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Post-Game Notes: New York Red Bulls II Fall 9-2 to Chicago Fire FC II at SeatGeek Stadium on Sunday Afternoon
New York Red Bulls II 2, Chicago Fire FC II 9
2025 MLS NEXT Pro Matchday 19
Sunday, July 27, 2025 – 2:00 p.m. ET
SeatGeek Stadium | Bridgeview, IL
Scoring Summary:
CHI – Jason Shokalook 8 (Unassisted) 6’
CHI – Jason Shokalook 9 (Penalty Kick) 16’
CHI – Jason Shokalook 10 (Cassano, Fleming) 20’
CHI – Jean Diouf 5 (Cassano) 28’
NY – Roald Mitchell 1 (Penalty kick) 34’
CHI – Claudio Cassano 6 (Reynolds, Nagle) 45’+2
NY – Roald Mitchell 2 (Mehmeti) 48’
CHI – Claudio Cassano 7 (Shokalook, Konincks) 49’
CHI – Jason Shokalook 11 (Williams, Fleming) 63’
CHI – Harold Osorio 1 (Reynolds) 69’
CHI – Jhoiner Montiel 1 (Boltz) 90’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Jair Collahuazo (ejection, foul) 14’
NY – Juan Gutierrez (caution, foul) 27’
CHI – Claudio Cassano (caution, foul ) 52’
NY – Nate Worth (caution, foul) 72’
NY – Christian Gallagher (caution, foul) 85’
NY – Adri Mehmeti (caution, unsportsmanlike) 85’
New York Red Bulls II: Aidan Stokes; Marcelo Morales (Matthew Dos Santos, 55’), Jair Collahuazo, Juan Gutierrez, Curtis Ofori (Dylan Sullivan, 46’), Adri Mehmeti ©, Nehuen Benedetti, Aiden Jarvis (Brooklyn Schwarz, 67’), Andy Rojas (Nate Worth, 55’), Roald Mitchell (Christian Gallagher,m73’), Mijahir Jimenez (Dennis Nelich, 73’)
Unused Subs: Austin Causey, Ibrahim Kasule
TOTAL SHOTS: 5 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 ; FOULS: 11 ; CORNER KICKS: 0 ; SAVES: 3
Chicago Fire FC II: Bryan Dowd; Justin Reynolds (Emir Herrera, 77’), Jean Diouf (Josue Pfrommer, 73’), Diego Konincks ©, Trip Fleming, Harold Osorio (Jhoiner Montiel, 73’), Sam Williams, Claudio Cassano (Dylan Borso, 70’), Charles Nagle, Vitaly Hiyut (David Tchetchao Karo, 77’), Jason Shokalook (Dean Boltz, 70’)
Unused Subs: Oluwaseun Oyegunie, Mbongeni Kanyane, David Molenda
TOTAL SHOTS: 18 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 13 ; FOULS: 13 ; CORNER KICKS: 2 ; SAVES: 1
Referee: Natalie Simon
AR1: Tiffini Turpin
AR2: Jessica Carnevale
4th Official: Alex Beehler
- The New York Red Bulls II (11-4-4, 39 pts) fell 9-2 to Chicago Fire FC II (9-5-4, 33 pts) on Sunday afternoon at SeatGeek Stadium.
- Chicago opened the scoring in the sixth minute, when forward Jason Shokalook was through on a counterattack and placed a shot into the back of the net.
- Fire II added another in the 14th minute. New York Defender Jair Collahuazo committed a handball in the box to give Chicago a penalty kick. Shokalook converted his attempt in the bottom left corner.
- Shokalook completed a hat trick in the 20th minute when midfielder Claudio Cassano whipped in a cross into the box into that was headed home by Shokalook.
- Chicago found a fourth in the 28th minute when Cassano crossed it into the box that was headed home by defender Jean Diouf.
- New York got on the scoresheet in the 34th minute. Forward Roald Mitchell was taken down in the box to draw a penalty kick. Mitchell stepped up and placed his attempt in the bottom left corner.
- Chicago responded in the second minute of first half stoppage time. Midfielder Justin Reynold crossed the ball far post to Cassano who tapped it into the back of the net.
- Red Bulls II scored a second in the 48th minute. Midfielder Adri Mehmeti slipped a through ball to Mitchell. Mitchell dribbled to the endline and placed a shot top left corner.
- Fire II responded one minute later, Shokalook played a cross onto the penalty spot that was placed bottom left corner by Cassano.
- Chicago scored a seventh in the 63rd minute. Midfielder Sam Williams crossed a ball into the box to Shokalook who turned on his defender and laced a left footed shot into the top left corner.
- Fire II found an eighth goal in the 69th minute. Reynolds played a ball to midfielder Harold Osorio who turned and curled a shot into the bottom right corner.
- Chicago scored a ninth in the 90th minute. Midfielder Dean Boltz played a ball through to midfielder Jhoiner Montiel who flicked a shot with the outside of his left foot into the bottom left corner.
- Mitchell made his first start since suffering a knee injury on April 14, 2024 against Chicago Fire FC II.
- The Montclair, N.J. native scored his first and second goals of the season.
- The forward has scored his sixth goal in two matches against Chicago.
- Mehmeti tallied his first assist of the season.
- Subbing in the 46th minute, midfielder Dylan Sullivan made his 50th career appearance for the club.
- Defender Juan Gutierrez made his 59th appearance for the club, passing Dan Metzger for ninth-most appearances in club history.
- Gutierrez started his 52nd career match and ties Jared Stroud for sixth-most starts in club history.
- With 90 minutes played the Colombia native passed Dan Metzer for eight-most minutes played in club history.
- Following Sunday’s match, New York will travel to Historic Crew Stadium to face Columbus Crew 2 on Thursday, July 31. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. ET with coverage available on MLSNEXTPRO.com.
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