off 71' rating 5.5
11 Denmark Zinckernagel rating 6.5
6 Sweden Salétros rating 6.7
42 Côte d'Ivoire D'Avilla yellow card off 63' rating 6.5
19 Côte d'Ivoire Bamba rating 6.5
7 Switzerland Haile-Selassie off 46' rating 6.1
17 Finland Lod off 71' rating 6.2
Substitutes
24 United States Dean on 46' rating 6.6
9 Poland Lewandowski on 46' rating 6.1
22 United States Pineda on 63' rating 6.4
15 United States Gutman on 71' rating 6.2
12 South Africa Dithejane yellow card on 71' rating 6.1
44 United States Cohen
5 United States Rogers
35 United States Oregel
20 United States Shokalook

Managers

Jansen4-1-4-1New York City FC
Berhalter4-4-2Chicago Fire FC
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New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC: match summary

New York City FC beat Chicago Fire FC 3–1 at Yankee Stadium in New York City on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Round 0 of the MLS. Nicolás Fernández (10'), Agustín Ojeda (29') and Malachi Jones (41') scored for New York City FC, Joel Waterman (21') for Chicago Fire FC. The match ratings read 7.4 for New York City FC and 6.2 for Chicago Fire FC. Agustín Ojeda of New York City FC was the highest rated player on the pitch at 8.5, with Andrés Perea at 8.0 and Nicolás Fernández at 8.0 next, and Chris Brady of Chicago Fire FC the lowest rated starter at 4.5. New York City FC lined up in a 4-1-4-1 under Jansen, Chicago Fire FC in a 4-4-2 under Berhalter. Djé D'Avilla was booked on 51 minutes, Nicolás Fernández on 62, Joel Waterman on 77 and Puso Dithejane on 80, and nobody was sent off. Eastern standings taken on September 2, 2026 had Chicago Fire FC 3rd on 37 points and New York City FC 7th on 28.

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