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Columbus Crew 3-0 Chicago Fire - July 09, 1998 / MLS 1998

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MLS 1998 - Journée 20 - Conférence Est

Ohio Stadium - Columbus - United States

July 09, 1998 - 19:30

10 091

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Chicago Fire

Stern John

Assist by Jason FarrellRob Smith

40'

Assist by Andrew GregorBrian McBride

68'

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8' - Goal Stern John8

22' - Substitution Jerzy Podbroznyis substituted by Frank Klopas

34' - Yellow card Tom Dooley34

40' - Goal Rob Smith40

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46' - Substitution Piotr Nowakis substituted by Zak Ibsen

56' - Substitution Brian Maisonneuveis substituted by Andrew Gregor56

68' - Goal Brian McBride68

73' - Substitution Brian McBrideis substituted by Jeff Cunningham73

73' - Substitution Ritchie Kotschauis substituted by Diego Gutierrez

80' - Substitution Tom Dooleyis substituted by Brian West80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Columbus Crew

1 Sommer

Juergen Sommer

United States

B.date27/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

5 Dooley8034

Tom Dooley

United States

B.date12/05/1961

Age37 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 Clark

Mike Clark

United States

B.date16/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

6 Yeagley

Todd Yeagley

United States

B.date20/09/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

13 Elcock

Ancil Elcock

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date17/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

10 Maisonneuve56

Brian Maisonneuve

United States

B.date28/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

12 Farrell

Jason Farrell

United States

B.date31/12/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

9 Thompson

Billy Thompson

United States

B.date05/05/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

16 Smith40

Rob Smith

United States

B.date20/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

20 McBride6873

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

14 John8

Stern John

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date30/10/1976

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Juergen Sommer		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tom Dooley	8034	37	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mike Clark		25	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Todd Yeagley		25	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ancil Elcock		29	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Brian Maisonneuve	56	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Jason Farrell		27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Billy Thompson		30	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rob Smith	40	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride	6873	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Stern John	8	21	15	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

Chicago Fire

24 Coufal

Scott Coufal

United States

B.date27/08/1974

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

3 Kotschau73

Ritchie Kotschau

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

20 Okaroh

Francis Okaroh

Nigeria

B.date25/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionDefender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Nowak46

Piotr Nowak

Poland

B.date05/07/1964

Age34 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11 Kosecki

Roman Kosecki

Poland

B.date15/02/1966

Age32 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Podbrozny22

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
24	G	Scott Coufal		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik		34	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ritchie Kotschau	73	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Francis Okaroh		34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak	46	34	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Roman Kosecki		32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jerzy Podbrozny	22	31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	Brian West	80	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Andrew Gregor	56	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jeff Cunningham	73	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Zak Ibsen	46	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Diego Gutierrez	73	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas	22	31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tom Dooley

Scott Cannon

OUT

Rob Smith

Andrew Gregor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ante Razov

Josh Wolff

OUT

Scott Coufal

Zach Thornton

OUT

Piotr Nowak

Diego Gutierrez

OUT

Francis Okaroh

Zak Ibsen

OUT

Chris Armas

Frank Klopas

OUT

Roman Kosecki

Andrew Lewis

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Fitzgerald

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Fitzgerald vs Chicago Fire

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 09, 1998

Fitzgerald vs Bradley

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 09, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Bradley vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 09, 1998

Bradley vs Fitzgerald

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 09, 1998

Referee

Paul Tamberino

6 victories	3 draws	2 losses	Columbus Crew11 matches	General total	Chicago Fire11 matches	3 victories	4 draws	4 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Columbus Crew3 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on May 26, 2001					Latest figure on June 23, 2001

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Columbus Crew has ended with the score 3-0 , It was on the 11/05/1997 (vs )

Chicago Fire keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 06/06/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/05/1998 (4 matches)

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 8 consecutive wins (since 06/06/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 23/05/1998 (3 matches)

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

	1	D.C. United	32 pts	19 rd
+1	2	Columbus Crew	27 pts	17 rd
-1	3	Metrostars	25 pts	17 rd
	4	New England Revolution	13 pts	17 rd
	5	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	12 pts	17 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VColumbus Crew 2-1 New York Red Bulls20/06/1998

Overall

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

VColumbus Crew 2-1 New York Red Bulls20/06/1998

DSan Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Columbus Crew03/07/1998

VRochester New York 1-2 Columbus Crew07/07/1998

Current form

Away

DColorado Rapids 4-4 Chicago Fire25/04/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-2 Chicago Fire16/05/1998

DLos Angeles Galaxy 1-1 Chicago Fire30/05/1998

VNew England Revolution 1-3 Chicago Fire14/06/1998

VFC Dallas 0-1 Chicago Fire04/07/1998

VChicago Sockers 1-3 Chicago Fire06/07/1998

Overall

VNew England Revolution 1-3 Chicago Fire14/06/1998

VChicago Fire 1-0 FC Dallas17/06/1998

VChicago Fire 4-1 Sporting Kansas City24/06/1998

VChicago Fire 4-1 FC Dallas01/07/1998

VFC Dallas 0-1 Chicago Fire04/07/1998

VChicago Sockers 1-3 Chicago Fire06/07/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	7	4
Conceding streak	8	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	8
Unbeaten streak	6	12
Drawless streak	3	8
Scoring streak	6	14
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	18
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	12
5	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	4
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	40
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	18
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.88	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.22
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.86	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.13

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	21
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Stern John	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Roman Kosecki
Stern John	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jerzy Podbrozny
Stern John	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Lubos Kubik
Stern John	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jason Farrell	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	10 assists	Jerzy Podbrozny
Jason Farrell	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Piotr Nowak
Stern John	5 goals, 1 assist during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 10 assists during the last 11 matches	Jerzy Podbrozny

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 06, 1998
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 06, 1998 - MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

2 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

	Piotr Nowak	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Ritchie Kotschau	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Robert Warzycha	1 match	1998 - 1998
Jeff Cunningham	1 match	1998 - 1998
Stern John	1 match	1998 - 1998
Mark Dougherty	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ricardo Iribarren	1 match	1998 - 1998
Andrew Gregor	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Jesse Marsch	1 match	1998 - 1998
Jerzy Podbrozny	1 match	1998 - 1998
Zak Ibsen	1 match	1998 - 1998
Lubos Kubik	1 match	1998 - 1998
Francis Okaroh	1 match	1998 - 1998
Chris Armas	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jorge Salcedo

30 matches

11 matches

1997 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/03/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jorge Salcedo

30 matches

11 matches

1997 - 1998

Total : 1 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/03/1997. 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	32	19	14	7	5	45	32	+13
+12	Columbus Crew	27	17	9	4	8	33	23	+10
-13	Metrostars	25	17	9	1	8	31	30	+1
4	New England Revolution	13	17	5	4	12	30	39	-9
5	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	12	17	6	3	11	15	36	-21
6	Tampa Bay Mutiny	12	18	4	3	14	20	32	-12

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Columbus Crew 3-0 Chicago Fire - July 09, 1998 / MLS 1998

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Chicago Fire

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 Chicago Fire

Fitzgerald vs Bradley

Manager

Bradley vs Columbus Crew

Bradley 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 Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking