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Chicago Fire 1-3 Columbus Crew - May 23, 2004 / MLS 2004

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MLS 2004 - Round 8

Soldier Field - Chicago - United States

May 23, 2004 - 16:00

10 854

Chicago Fire

1 - 3

Columbus Crew

Assist by Chris ArmasDamani Ralph

49'

32'

Jeff Cunningham (penalty)

55'

Kyle Martino

59'

Michael RitchAssist by Eric Denton

logo Chicago Fire CF

14' - Yellow card Frankie Hejduk

17' - Yellow card Eric Denton

25' - Substitution Erick Scottis substituted by Michael Ritch

32' - Goal Jeff Cunningham

33' - Yellow card Jim Curtin33

logo Chicago Fire CF

49' - Goal Damani Ralph49

55' - Goal Kyle Martino

59' - Goal Michael Ritch

63' - Substitution Logan Pauseis substituted by Dipsy Selolwane63

67' - Substitution Justin Mappis substituted by Nate Jaqua67

68' - Yellow card Jon Busch

73' - Substitution Kyle Martinois substituted by Duncan Oughton

76' - Substitution CJ Brownis substituted by Orlando Perez76

83' - Yellow card Ross Paule

84' - Substitution Jeff Cunninghamis substituted by David Testo

86' - Yellow card Ante Razov86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

1 - 3

Columbus Crew

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

13 Ring

Henry Ring

United States

B.date16/03/1977

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Brown76

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

3 Whitfield

Evan Whitfield

United States

B.date23/06/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

5 Curtin33

Jim Curtin

United States

B.date23/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

12 Pause63

Logan Pause

United States

B.date22/08/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 Mapp67

Justin Mapp

United States

B.date18/10/1984

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7 Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley

United States

B.date24/05/1982

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Razov86

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age30 years

H1m85

positionForward

8 Ralph49

Damani Ralph

Jamaica

B.date06/11/1980

Age23 years

H1m83

positionForward

16 Williams

Andy Williams

Jamaica

B.date23/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m73

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Henry Ring		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown	76	29	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Evan Whitfield		26	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jim Curtin	33	24	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Logan Pause	63	22	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		31	172	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Justin Mapp	67	19	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	DaMarcus Beasley		21	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ante Razov	86	30	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Damani Ralph	49	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Andy Williams		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Columbus Crew

1 Busch68

Jon Busch

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

4 Fraser

Robin Fraser

United States

B.date17/11/1966

Age37 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

14 Marshall

Chad Marshall

United States

B.date22/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

6 Denton17

Eric Denton

United States

B.date08/02/1978

Age26 years

H1m75

positionDefender

5 Herdsman

Stephen Herdsman

United States

B.date06/10/1975

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefender

2 Hejduk14

Frankie Hejduk

United States

B.date05/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

16 Paule83

Ross Paule

United States

B.date04/04/1976

Age28 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 Martino5573

Kyle Martino

United States

B.date19/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

7 Elliott

Simon Elliott

New Zealand

B.date10/06/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

11 Cunningham3284

Jeff Cunningham

United States

B.date21/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m73

positionForward

9 Scott25

Erick Scott

Costa Rica

B.date21/05/1981

Age23 years

H1m72

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jon Busch	68	27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robin Fraser		37	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Chad Marshall		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Eric Denton	17	26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Stephen Herdsman		28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Frankie Hejduk	14	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Ross Paule	83	28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Kyle Martino	5573	23	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Simon Elliott		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jeff Cunningham	3284	27	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Erick Scott	25	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	D	Orlando Perez	76	26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Dipsy Selolwane	63	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Nate Jaqua	67	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	D	Duncan Oughton	73	26	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	David Testo	84	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Michael Ritch	5925	23	6	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

Erick Scott

Edson Buddle

OUT

Robin Fraser

Nelson Akwari

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sarachan

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Sarachan vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2004

Sarachan vs Andrulis

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Greg Andrulis

104

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Andrulis vs Chicago Fire

4 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2004

Andrulis vs Sarachan

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on May 23, 2004

Referee

Ali Saheli

5 victories	0 draw	7 losses	Chicago Fire12 matches	General total	Columbus Crew15 matches	6 victories	3 draws	6 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	Columbus Crew1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on July 20, 2004					Latest figure on July 20, 2004

