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Columbus Crew 2-1 Chicago Fire - November 13, 2008 / MLS 2008

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MLS 2008 - Finales de conférence

Columbus Crew Stadium - Columbus - United States

November 13, 2008

14 688

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Assist by Guillermo Barros SchelottoChad Marshall

49'

Assist by Alejandro MorenoEddie Gaven

55'

29'

Brian McBrideAssist by Justin Mapp

logo Columbus Crew CC

29' - Goal Brian McBride

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49' - Goal Chad Marshall49

55' - Goal Eddie Gaven55

70' - Substitution Brandon Prideauxis substituted by Patrick Nyarko

79' - Substitution Gonzalo Segaresis substituted by Mike Banner

81' - Substitution G. Barros Schelottois substituted by Emmanuel Ekpo81

88' - Substitution Eddie Gavenis substituted by Andy Iro88

90' - Substitution Chris Rolfeis substituted by Marco Pappa

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Columbus Crew

1 Hesmer

William Hesmer

United States

B.date23/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

14 Marshall49

Chad Marshall

United States

B.date22/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

3 Evans

Brad Evans

United States

B.date20/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Hejduk

Frankie Hejduk

United States

B.date05/08/1974

Age34 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

4 Padula

Gino Padula

Argentina

B.date11/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

16 Carroll

Brian Carroll

United States

B.date20/07/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

5 O'Rourke

Danny O'Rourke

United States

B.date31/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

19 Rogers

Robbie Rogers

United States

B.date12/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

12 Gaven5588

Eddie Gaven

United States

B.date25/10/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

7 Barros Schelotto81

Guillermo Barros Schelotto

Argentina

B.date04/05/1973

Age35 years

H1m71

positionForward

10 Moreno

Alejandro Moreno

Venezuela

B.date08/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	William Hesmer		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Chad Marshall	49	24	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brad Evans		23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Frankie Hejduk		34	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gino Padula		32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Brian Carroll		27	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Danny O'Rourke		25	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Robbie Rogers		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Eddie Gaven	5588	22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	G. Barros Schelotto	81	35	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Alejandro Moreno		29	57	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

1 Busch

Jon Busch

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age32 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

6 Prideaux70

Brandon Prideaux

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age32 years

H1m83

positionDefender

25 Segares79

Gonzalo Segares

Costa Rica

B.date13/10/1982

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

4 Soumaré

Bakary Soumaré

Mali

B.date09/11/1985

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

22 Conde

Wilman Conde

Colombia

B.date29/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

7 Pause

Logan Pause

United States

B.date22/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Thorrington

John Thorrington

United States

B.date10/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21 Mapp

Justin Mapp

United States

B.date18/10/1984

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17 Rolfe90

Chris Rolfe

United States

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionForward

20 McBride29

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age36 years

H1m83

positionStriker

10 Blanco

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Mexico

B.date17/01/1973

Age35 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jon Busch		32	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Brandon Prideaux	70	32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Gonzalo Segares	79	26	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bakary Soumaré		23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Wilman Conde		26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Logan Pause		27	177	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	John Thorrington		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Justin Mapp		24	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Chris Rolfe	90	25	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride	29	36	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Cuauhtémoc Blanco		35	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
6	D		Andy Iro	88	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M		Emmanuel Ekpo	81	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Mike Banner	79	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Patrick Nyarko	70	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Marco Pappa	90	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Schmid

100

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Schmid vs Chicago Fire

15 victories

7 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on November 13, 2008

Schmid vs Hamlett

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 13, 2008

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

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 13, 2008

Hamlett vs Schmid

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 13, 2008

Referee

Terry Vaughn

14 victories	6 draws	6 losses	Columbus Crew26 matches	General total	Chicago Fire37 matches	16 victories	9 draws	12 losses
5 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Columbus Crew5 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 30, 2011					Latest figure on June 04, 2011

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Key figures

Columbus Crew keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 16/08/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 08/09/2007-28/06/2008 time period (10 matches).

Danny O'Rourke played his game number 10 vs Chicago Fire in his professional career

End of streak for Columbus Crew after 3 matches without conceding any goal at home (since 04/10/2008). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 22/07/2007

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VColumbus Crew 3-0 Real Salt Lake23/08/2008

VColumbus Crew 4-0 New England Revolution06/09/2008

VColumbus Crew 3-1 New York Red Bulls18/09/2008

VColumbus Crew 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy04/10/2008

VColumbus Crew 1-0 D.C. United26/10/2008

VColumbus Crew 2-0 Sporting Kansas City08/11/2008

Overall

VColumbus Crew 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy04/10/2008

DChicago Fire 2-2 Columbus Crew12/10/2008

LNew York Red Bulls 3-1 Columbus Crew18/10/2008

VColumbus Crew 1-0 D.C. United26/10/2008

DSporting Kansas City 1-1 Columbus Crew01/11/2008

VColumbus Crew 2-0 Sporting Kansas City08/11/2008

Current form

Away

VLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire21/08/2008

LHouston Dynamo 2-1 Chicago Fire31/08/2008

LColorado Rapids 2-0 Chicago Fire14/09/2008

DSporting Kansas City 1-1 Chicago Fire05/10/2008

LToronto FC 3-2 Chicago Fire18/10/2008

DNew England Revolution 0-0 Chicago Fire30/10/2008

Overall

DSporting Kansas City 1-1 Chicago Fire05/10/2008

DChicago Fire 2-2 Columbus Crew12/10/2008

LToronto FC 3-2 Chicago Fire18/10/2008

VChicago Fire 5-2 New York Red Bulls23/10/2008

DNew England Revolution 0-0 Chicago Fire30/10/2008

VChicago Fire 3-0 New England Revolution06/11/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	1
Unbeaten streak	10	3
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	10	13
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

676	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	803
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Results

32	Number of games (Competition total)	32
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
18	Victories (Competition total)	14
12	Victories (Home / Away)	6
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	10
2	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

53	Goals scored (Competition total)	47
32	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
37	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.66	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.47
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.31
1.16	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.03
0.94	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
7	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	9
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

56	Yellow cards (Competition total)	57
32	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	31
4	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alejandro Moreno	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Chris Rolfe
Alejandro Moreno	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
G. Barros Schelotto	4 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
G. Barros Schelotto	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
G. Barros Schelotto	15 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	8 assists	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
G. Barros Schelotto	11 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Alejandro Moreno	2 assists during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	Chris Rolfe

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

5 v

6 d

8 l

32 gf

29 ga

Away

21 matches

5 v

5 d

11 l

29 gf

36 ga

Total

40 matches

10 v

11 d

19 l

61 gf

65 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

11 v

5 d

5 l

36 gf

29 ga

Away

19 matches

8 v

6 d

5 l

29 gf

32 ga

Total

40 matches

19 v

11 d

10 l

65 gf

61 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 26, 2003
Home	6 - 2	October 26, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 30, 2005
Away	2 - 0	April 30, 2005

Latest head to head

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

June 10, 2008 - US Open Cup 2008

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

September 08, 2007 - MLS 2007

Columbus Crew

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

August 04, 2007 - MLS 2007

Chicago Fire

0 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Jeff Cunningham	13 goals	1999 - 2004
Edson Buddle	7 goals	2002 - 2004
Brian McBride	4 goals	1998 - 2003
Kyle Martino	3 goals	2002 - 2004
Stern John	3 goals	1998 - 1999
Jason Garey	2 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.

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
Andy Herron	4 goals	2004 - 2008
Jesse Marsch	2 goals	2003 - 2005

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	16 matches	2004 - 2008
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.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

CJ Brown	34 matches	1998 - 2008
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