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LA Galaxy 1-0 Chicago Fire - September 27, 1998 / MLS 1998

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MLS 1998 - Round 34 - Western Conference

Rose Bowl - Pasadena - United States

September 27, 1998 - 20:30

20 105

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire

Assist by Ezra HendricksonCobi Jones

87'

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46' - Substitution Ante Razovis substituted by Jorge Campos

58' - Substitution Piotr Nowakis substituted by Tony Kuhn

59' - Substitution Danny Penais substituted by Wellington Sanchez59

75' - Substitution Robin Fraseris substituted by Ezra Hendrickson75

75' - Substitution CJ Brownis substituted by Josh Keller

87' - Goal Cobi Jones87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire

LA Galaxy Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

4 Fraser75

Robin Fraser

United States

B.date17/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

20 Caligiuri

Paul Caligiuri

United States

B.date09/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefender

15 Jolley

Steve Jolley

United States

B.date15/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

16 Franchino

Joe Franchino

United States

B.date09/08/1976

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

2 Pena59

Danny Pena

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

5 Machon

Martin Machon

Guatemala

B.date04/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

10 Cienfuegos

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

13 Jones87

Cobi Jones

United States

B.date16/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

19 Araújo Melo

Wélton Araújo Melo

Brazil

B.date17/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

27 Hermosillo

Carlos Hermosillo

Mexico

B.date24/08/1964

Age34 years

H1m88

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robin Fraser	75	31	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paul Caligiuri		34	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Steve Jolley		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Joe Franchino		22	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Danny Pena	59	21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Martin Machon		25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos		30	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cobi Jones	87	28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Wélton Araújo Melo		23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Carlos Hermosillo		34	18	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

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

2 Brown75

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6 Soehn

Tom Soehn

United States

B.date15/04/1966

Age32 years

H1m77

positionDefender

3 Kotschau

Ritchie Kotschau

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

25 Ibsen

Zak Ibsen

United States

B.date02/06/1972

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

10 Nowak58

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

8 Gutierrez

Diego Gutierrez

United States

B.date03/11/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

12 Razov46

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionForward

41 Klopas

Frank Klopas

United States

B.date01/09/1966

Age32 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik		34	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown	75	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tom Soehn		32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ritchie Kotschau		22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Zak Ibsen		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak	58	34	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Diego Gutierrez		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov	46	24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas		32	29	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
17	D		Ezra Hendrickson	75	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M		Wellington Sanchez	59	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jorge Campos	46	31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Josh Keller	75	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Tony Kuhn	58	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Hartman

Matt Reis

OUT

Paul Caligiuri

Greg Vanney

OUT

Joe Franchino

Clint Mathis

OUT

Danny Pena

Ezra Hendrickson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Klopas

Roman Kosecki

OUT

Zach Thornton

Jorge Campos

OUT

Tom Soehn

Francis Okaroh

OUT

Jesse Marsch

Josh Keller

OUT

Zak Ibsen

Chris Armas

OUT

Diego Gutierrez

Jerzy Podbrozny

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1998

Zambrano vs Bradley

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 27, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 1998

Bradley vs Zambrano

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 27, 1998

Referee

Ali Saheli

7 victories	1 draw	5 losses	LA Galaxy13 matches	General total	Chicago Fire12 matches	5 victories	0 draw	7 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	LA Galaxy1 match	Season total	Chicago Fire2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on September 13, 2003					Latest figure on July 20, 2004

Videos

March 09, 2024

Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 02/09/1998).

End of streak for LA Galaxy after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Chicago Fire (since 20/05/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Cobi Jones scores 1 goal vs Chicago Fire in his professional career

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	68 pts	32 rd
	2	Chicago Fire	56 pts	32 rd
	3	Colorado Rapids	44 pts	32 rd
	4	Dallas Burn	37 pts	32 rd
+1	5	San Jose Clash	33 pts	32 rd

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	68 pts	32 rd
	2	Chicago Fire	56 pts	32 rd
	3	Colorado Rapids	44 pts	32 rd
	4	Dallas Burn	37 pts	32 rd
+1	5	San Jose Clash	33 pts	32 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200118/07/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 D.C. United25/07/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-0 Sporting Kansas City13/08/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-3 Columbus Crew29/08/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-0 FC Dallas02/09/1998

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

Overall

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

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-3 Columbus Crew29/08/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-0 FC Dallas02/09/1998

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

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

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

Current form

Away

LD.C. United 4-1 Chicago Fire18/07/1998

LNew York Red Bulls 3-2 Chicago Fire25/07/1998

LSan Jose Earthquakes 3-0 Chicago Fire29/07/1998

VColorado Rapids 0-2 Chicago Fire21/08/1998

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 Chicago Fire29/08/1998

LFC Dallas 3-2 Chicago Fire10/09/1998

Overall

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 Chicago Fire29/08/1998

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

LFC Dallas 3-2 Chicago Fire10/09/1998

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

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	3
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	3	10
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
21	Victories (Competition total)	18
9	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
3	Draws (Home / Away)	3
6	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

84	Goals scored (Competition total)	62
40	Goals scored (Home / Away)	22
44	Goals conceded (Competition total)	44
21	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	27
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.47
1.42	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.42
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.8

Betting aid

24	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	20
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
20	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	18
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
5-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

48	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
7	Red cards (Competition total)	3
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Cobi Jones	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Ante Razov
Mauricio Cienfuegos	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Jerzy Podbrozny
Mauricio Cienfuegos	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Lubos Kubik
Mauricio Cienfuegos	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Lubos Kubik
Cobi Jones	9 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	12 assists	Jerzy Podbrozny
Carlos Hermosillo	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Piotr Nowak
Cobi Jones	10 goals, 4 assists during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 3 assists during the last 8 matches	Josh Wolff

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	August 08, 1998
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 20, 1998
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

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 Chicago Fire

Mauricio Cienfuegos	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Steve Jolley	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Wélton Araújo Melo	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 LA Galaxy

Piotr Nowak	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Roman Kosecki	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.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Wélton Araújo Melo	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Kevin Hartman	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Danny Pena	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Greg Vanney	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Steve Jolley	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Clint Mathis	3 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 LA Galaxy

Ante Razov	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Lubos Kubik	3 matches	1998 - 1998
CJ Brown	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Frank Klopas	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Jesse Marsch	3 matches	1998 - 1998
Zach Thornton	3 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.

They played in both sides

Chris Armas

60 matches

33 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

53 matches

9 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

35 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

11 matches

31 matches

1996 - 1998

Total : 4 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

Chris Armas

60 matches

33 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

11 matches

31 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

35 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

53 matches

9 matches

1996 - 1998

Total : 4 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	Los Angeles Galaxy	68	32	24	4	8	85	44	+41
2	Chicago Fire	56	32	20	3	12	62	45	+17
3	Colorado Rapids	44	32	16	4	16	62	69	-7
4	Dallas Burn	37	32	15	6	17	43	59	-16
+15	San Jose Clash	33	32	13	8	19	48	60	-12
-16	Kansas City Wizards	32	32	12	6	20	45	50	-5

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LA Galaxy 1-0 Chicago Fire - September 27, 1998 / MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

1 - 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

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

Zambrano vs Bradley

Manager

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

Bradley vs Zambrano

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 LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking