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Chicago Fire 2-2 Columbus Crew - September 20, 2009 / MLS 2009

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MLS 2009 - Round 27 - Eastern Conference

Toyota Park - Bridgeview - United States

September 20, 2009

16 549

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Columbus Crew

Assist by Brian McBridePeter Lowry

Peter Lowry

35'

55'

Guillermo Barros SchelottoAssist by Robbie Rogers

78'

Guillermo Barros Schelotto (penalty)

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6' - Goal Peter Lowry6

35' - Goal Peter Lowry35

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55' - Goal G. Barros Schelotto

63' - Substitution Cuauhtémoc Blancois substituted by Justin Mapp63

68' - Substitution Andy Irois substituted by Eddie Gaven photo Steve Lenhart

68' - Substitution Emmanuel Ekpois substituted by Steve Lenhart

78' - Goal G. Barros Schelotto

83' - Substitution Marco Pappais substituted by Patrick Nyarko83

87' - Substitution Peter Lowryis substituted by Calen Carr87

87' - Substitution G. Barros Schelottois substituted by Emilio Rentería

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Columbus Crew

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

1 Busch

Jon Busch

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age33 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age34 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

6 Prideaux

Brandon Prideaux

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age33 years

H1m83

positionDefender

22 Conde

Wilman Conde

Colombia

B.date29/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

7 Pause

Logan Pause

United States

B.date22/08/1981

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

29 Lowry63587

Peter Lowry

United States

B.date08/09/1985

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

18 Banner

Mike Banner

United States

B.date20/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

16 Pappa83

Marco Pappa

Guatemala

B.date15/11/1987

Age21 years

H1m78

positionWinger

10 Blanco63

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Mexico

B.date17/01/1973

Age36 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Forward

20 McBride

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age37 years

H1m83

positionStriker

17 Rolfe

Chris Rolfe

United States

B.date17/01/1983

Age26 years

H1m73

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jon Busch		33	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		34	336	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Brandon Prideaux		33	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Wilman Conde		27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Logan Pause		28	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Peter Lowry	63587	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Mike Banner		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Marco Pappa	83	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	63	36	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride		37	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Chris Rolfe		26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Columbus Crew

1 Hesmer

William Hesmer

United States

B.date23/11/1981

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Iro68

Andy Iro

England

B.date26/11/1984

Age24 years

H1m96

positionDefender

23 Brunner

Eric Brunner

United States

B.date12/02/1986

Age23 years

H1m93

positionDefender

4 Padula

Gino Padula

Argentina

B.date11/07/1976

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

2 Hejduk

Frankie Hejduk

United States

B.date05/08/1974

Age35 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

16 Carroll

Brian Carroll

United States

B.date20/07/1981

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

17 Ekpo68

Emmanuel Ekpo

Nigeria

B.date20/12/1987

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentre Midfield

19 Rogers

Robbie Rogers

United States

B.date12/05/1987

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

5 O'Rourke

Danny O'Rourke

United States

B.date31/05/1983

Age26 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

7 Barros Schelotto557887

Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Argentina

B.date04/05/1973

Age36 years

H1m71

positionForward

10 Moreno

Alejandro Moreno

Venezuela

B.date08/07/1979

Age30 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	William Hesmer		27	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Andy Iro	68	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Eric Brunner		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gino Padula		33	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Frankie Hejduk		35	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Brian Carroll		28	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Emmanuel Ekpo	68	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Robbie Rogers		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Danny O'Rourke		26	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	G. Barros Schelotto	557887	36	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Alejandro Moreno		30	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
14	M	Patrick Nyarko	83	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Justin Mapp	63	24	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	F	Calen Carr	87	26	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Emilio Rentería	87	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Eddie Gaven	68	22	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Steve Lenhart	68	23	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brandon Prideaux

Dasan Robinson

OUT

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Justin Mapp

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eric Brunner

Duncan Oughton

OUT

Gino Padula

Jed Zayner

OUT

Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Jason Garey

OUT

Alejandro Moreno

Steve Lenhart

OUT

Frankie Hejduk

Eddie Gaven

OUT

Robbie Rogers

Adam Moffat

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Denis Hamlett

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hamlett vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2009

Hamlett vs Warzycha

0 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Warzycha

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Warzycha vs Chicago Fire

1 victory

4 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2009

Warzycha vs Hamlett

0 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2009

Referee

Mark Geiger

5 victories	12 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire21 matches	General total	Columbus Crew27 matches	13 victories	4 draws	10 losses
0 victory	3 draws	0 loss	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	Columbus Crew2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on August 14, 2016					Latest figure on August 11, 2018

Videos

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Columbus Crew after 10 consecutive matches without a draw (since 18/07/2009). It was the best streak for the club since 08/09/2007-10/05/2008 (14 matches).

