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Chicago Fire 1-2 LA Galaxy - September 07, 2002 / MLS 2002

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MLS 2002 - Journée 28

Cardinal Stadium - Naperville - United States

September 07, 2002 - 20:30

15 731

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

Assist by CJ BrownJesse Marsch

79'

Carlos RuizAssist by Simon Elliott

87'

Carlos RuizAssist by Simon Elliott

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8' - Goal Jesse Marsch8

13' - Yellow card Carlos Ruiz

15' - Yellow card Ezra Hendrickson

20' - Yellow card Dema Kovalenko20

32' - Yellow card Alexi Lalas

45' - Red card Ezra Hendrickson

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51' - Red card Dema Kovalenko51

55' - Substitution Brian Mullanis substituted by Chris Albright

57' - Yellow card Hristo Stoichkov57

63' - Yellow card David Vaudreuil63

78' - Substitution Hristo Stoichkovis substituted by Kelly Gray78

79' - Goal Carlos Ruiz

87' - Goal Carlos Ruiz

89' - Substitution Carlos Ruizis substituted by Cobi Jones

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

Chicago Fire LA Galaxy

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra

United States

B.date25/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

22 Vaudreuil63

David Vaudreuil

United States

B.date21/12/1966

Age35 years

H1m70

positionDefender

30 Perez

Orlando Perez

United States

B.date12/07/1977

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

15 Marsch8

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

10 Nowak

Piotr Nowak

Poland

B.date05/07/1964

Age38 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

7 Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley

United States

B.date24/05/1982

Age20 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8 Stoichkov7857

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age36 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

9 Razov

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionForward

21 Kovalenko2051

Dema Kovalenko

Ukraine

B.date28/08/1977

Age25 years

H1m72

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		28	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Carlos Bocanegra		23	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	David Vaudreuil	63	35	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Orlando Perez		25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch	8	28	183	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak		38	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	DaMarcus Beasley		20	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Hristo Stoichkov	7857	36	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ante Razov		28	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Dema Kovalenko	2051	25	121	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

110

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

30 Lalas32

Alexi Lalas

United States

B.date01/06/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

14 Marshall

Tyrone Marshall

Jamaica

B.date12/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

17 Hendrickson1545

Ezra Hendrickson

Saint Vincent

B.date16/01/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight full-back

6 Waibel

Craig Waibel

United States

B.date21/08/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionFull-back

9 Mullan55

Brian Mullan

United States

B.date23/04/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

12 Elliott

Simon Elliott

New Zealand

B.date10/06/1974

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

11 Victorine

Sasha Victorine

United States

B.date03/02/1978

Age24 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

8 Vagenas

Peter Vagenas

United States

B.date06/02/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

10 Cienfuegos

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age34 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

20 Ruiz79878913

Carlos Ruiz

Guatemala

B.date15/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Alexi Lalas	32	32	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Tyrone Marshall		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson	1545	30	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Craig Waibel		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Brian Mullan	55	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Simon Elliott		28	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Sasha Victorine		24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Vagenas		24	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos		34	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Carlos Ruiz	79878913	22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
6	D		Kelly Gray	78	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
13	M		Cobi Jones	89	32	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M		Chris Albright	55	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Vaudreuil

Jim Curtin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Hartman

Matt Reis

OUT

Craig Waibel

Cobi Jones

OUT

Brian Mullan

Danny Califf

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

192

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

6 victories

4 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on September 07, 2002

Bradley vs Schmid

3 victories

2 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on September 07, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Schmid

147

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Schmid vs Chicago Fire

11 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 07, 2002

Schmid vs Bradley

11 victories

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 07, 2002

Referee

Jair Marrufo

12 victories	12 draws	14 losses	Chicago Fire38 matches	General total	LA Galaxy60 matches	29 victories	13 draws	18 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	LA Galaxy2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 14, 2019					Latest figure on October 14, 2023

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Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded at home running (since 14/08/2002).

Chicago Fire keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs LA Galaxy running (since 13/10/2001). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 25/08/2001 (5 matches)

The last time Carlos Ruiz scored at least 2 goals during the same game vs Chicago Fire in his professional career , it was on the 06/04/2002 (avec Los Angeles Galaxy vs Chicago Fire )

Read the next 24 key stats

General ranking

6	Metrostars	35 pts	25 rd
7	Kansas City Wizards	35 pts	26 rd
8	Chicago Fire	34 pts	26 rd
9	New England Revolution	32 pts	26 rd
10	D.C. United	26 pts	25 rd

General ranking

1	San Jose Earthquakes	45 pts	26 rd
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	45 pts	26 rd
3	Dallas Burn	40 pts	26 rd
4	Colorado Rapids	39 pts	26 rd
5	Columbus Crew	35 pts	26 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 2-1 Atlético Morelia10/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United20/07/2002

VChicago Fire 3-0 New York Red Bulls27/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United31/07/2002

VChicago Fire 5-1 Sporting Kansas City14/08/2002

LChicago Fire 1-2 New England Revolution24/08/2002

Overall

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United31/07/2002

LFC Dallas 3-1 Chicago Fire10/08/2002

VChicago Fire 5-1 Sporting Kansas City14/08/2002

VNew England Revolution 0-2 Chicago Fire18/08/2002

LChicago Fire 1-2 New England Revolution24/08/2002

LSporting Kansas City 2-1 Chicago Fire31/08/2002

Current form

Away

LSan Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy07/07/2002

VColorado Rapids 1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy13/07/2002

VMinnesota Thunder 0-4 Los Angeles Galaxy17/07/2002

VSan Jose Earthquakes 0-1 Los Angeles Galaxy07/08/2002

LColumbus Crew 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy14/08/2002

LFC Dallas 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy24/08/2002

Overall

LColumbus Crew 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy14/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-0 Colorado Rapids17/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Sporting Kansas City21/08/2002

LFC Dallas 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy24/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-0 New York Red Bulls31/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-1 FC Dallas03/09/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	13	9
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

8	General ranking (Competition total)	2
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	25
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	13
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
4	Draws (Home / Away)	1
11	Losses (Competition total)	9
4	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

40	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
33	Goals conceded (Competition total)	32
16	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	22
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.6
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.17
1.32	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.83

Betting aid

14	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (3 times)

Bookings

51	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ante Razov	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	20 goals	Carlos Ruiz
Ante Razov	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Carlos Ruiz
Ante Razov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Carlos Ruiz
Ante Razov	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Carlos Ruiz
Josh Wolff	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Cobi Jones
Josh Wolff	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Ante Razov	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	10 goals, 1 assist during the last 11 matches	Carlos Ruiz

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

3 v

2 d

5 l

13 gf

14 ga

Away

10 matches

2 v

2 d

6 l

8 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

22 matches

6 v

4 d

12 l

23 gf

27 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

2 d

2 l

11 gf

8 ga

Away

10 matches

5 v

2 d

3 l

14 gf

13 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

22 matches

12 v

4 d

6 l

27 gf

23 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 25, 2001
Home	3 - 1	May 20, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	June 08, 2002
Away	1 - 0	May 11, 2002

Latest head to head

June 08, 2002 - MLS 2002

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 11, 2002 - MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

0 - 1

LA Galaxy

April 06, 2002 - MLS 2002

LA Galaxy

2 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

October 17, 2001 - MLS 2001

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

October 13, 2001 - MLS 2001

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Ante Razov	4 goals	1998 - 2002
Piotr Nowak	3 goals	1998 - 1998
Josh Wolff	3 goals	1999 - 2000
DaMarcus Beasley	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Jesse Marsch	2 goals	1998 - 2001
Hristo Stoichkov	2 goals	2000 - 2001

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

Carlos Ruiz	3 goals	2002 - 2002
Luis Hernandez	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Peter Vagenas	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Cobi Jones	3 goals	1998 - 2000
Simon Elliott	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Alexi Lalas	2 goals	2001 - 2002

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

Zach Thornton	22 matches	1998 - 2002
Jesse Marsch	22 matches	1998 - 2002
CJ Brown	20 matches	1998 - 2002
Piotr Nowak	20 matches	1998 - 2002
Ante Razov	18 matches	1998 - 2002
Chris Armas	15 matches	1998 - 2002

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

Mauricio Cienfuegos	21 matches	1998 - 2002
Ezra Hendrickson	21 matches	1998 - 2002
Kevin Hartman	17 matches	1998 - 2002
Greg Vanney	17 matches	1998 - 2001
Cobi Jones	16 matches	1998 - 2002
Paul Caligiuri	14 matches	1998 - 2001

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

They played in both sides

Ante Razov

144 matches

11 matches

1996 - 2002

Chris Armas

128 matches

60 matches

1996 - 2002

Zak Ibsen

34 matches

66 matches

1998 - 2001

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

46 matches

1996 - 2000

Jorge Campos

10 matches

53 matches

1996 - 1998

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Zak Ibsen

34 matches

66 matches

1998 - 2001

Chris Armas

128 matches

60 matches

1996 - 2002

Jorge Campos

10 matches

53 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

46 matches

1996 - 2000

Ante Razov

144 matches

11 matches

1996 - 2002

Total : 5 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

September 05, 2002

20:00

FC Dallas

1 3

Red Bulls

Line-ups available

September 07, 2002

19:30

New England

3 0

D.C. United

Line-ups available

22:00

San Jose

4 3a.e.t.

Columbus Crew

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	San Jose Earthquakes	45	26	14	3	9	45	33	+12
2	Los Angeles Galaxy	45	26	14	3	9	42	33	+9
3	Dallas Burn	40	26	11	7	8	39	38	+1
4	Colorado Rapids	39	26	12	3	11	40	46	-6
5	Columbus Crew	35	26	10	5	11	41	41	0
6	Metrostars	35	25	11	2	12	40	41	-1
7	Kansas City Wizards	35	26	9	8	9	35	42	-7
8	Chicago Fire	34	26	10	4	12	41	35	+6
9	New England Revolution	32	26	10	2	14	44	48	-4
10	D.C. United	26	25	7	5	13	25	35	-10

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Chicago Fire 1-2 LA Galaxy - September 07, 2002 / MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

Bradley vs Schmid

Manager

Schmid vs Chicago Fire

Schmid vs Bradley

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking