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Columbus Crew 2-1 Metrostars - June 20, 1998 / MLS 1998

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MLS 1998 - Round 16 - Eastern Conference

Ohio Stadium - Columbus - United States

June 20, 1998 - 19:30

11 301

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars

Assist by Andrew GregorStern John

29'

Assist by Marcelo CarreraBilly Thompson

63'

Brian KellyAssist by Eduardo Hurtado

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7' - Goal Brian Kelly

26' - Yellow card Matt Knowles

29' - Goal Stern John29

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48' - Yellow card Todd Yeagley48

63' - Goal Billy Thompson photo Ubusuku Abukusumo

63' - Substitution Ricardo Iribarrenis substituted by Ubusuku Abukusumo63

76' - Substitution Ramiro Corralesis substituted by Kerry Zavagnin photo Miles Joseph

76' - Substitution Paul Doughertyis substituted by Miles Joseph

79' - Substitution Brian Westis substituted by Jeff Cunningham79

83' - Substitution Marcelo Carrerais substituted by Rob Smith83

87' - Yellow card Ancil Elcock87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars

Columbus Crew Metrostars

Team line-ups

Columbus Crew

33 Dougherty

Mark Dougherty

United States

B.date07/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

4 Iribarren63

Ricardo Iribarren

Argentina

B.date02/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefender

3 Clark

Mike Clark

United States

B.date16/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

13 Elcock87

Ancil Elcock

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date17/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

6 Yeagley48

Todd Yeagley

United States

B.date20/09/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

17 West79

Brian West

United States

B.date10/06/1978

Age20 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

15 Gregor

Andrew Gregor

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

12 Farrell

Jason Farrell

United States

B.date31/12/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

9 Thompson63

Billy Thompson

United States

B.date05/05/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

22 Carrera83

Marcelo Carrera

Argentina

B.date01/10/1962

Age35 years

H1m68

positionStriker

14 John29

Stern John

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date30/10/1976

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Mark Dougherty		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ricardo Iribarren	63	30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mike Clark		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ancil Elcock	87	29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Todd Yeagley	48	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Brian West	79	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Andrew Gregor		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Jason Farrell		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Billy Thompson	63	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Marcelo Carrera	83	35	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Stern John	29	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Metrostars

1 Meola

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

12 Petke

Mike Petke

United States

B.date30/01/1976

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

16 Corrales76

Ramiro Corrales

United States

B.date12/03/1977

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

4 Soñora

Diego Soñora

Argentina

B.date17/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

3 Knowles26

Matt Knowles

United States

B.date07/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

6 Sorber

Mike Sorber

United States

B.date14/05/1971

Age27 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

20 Kelly7

Brian Kelly

United States

B.date06/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

13 Rooney

Jim Rooney

United States

B.date09/09/1968

Age29 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

8 Dougherty76

Paul Dougherty

England

B.date12/05/1966

Age32 years

H1m60

positionForward

29 Hurtado

Eduardo Hurtado

Ecuador

B.date02/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionForward

17 Savarese

Giovanni Savarese

Venezuela

B.date14/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m83

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola		29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Mike Petke		22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Ramiro Corrales	76	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Diego Soñora		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Matt Knowles	26	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mike Sorber		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Brian Kelly	7	23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Jim Rooney		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Paul Dougherty	76	32	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Eduardo Hurtado		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Giovanni Savarese		26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Ubusuku Abukusumo	63	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rob Smith	83	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jeff Cunningham	79	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
21	D		Kerry Zavagnin	76	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M		Miles Joseph	76	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Billy Thompson

Scott Cannon

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Fitzgerald

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Fitzgerald vs Metrostars

5 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on June 20, 1998

Fitzgerald vs Mondelo

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Alfonso Mondelo

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Mondelo vs Columbus Crew

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 1998

Mondelo vs Fitzgerald

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 20, 1998

Referee

Kevin Terry

9 victories	6 draws	10 losses	Columbus Crew25 matches	General total	Metrostars27 matches	13 victories	5 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Columbus Crew2 matches	Season total	Metrostars3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 22, 2005					Latest figure on July 04, 2005

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Comments

Key figures

Columbus Crew keeps its 4 consecutive wins vs Metrostars running (since 11/05/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

Columbus Crew keeps its 7 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 04/04/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/09/1996 (5 matches)

Tom Fitzgerald has registered 100 goal(s) since the 02/08/1996 as the manager of Columbus Crew next after this match..

