Chicago Fire FC II (9-7-6-3, 36 points) earned a 2-0 victory against Orlando City B (8-8-7-4, 35 points) on Sunday afternoon at SeatGeek Stadium.
Robert Turdean and Damyan Villanueva each scored once for the Fire to register the team’s third victory in the last four matches. With the victory, Chicago moved up four positions to sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
It took 13 minutes for Chicago Fire II to get on the board when Damian Nigg served a ball to Turdean on the left side of the box. Turdean took a settling touch just outside the top of the box before sending a well-placed shot from mid-distance past the outstretched arms of Tristan Himes that nestled into the side netting on the right side of the goal.
Villanueva doubled the lead in the 74th minute with his fifth goal of the season. The play began with the backline as Jack Sandmeyer sent a ball up to Dylan Borso, who slipped it to Villanueva on the right. Villanueva carried the ball across toward the left, sending a low, direct shot from just outside the box into the lower right side of the goal.
Goalkeeper Jason Nemo Jr. anchored a backline that secured the team’s fifth shutout of the season, recording five saves against Orlando City B.
NEXT MATCH: Chicago Fire FC II will head south to face Atlanta United 2 on Tuesday, August 18. Kickoff is scheduled for 10 a.m. The match can be streamed across the globe on OneFootball and MLSNEXTPro.com.
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Box Score:
Chicago Fire FC II 2:0 Orlando City B
Goals:
CHI - Turdean (4) (Damian 5) (WATCH) 13’
CHI - Villanueva (5) (Borso 4) (WATCH) 74’
Discipline:
ORL - Lasheras (Caution) 16’
ORL - Amoo-Mensah (Caution) 19’
CHI - Turdean (Caution) 44’
ORL - Chikamso (Caution) 79’
Chicago Fire FC II: GK Nemo Jr., D Borso, D Sandmeyer, D Nagle, D Damian, M Fleming (capt.), M Pineda (Chavez, 90+2’), M Villanueva (Bernhardt, 84’), M Hlyut (Boltz, 86’), M Turdean (Napoe, 46’), F Shokalook (Diawara, 46’)
Substitutes not used: GK Gongadze, D González, M Montiel
Head Coach: Mike Matkovich
Orlando City B: GK Himes (capt.), D Amoo-Mensah, D Sandy Jr., D Chikamso, D Archange (Okonski, 46’), M Hylton (Aguirre, 77’), M Gómez, M Lasheras (Trombino, 82’), M Belgodere, F Caraballo (Nkeh, 77’), F Leão (Kendall, 77’)
Substitutes not used: GK Silva
Head Coach: Edward Wilding
Stats Summary: CHI / ORL
Shots: 12 / 8
Shots on Goal: 6 / 5
Passing Accuracy: 89.2% / 87%
Saves: 5 / 4
Corners: 2 / 7
Fouls: 18 / 11
Offsides: 4 / 2
Venue: SeatGeek Stadium (Bridgeview, Ill.)
Referee: Jacob Larson
Assistant Referee 1: Mateusz Dulski
Assistant Referee 2: Ethan Buege
Fourth Official: Leo Mora