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New York City FC level late with Chicago, FC Dallas draw with Red Bulls

Felipe Martins' goal-line block on a Michael Barrios shot in the 72nd minute of play helped the New York Red Bulls play FC Dallas to a scoreless draw Friday night.

Barrios, who came on in relief of reigning MLS rookie of the year Tesho Akindele in the 59th minute, found open space to the left of Luis Robles and bent a shot that cleanly beat the New York keeper, but the Brazilian midfielder, positioned on the goal line, made the save.

Bradley Wright-Phillips took a cross from Chris Duvall in the middle of the box in extra time, but his header was smothered by Dallas keeper Dan Kennedy.

The draw snapped an FC Dallas four-game win streak. The Red Bulls have three wins and a draw in five visits to Frisco and continue their dominance in the series. New York is 5-1-3 in its past nine games with Dallas.

David Villa set up goals at the end of each half and New York City FC tied the Chicago Fire 2-2 on Friday night at Yankee Stadium to snap a four-game losing streak, but extended their winless run to nine games.

With New York City down 2-0, Villa fired a shot from the top of the box in first-half extra time. Chicago goalkeeper Sean Johnson made a diving save, but Mehdi Ballouchy drove home a long rebound to make it 2-1.

In the first minute of extra time at the end of the match, Villa threaded a pass to an open Khiry Shelton, who fired a shot past a diving Johnson to tie it.

Chicago scored in the 14th minute on Razvan Cocis' header and Jeff Larentowicz converted the penalty kick in the 27th minute to make it 2-0. The Fire have now drawn one and lost two after winning three in a row.

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