It's the first time in his career that Peter Lowry scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career

William Hesmer played his game number 10 vs Chicago Fire in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

1	Columbus Crew	43 pts	25 rd
2	Chicago Fire	40 pts	26 rd
3	D.C. United	36 pts	26 rd
4	Toronto FC	34 pts	26 rd
5	New England Revolution	34 pts	24 rd

General ranking

1	Columbus Crew	43 pts	25 rd
2	Chicago Fire	40 pts	26 rd
3	D.C. United	36 pts	26 rd
4	Toronto FC	34 pts	26 rd
5	New England Revolution	34 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes18/07/2009

VChicago Fire 1-0 Real Salt Lake01/08/2009

DChicago Fire 1-1 Tigres UANL05/08/2009

LChicago Fire 0-2 Los Angeles Galaxy19/08/2009

VChicago Fire 3-2 Colorado Rapids23/08/2009

LChicago Fire 0-1 D.C. United29/08/2009

Overall

LHouston Dynamo 3-2 Chicago Fire09/08/2009

VSporting Kansas City 0-2 Chicago Fire16/08/2009

LChicago Fire 0-2 Los Angeles Galaxy19/08/2009

VChicago Fire 3-2 Colorado Rapids23/08/2009

LChicago Fire 0-1 D.C. United29/08/2009

DReal Salt Lake 1-1 Chicago Fire12/09/2009

Current form

Away

DChicago Fire 0-0 Columbus Crew11/07/2009

VColorado Rapids 0-1 Columbus Crew01/08/2009

VSan Jose Earthquakes 0-3 Columbus Crew08/08/2009

LCruz Azul 5-0 Columbus Crew26/08/2009

LNew York Red Bulls 1-0 Columbus Crew30/08/2009

VDeportivo Saprissa 0-1 Columbus Crew16/09/2009

Overall

VColumbus Crew 2-0 FC Dallas15/08/2009

VColumbus Crew 2-0 Puerto Rico Islanders18/08/2009

LCruz Azul 5-0 Columbus Crew26/08/2009

LNew York Red Bulls 1-0 Columbus Crew30/08/2009

VColumbus Crew 2-1 Houston Dynamo13/09/2009

VDeportivo Saprissa 0-1 Columbus Crew16/09/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	1
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	3
728	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	618
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

25	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
10	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
9	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
6	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
29	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.08
1.16	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.08
1.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.08

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (4 times)

Bookings

42	Yellow cards (Competition total)	40
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
4	Red cards (Competition total)	5
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Brian McBride	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	G. Barros Schelotto
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	G. Barros Schelotto
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	G. Barros Schelotto
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	G. Barros Schelotto
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Robbie Rogers
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Robbie Rogers
Marco Pappa	1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 6 matches	Eddie Gaven

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

11 v

6 d

5 l

36 gf

29 ga

Away

21 matches

8 v

7 d

6 l

32 gf

36 ga

Total

43 matches

19 v

13 d

11 l

68 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

6 v

7 d

8 l

36 gf

32 ga

Away

22 matches

5 v

6 d

11 l

29 gf

36 ga

Total

43 matches

11 v

13 d

19 l

65 gf

68 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 30, 2005
Home	2 - 0	October 10, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 26, 2003
Away	4 - 1	October 07, 2006

Latest head to head

July 11, 2009 - MLS 2009

Chicago Fire

0 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

April 25, 2009 - MLS 2009

Columbus Crew

2 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

November 13, 2008 - MLS 2008

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

October 12, 2008 - MLS 2008

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

July 05, 2008 - MLS 2008

Columbus Crew

2 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Ante Razov	11 goals	1999 - 2003
Chris Rolfe	6 goals	2005 - 2008
Damani Ralph	5 goals	2003 - 2004
Piotr Nowak	4 goals	1998 - 2002
Brian McBride	4 goals	2008 - 2009
Andy Herron	4 goals	2004 - 2008

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 Chicago Fire

Jeff Cunningham	13 goals	1999 - 2004
Edson Buddle	7 goals	2002 - 2004
Brian McBride	4 goals	1998 - 2003
Chad Marshall	3 goals	2007 - 2009
Stern John	3 goals	1998 - 1999
Eddie Gaven	3 goals	2006 - 2008

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

CJ Brown	35 matches	1998 - 2009
Chris Armas	26 matches	1998 - 2007
Jesse Marsch	25 matches	1998 - 2005
Zach Thornton	23 matches	1998 - 2006
Jim Curtin	21 matches	2001 - 2007
Ante Razov	20 matches	1998 - 2004

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

Jeff Cunningham	24 matches	1998 - 2004
Mike Clark	20 matches	1998 - 2003
Duncan Oughton	19 matches	2001 - 2007
Brian West	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Chad Marshall	18 matches	2004 - 2009
Edson Buddle	16 matches	2001 - 2005

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

Ante Razov

196 matches

7 matches

1998 - 2005

Andy Herron

72 matches

19 matches

2004 - 2008

Jon Busch

69 matches

101 matches

2002 - 2009

Andy Williams

59 matches

43 matches

1998 - 2004

Tony Sanneh

36 matches

8 matches

2004 - 2006

Brian McBride

34 matches

199 matches

1996 - 2009

Total : 13 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

Brian McBride

34 matches

199 matches

1996 - 2009

Jon Busch

69 matches

101 matches

2002 - 2009

Andy Williams

59 matches

43 matches

1998 - 2004

Sulaiman Tenywa Bonseu

8 matches

31 matches

2000 - 2001

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

30 matches

1997 - 1998

Ritchie Kotschau

31 matches

28 matches

1998 - 2006

Total : 13 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	Columbus Crew	43	25	11	10	4	38	28	+10
2	Chicago Fire	40	26	10	10	6	36	31	+5
3	D.C. United	36	26	8	12	6	39	38	+1
4	Toronto FC	34	26	9	7	10	33	38	-5
5	New England Revolution	34	24	9	7	8	29	33	-4
6	Kansas City Wizards	30	25	8	6	11	28	34	-6
7	New York Red Bulls	17	26	4	5	17	21	43	-22

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Chicago Fire 2-2 Columbus Crew - September 20, 2009 / MLS 2009

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Columbus Crew

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

Hamlett vs Columbus Crew

Hamlett vs Warzycha

Manager

Warzycha vs Chicago Fire

Warzycha vs Hamlett

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 Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking