Atlanta end skid with win over Cincinnati; NYCFC beat nine-man Chicago | OneFootball

MLS is back on Sunday with a pair of games to wrap up Matchday 15.

Here is what went down in New York City and Atlanta.

Atlanta end skid with major win over Cincinnati

Scorers: Williams 15', Fortune 20', Slisz 66', Thiare 90+4' ; Robinson 48', Valenzuela 70'

Atlanta got just the start they were looking for, bagging two goals in five minutes through Derrick Williams and Jay Fortune.

Emmanuel Latte Lath should perhaps have put the Five Stripes in cruise control, but he squandered two huge chances on either side of the half-time break.

Yet Atlanta seemingly always find a way to collapse this season, and those doubts crept in early in the second-half when Miles Robinson pulled one back for Cincinnati.

And while Bartosz Slisz's goal past the hour mark may have settled nerves in the Benz, Cincinnati responded once again to cut the lead thanks to Gerardo Valenzuela.

And while it looked like Cincinnati would push on and draw level, a late Jamal Thiaré goal on the break secured all three points for the hosts to snap an eight-game winless streak.

NYCFC come back to beat nine-man Chicago Fire

Scorers: Bakrar 58', Wolf 69' ; Zinckernagel 19'

It was a rapid start from Chicago, who took the lead in the opening 20 minutes through Philip Zinckernagel, but their highs turned to lows relatively quickly in the subsequent minutes when talismanic midfielder Brian Gutiérrez was sent off for a high elbow.

Despite the numerical superiority, it took the hosts until nearly the hour mark to pull level however. They did so thanks to a slick move capped off by second-half sub Mounsef Bakrar.

But the moment of the match came just 10 minutes later when Hannes Wolf curled a superb effort into the bottom corner to deliver NYCFC the lead.

Any possible Chicago fightback was curtailed in the dying minutes when Alonso Martínez dispatched from the penalty spot, killing the match off.