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Chicago Fire 1-1 LA Galaxy - October 16, 1998 / MLS 1998

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31' - Goal Piotr Nowak31

37' - Goal Danny Pena

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50' - Yellow card Danny Pena

64' - Substitution Frank Klopasis substituted by Josh Wolff64

67' - Substitution Paul Caligiuriis substituted by Wélton Araújo Melo

79' - Substitution Carlos Hermosillois substituted by Clint Mathis

88' - Substitution Joe Franchinois substituted by Greg Vanney

90' - Substitution CJ Brownis substituted by Tom Soehn photo Zak Ibsen

90' - Substitution Diego Gutierrezis substituted by Zak Ibsen90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

LA Galaxy

Chicago Fire LA Galaxy

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age25 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

2 Brown90

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

20 Okaroh

Francis Okaroh

Nigeria

B.date25/08/1963

Age35 years

H1m83

positionDefender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Gutierrez90

Diego Gutierrez

United States

B.date03/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Nowak31

Piotr Nowak

Poland

B.date05/07/1964

Age34 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

41 Klopas64

Frank Klopas

United States

B.date01/09/1966

Age32 years

H1m75

positionForward

9 Podbrozny

Jerzy Podbrozny

Poland

B.date17/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

12 Razov

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik		34	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown	90	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Francis Okaroh		35	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Diego Gutierrez	90	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak	31	34	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas	64	32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jerzy Podbrozny		31	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

20 Caligiuri67

Paul Caligiuri

United States

B.date09/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefender

16 Franchino88

Joe Franchino

United States

B.date09/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

15 Jolley

Steve Jolley

United States

B.date15/10/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

4 Fraser

Robin Fraser

United States

B.date17/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

17 Hendrickson

Ezra Hendrickson

Saint Vincent

B.date16/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m91

positionRight full-back

5 Machon

Martin Machon

Guatemala

B.date04/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

13 Jones

Cobi Jones

United States

B.date16/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

10 Cienfuegos

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

2 Pena3750

Danny Pena

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

27 Hermosillo79

Carlos Hermosillo

Mexico

B.date24/08/1964

Age34 years

H1m88

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paul Caligiuri	67	34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Joe Franchino	88	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Steve Jolley		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robin Fraser		31	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Martin Machon		25	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cobi Jones		28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos		30	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Danny Pena	3750	21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Carlos Hermosillo	79	34	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Zak Ibsen	90	26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tom Soehn	90	32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Josh Wolff	64	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Greg Vanney	88	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Clint Mathis	79	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Wélton Araújo Melo	67	23	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Klopas

Josh Wolff

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ezra Hendrickson

Wélton Araújo Melo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 1998

Bradley vs Zambrano

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 1998

Zambrano vs Bradley

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 1998

Referee

Paul Tamberino

3 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire11 matches	General total	LA Galaxy19 matches	11 victories	4 draws	4 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	LA Galaxy5 matches	4 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on June 23, 2001					Latest figure on October 27, 2001

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Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 17 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 02/05/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Diego Gutierrez played his game number 50 in Major League Soccer

LA Galaxy keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/10/1998).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes15/08/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200102/09/1998

VChicago Fire 3-1 Colorado Rapids13/09/1998

VChicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas City17/09/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 New England Revolution23/09/1998

DChicago Fire 1-1 Colorado Rapids01/10/1998

Overall

VChicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas City17/09/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 New England Revolution23/09/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Chicago Fire27/09/1998

DChicago Fire 1-1 Colorado Rapids01/10/1998

VColorado Rapids 0-1 Chicago Fire05/10/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire10/10/1998

Current form

Away

VColorado Rapids 1-6 Los Angeles Galaxy05/08/1998

VChicago Fire 1-2 Los Angeles Galaxy08/08/1998

VNew England Revolution 1-5 Los Angeles Galaxy22/08/1998

VMiami Fusion 1997-2001 3-5 Los Angeles Galaxy05/09/1998

DSan Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Los Angeles Galaxy16/09/1998

VFC Dallas 2-3 Los Angeles Galaxy04/10/1998

Overall

DSan Jose Earthquakes 0-0 Los Angeles Galaxy16/09/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 San Jose Earthquakes20/09/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Chicago Fire27/09/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 6-1 FC Dallas01/10/1998

VFC Dallas 2-3 Los Angeles Galaxy04/10/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire10/10/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	16	3
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
20	Victories (Competition total)	24
13	Victories (Home / Away)	13
4	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
11	Losses (Competition total)	7
3	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

65	Goals scored (Competition total)	94
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	47
46	Goals conceded (Competition total)	48
18	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.86	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.69
2.41	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.76
1.31	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.37
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.47

Betting aid

20	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	26
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	14
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
19	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	12
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (3 times)

Bookings

44	Yellow cards (Competition total)	55
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
3	Red cards (Competition total)	7
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Ante Razov	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Cobi Jones
Josh Wolff	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Cobi Jones
Lubos Kubik	6 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Lubos Kubik	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Jerzy Podbrozny	12 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	11 assists	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Jerzy Podbrozny	11 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	9 assists	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Lubos Kubik	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Mauricio Cienfuegos

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

6 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

6 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 20, 1998
Home	3 - 1	May 20, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	September 27, 1998
Away	2 - 1	August 08, 1998

Latest head to head

October 10, 1998 - MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

September 27, 1998 - MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

August 08, 1998 - MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

May 30, 1998 - MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

1 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 20, 1998 - MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

3 - 1

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Piotr Nowak	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Roman Kosecki	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Jesse Marsch	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Ante Razov	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Mauricio Cienfuegos	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Steve Jolley	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Wélton Araújo Melo	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Cobi Jones	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Ante Razov	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Lubos Kubik	5 matches	1998 - 1998
CJ Brown	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Jesse Marsch	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Zach Thornton	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Frank Klopas	4 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Wélton Araújo Melo	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Kevin Hartman	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Danny Pena	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Steve Jolley	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Ezra Hendrickson	5 matches	1998 - 1998
Robin Fraser	5 matches	1998 - 1998