Jefferson Mena and David Villa scored a minute apart before the game was 10 minutes old and New York City FC clinched a playoff berth with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Friday night at Yankee Stadium.
Khiry Shelton assisted on both goals as NYCFC (13-9-9) ran its home unbeaten streak to seven games.
Mena got his first goal for NYCFC in the eighth minute on a play that started off a corner kick before Ronald Matarrita sent a long ball toward the right post that Shelton headed out front for Mena to punch it in.