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	D.C. United	29 pts	17 rd
+1	2	Columbus Crew	24 pts	15 rd
-1	3	Metrostars	22 pts	15 rd
	4	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	11 pts	15 rd
	5	New England Revolution	10 pts	13 rd

General ranking

	1	D.C. United	29 pts	17 rd
+1	2	Columbus Crew	24 pts	15 rd
-1	3	Metrostars	22 pts	15 rd
	4	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	11 pts	15 rd
	5	New England Revolution	10 pts	13 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VColumbus Crew 2-1 D.C. United04/04/1998

VColumbus Crew 3-2 New England Revolution11/04/1998

VColumbus Crew 5-1 Miami Fusion 1997-200118/04/1998

LColumbus Crew 2-4 Los Angeles Galaxy17/05/1998

VColumbus Crew 4-1 San Jose Earthquakes30/05/1998

DColumbus Crew 3-3 D.C. United13/06/1998

Overall

LColumbus Crew 2-4 Los Angeles Galaxy17/05/1998

VNew England Revolution 0-2 Columbus Crew22/05/1998

DSporting Kansas City 1-1 Columbus Crew27/05/1998

VColumbus Crew 4-1 San Jose Earthquakes30/05/1998

LChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew06/06/1998

DColumbus Crew 3-3 D.C. United13/06/1998

Current form

Away

LSporting Kansas City 2-0 Metrostars04/04/1998

VChicago Fire 0-1 Metrostars17/04/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 0-1 Metrostars03/05/1998

LD.C. United 2-0 Metrostars09/05/1998

DNew England Revolution 1-1 Metrostars31/05/1998

VMiami Fusion 1997-2001 1-2 Metrostars07/06/1998

Overall

VMetrostars 4-3 D.C. United16/05/1998

VMetrostars 4-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200123/05/1998

DNew England Revolution 1-1 Metrostars31/05/1998

LMetrostars 1-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny03/06/1998

VMiami Fusion 1997-2001 1-2 Metrostars07/06/1998

VMetrostars 3-1 Miami Fusion 1997-200113/06/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	7	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	3	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

14	Number of games (Competition total)	14
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
7	Victories (Competition total)	7
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	6
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	25
19	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.93	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
3.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.71
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.29

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Stern John	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Stern John	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Giovanni Savarese
Stern John	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Stern John	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jason Farrell	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Eduardo Hurtado
Jason Farrell	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Eduardo Hurtado
Jason Farrell	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Giovanni Savarese

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

0 d

3 l

11 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

5 gf

7 ga

Total

8 matches

3 v

0 d

5 l

8 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 11, 1997
Home	3 - 0	May 11, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 30, 1996
Away	4 - 0	June 30, 1996

Latest head to head

September 25, 1997 - MLS 1997

Metrostars

0 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

June 21, 1997 - MLS 1997

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars logo Metrostars

May 11, 1997 - MLS 1997

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Metrostars logo Metrostars

April 26, 1997 - MLS 1997

Metrostars

2 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

September 18, 1996 - MLS 1996

Metrostars

1 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Metrostars

Brian McBride	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Marcelo Carrera	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Doctor Khumalo	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Brian Maisonneuve	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Mike Clark	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Billy Thompson	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Mike Sorber	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Tab Ramos	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Antony De Avila	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Giovanni Savarese	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Chris Unger	1 goal	1996 - 1996
A. J. Wood	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

Todd Yeagley	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Mike Clark	8 matches	1996 - 1997
Brian Maisonneuve	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Marcelo Carrera	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Doctor Khumalo	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Brad Friedel	6 matches	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Jeff Zaun	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Tony Meola	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Rhett Harty	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Giovanni Savarese	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Miles Joseph	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Cristian da Silva	5 matches	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brian Bliss

31 matches

19 matches

1996 - 1997

A. J. Wood

19 matches

36 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 2 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

A. J. Wood

19 matches

36 matches

1996 - 1997

Brian Bliss

31 matches

19 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 2 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

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	D.C. United	29	17	13	7	4	41	28	+13
+12	Columbus Crew	24	15	8	3	7	29	22	+7
-13	Metrostars	22	15	8	1	7	26	26	0
4	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	11	15	5	2	10	13	32	-19
5	New England Revolution	10	13	4	3	9	21	28	-7
6	Tampa Bay Mutiny	9	15	3	2	12	16	28	-12

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Columbus Crew 2-1 Metrostars - June 20, 1998 / MLS 1998

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars

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

Fitzgerald vs Metrostars

Fitzgerald vs Mondelo

Manager

Mondelo vs Columbus Crew

Mondelo vs Fitzgerald

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 Metrostars

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking