TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Hristo Stoitchkov scored in the 88th minute as the Chicago Fire battled back from a two-goal deficit to tie the Tampa Bay Mutiny 3-3 Saturday.

Stoitchkov's goal from 16 yards out deflected off goalkeeper Scott Garlick. It was one of two goals the Fire scored while the Mutiny played shorthanded. Peter Nowak got Chicago within 3-2 on a 73rd-minute goal after Josh Keller received his second yellow card in the 55th minute.

Tampa Bay's Mamadou Diallo scored his league-leading 23rd goal. Steve Trittschuh and Manny Lagos also scored for the Mutiny, who lead MLS's Central Division by three points over Chicago.

Ante Razov, who received a red card during second-half injury time for taking down Dominic Kinnear, had Chicago's other goal. Razov, who has 16 goals, started the day tied for second in goal-scoring.

Headers by Diallo, in the 38th minute, and Trittschuh, during injury time, gave Tampa Bay a 2-1 halftime lead. The Mutiny had gone 303 minutes without a goal against the Fire.

Razov's goal opened the scoring in the 7th minute.

Lagos put the Mutiny up 3-1 in the 58th minute.

Mutiny defender Chad McCarty, who was selected to the U.S. Olympic team earlier this month, was out of the starting lineup because of a right ankle bone contusion. Chicago defender Andrew Lewis, who hurt his left ankle Wednesday, did not play.

Fire defender Carlos Bocanegra left late in the first half with a left ankle sprain. Tampa Bay midfielder Eric Quill departed in the second half with a thigh contusion.

The contest was delayed twice by lightning. There was a 50-minute stoppage in the first half. The start of the second half, which was played in rain and occasional lightning, was pushed back 40 minutes.