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05/03 22:09 CDT Gallese has 5th straight shutout for Orlando City in 0-0 tie
with short-handed Fire
Gallese has 5th straight shutout for Orlando City in 0-0 tie with short-handed
Fire
CHICAGO (AP) --- Pedro Gallese had eight saves and his fifth consecutive
shutout for Orlando City on Saturday night in a 0-0 tie with Chicago, despite
the Fire playing a man down for more than 50 minutes.
Orlando City (4-2-5), which is unbeaten in eight consecutive games, has not
allowed a goal in 526 minutes of game time, a club record. The previous mark of
364 was set mostly during the 2023 MLS Cup playoffs.
Gallese made back-to-back saves in the 10th minute, diving to parry a shot from
Philip Zinckernagel and then scrambling to swat away a put-back attempt by Hugo
Cuypers, before he stopped Jonathan Bamba's shot in the 16th.
Fire goalkeeper Chris Brady was shown a red card in the 36th minute after he
collided with Orlando City's Duncan McGuire and Chicago played a man down the
rest of the way. Bamba, a midfielder, went off to make room for Jeffrey Gal,
the only other goalkeeper on the roster, to replace Brady.
Gal --- a 32-year-old in his third season, all with Chicago --- made his MLS
debut and finished with one save.
Chicago (3-4-4) is winless in six straight and had been coming off back-to-back
losses, including a 7-2 to Charlotte last time out.
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