Fire 3
Cociu0219 19mins, Igboananike 49mins, Accam 72mins (pk)
NYCFC 4
McNamara 10 mins, Taylor 29mins, Shelton 36mins, Diskerud 63mins
Match Recap
It was a winning start to the Patrick Vieira era at Toyota Park on Soccer Sunday.
In a day of firsts for New York City FC on the opening day of their second MLS campaign, they took a white knuckle seven-goal thrill ride 4-3.
Against a Chicago Fire side that finished bottom of the Eastern Conference in 2015 and under a new Head Coach in Veljko Paunovic themselves, NYCFC warmed to the task quickest and immediately set about putting Matt Lampson’s goal under pressure.