Sunday saw Marko Mitrović and the New England Revolution return to action as they took the field at Soldier Field to take on the Chicago Fire.

Mitrović made two changes from the lineup that secured a 2-1 victory over New York City FC on Wednesday, as Alhassan Yusuf and Jack Harrison were unavailable. Matt Turner got the start in goal behind the backline of Will Sands, Mamadou Fofana, Ethan Kohler, and Matt Polster. Jackson Yueill, Brooklyn Raines, and Carles Gil formed the midfield three behind the attacking trio of Dániel Gazdag, Peyton Miller, and Dor Turgeman.

Chicago nearly capitalized in the 11th minute. It began with Dje D’Avilla booting a ball from the middle third into the box, finding Phillip Zinkernagel with his back to goal. After withstanding pressure from Fofana, Zinkernagel batted the ball down, turned toward goal, and unleashed a shot that Turner dove to deflect away. Kohler came up big in the 20th minute, laying in a perfectly timed tackle on Zinkernagel to prevent the forward from capitalizing on a through ball from Sergio Oregel.

Things got nervy in the 37th minute when Matt Turner came off his line, attempting to catch a lobbed ball, but the keeper bobbled it into the path of Puso Dithejane. He failed to capitalize on the open net as New England engulfed the winger and cleared away his pass centrally.

After a few good chances, New England eventually found the breakthrough in the 39th minute. It began with Yueill getting on the end of a loose ball inside his own box and booting the ball downfield as Turgeman and Chicago’s Sam Rogers raced toward it. Turgeman got on the loose ball and withstood a last-ditch effort from Rogers before pushing forward and unleashing a shot to the lower-left corner past Chris Brady and into the net to seal his seventh goal of the season and give New England the 1-0 lead just before halftime.

New England nearly doubled its lead in the 42nd minute when some give-and-go passing between Gil and Turgeman led to Gil attempting to find the left side of goal from a tight angle. Brady got a touch on the ball but bobbled it before it rolled back to his grasp.

The Revolution wasted no time getting things started in the second half. It began with Yueill getting on the end of a deflected ball at the midfield stripe and booting it downfield to Turgeman. The first-half goalscorer broke down the left flank before cutting inward and dishing a ball to Miller centrally, who easily tapped it in to give the road side a 2-0 lead.

Polster came up big in the 57th minute when he tracked back to clear Maren Haile-Selassie’s attempt to the bottom-right corner away on the goal line. After having an earlier attempt cleared off the line, Haile-Selassie shrunk the deficit in the 62nd minute after a good series of passes from the Fire led to Philip Zinckernagel receiving a pass atop the box and tapping it centrally to a darting Haile-Selassie, who one-timed a shot past a diving Matt Turner and in to make it 2-1.

Things went from bad to worse in the 66th minute when Andrew Gutman’s ball into the center of the box pinballed off Robert Lewandowski and a few defenders before falling to Haile-Selassie, who capitalized on the chaos and drilled it into the back of the net to level the game at two apiece. Chicago’s celebration was cut short after the assistant referee raised his flag after Lewandowski was deemed offside in the lead-up to the goal. After a quick check, the offside call stood as the Fire goal was wiped off the board.

New England’s first changes came in the 69th minute as Griffin Yow and a debuting Joshua Wynder replaced Yueill and Gazdag. Wynder came up big in the 71st minute when he stepped up to deflect Zinkernagel’s attempt out of play. Another change came in the 81st minute as Ilay Feingold replaced Dor Turgeman.

Disaster nearly struck in the 88th minute when Mamadou Fofana whiffed on a clearance before Feingold raced over and cleared it away before Andrew Gutman could get to the loose ball. Mitrović’s final changes came in the 88th minute as Wilson Harris and Cody Baker replaced Gil and Miller.

Turner came up big in the 89th minute, leaping to catch Lewandowski’s header to keep the Revolution’s lead intact. Fofana made up for his earlier botch in the 89th minute when he leapt to head Jonathan Bamba’s cross away from danger before it fell to Lewandowski.

Despite heavy pressure in the second half, the New England Revolution stood tall, exiting Soldier Field with all three points following a 2-1 win on the road.

Mitrović and the Revolution will look to keep the momentum going when they return to Gillette Stadium on September 19, when they host Orlando City SC.