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05/25 16:11 CDT Bakrar, Wolf score goals to help NYCFC beat short-handed Fire
3-1
Bakrar, Wolf score goals to help NYCFC beat short-handed Fire 3-1
NEW YORK (AP) --- Mounsef Bakrar and Hannes Wolf each scored a second-half goal
to help New York City FC beat the short-handed Chicago Fire 3-1 on Sunday.
After a failed clearance by the Fire, Wolf ran onto a loose ball in the left
side of the area, cut back to the middle and bent a shot inside the back post
to give NYCFC (7-5-3) a 2-1 lead in the 70th minute.
New York City has won back-to-back games and is unbeaten in three straight.
On the counter-attack, Jonathan Dean dropped a passed backward to Philip
Zinckernagel for a first-touch finish from the top of the penalty arc to open
the scoring in the 19th minute.
Brian Gutirrez was shown a straight red card (violent conduct) in the 31st
minute and the Fire (5-5-4) played a man down until Dje D'Avilla --- who
replaced the injured Mauricio Pineda in the 41st --- was shown his second
yellow card in the 84th minute.
Bakrar started the second half in place of 18-year-old Jonathan Shore and
scored in the 58th minute to make it 1-1. Wolf chipped a pass over a defender
to Justin Haak, who played a low cross to Bakrar for a one-touch finish from
point-blank range.
Alonso Martnez converted from the penalty spot to cap the scoring in the 89th.
NYCFC had 64% possession and outshot the Fire 21-8, 8-3 on target.
Matt Freese stopped two shots for New York City. Chris Brady finished with five
saves for the Fire.
Chicago, which had won back-to-back games, had its three-game unbeaten streak
snapped.
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AP soccer: https://apnews.com/soccer
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