Chicago Fire FC were disjointed in the final third against Red Bull New York on Saturday night and only left New Jersey with a single point after Cameron Harper’s late goal sealed a result for the hosts. 

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Match Report

Cameron Harper scored late in the second half after subbing in a minute earlier and the New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night.

Harper replaced Julian Hall in the 85th minute then used assists from Eric Maxim-Choupo and Omar Valencia to score in the 86th. It was his first goal in his fourth appearance this season.

Maren Heile-Selassie used assists from defender Viktor Radojević and Jonathan Bamba in the 38th minute to score his fourth goal and give Chicago a 1-0 lead that stood through halftime.

It was the first assist for Radojević in his third career start and 10th appearance.

Ethan Horvath had four saves for New York (7-9-5) to help end a two-match skid.

Chris Brady saved five shots for Chicago (11-6-3), now 2-2-2 in its last six matchups with the Red Bulls.

Chicago saw a three-match winning streak in league play end. The Fire had won six in a row in all competitions for the first time since their debut season in 1998.

Line-ups

New York RB XI: Forsberg, Horvath, Cade Cowell, Dylan Nealis, Justin Che, Julian Hall, Julián Bazán, Ronald Donkor, Adri Mehmeti, Mijahir Jiménez, Matthew Dos Santos

Subs: Choupo-Moting, Tim Parker, John McCarthy, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Cameron Harper, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Omar Valencia, Mohammed Sofo, Nehuén Benedetti

Chicago Fire XI: Robin Lod, Philip Zinckernagel, Bamba, Joel Waterman, Sam Rogers, Maren Haile-Selassie, Viktor Radojević, Mauricio Pineda, Chris Brady, Leonardo Barroso, Sam Williams

Subs: Lewandowski, Anton Salétros, Josh Cohen, Jack Elliott, Andrew Gutman, Jonathan Dean, David Poreba, Djé D'Avilla, Puso Dithejane