4th official

Michael Kennedy

2 victories	1 draw	3 losses	Chicago Fire6 matches	General total	Columbus Crew1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Chicago Fire4 matches	Season total	Columbus Crew1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 21, 2005					Latest figure on May 23, 2004

Videos

April 23, 2024

Comments

Key figures

Jeff Cunningham scored 10 goals vs Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer

It's the first time Jeff Cunningham scores a goal in his professional career with Columbus Crew since the 26/10/2003 (with Columbus Crew vs Chicago Fire )

Jeff Cunningham played his game number 20 vs Chicago Fire in his professional career

Read the next 22 key stats

General ranking

2	San Jose Earthquakes	12 pts	8 rd
3	Kansas City Wizards	11 pts	7 rd
4	Chicago Fire	10 pts	8 rd
5	Metrostars	10 pts	7 rd
6	Colorado Rapids	10 pts	7 rd

General ranking

	6	Colorado Rapids	10 pts	7 rd
	7	D.C. United	9 pts	9 rd
	8	Dallas Burn	8 pts	7 rd
+1	9	Columbus Crew	8 pts	7 rd
-1	10	New England Revolution	6 pts	7 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 1-0 New England Revolution14/11/2003

LChicago Fire 2-4 San Jose Earthquakes23/11/2003

VChicago Fire 4-0 San Juan Jabloteh24/03/2004

LChicago Fire 0-2 FC Dallas17/04/2004

VChicago Fire 2-1 Deportivo Saprissa21/04/2004

VChicago Fire 3-0 New York Red Bulls01/05/2004

Overall

LChicago Fire 0-2 FC Dallas17/04/2004

VChicago Fire 2-1 Deportivo Saprissa21/04/2004

VD.C. United 0-1 Chicago Fire24/04/2004

VChicago Fire 3-0 New York Red Bulls01/05/2004

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 Chicago Fire08/05/2004

DNew York Red Bulls 1-1 Chicago Fire15/05/2004

Current form

Away

LNew England Revolution 3-2 Columbus Crew28/09/2003

LChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew10/10/2003

VD.C. United 2-3 Columbus Crew19/10/2003

LSporting Kansas City 1-0 Columbus Crew17/04/2004

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Columbus Crew24/04/2004

DD.C. United 1-1 Columbus Crew08/05/2004

Overall

LColumbus Crew 1-3 New York Red Bulls03/04/2004

LSporting Kansas City 1-0 Columbus Crew17/04/2004

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Columbus Crew24/04/2004

DColumbus Crew 0-0 FC Dallas01/05/2004

DD.C. United 1-1 Columbus Crew08/05/2004

VColumbus Crew 1-0 New England Revolution15/05/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	11	0
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	17	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	10
10	General ranking (Home / Away)	9

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	6
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
4	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
0.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.17
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Damani Ralph	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Frankie Hejduk
Damani Ralph	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ross Paule
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ross Paule
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ross Paule
DaMarcus Beasley	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
DaMarcus Beasley	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Damani Ralph	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Edson Buddle

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

24 gf

12 ga

Away

10 matches

3 v

3 d

4 l

14 gf

21 ga

Total

21 matches

12 v

4 d

5 l

38 gf

33 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

4 v

3 d

3 l

21 gf

14 ga

Away

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

12 gf

24 ga

Total

21 matches

5 v

4 d

12 l

33 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 10, 2003
Home	2 - 0	October 10, 2003

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 2	October 26, 2003
Away	2 - 1	September 23, 1999

Latest head to head

October 26, 2003 - MLS 2003

Columbus Crew

6 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

October 10, 2003 - MLS 2003

Chicago Fire

2 - 0

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

September 06, 2003 - MLS 2003

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

August 13, 2003 - MLS 2003

Columbus Crew

2 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

September 22, 2002 - MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

2 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Ante Razov	11 goals	1999 - 2003
Piotr Nowak	4 goals	1998 - 2002
Carlos Bocanegra	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Dema Kovalenko	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Amos Magee	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Tom Soehn	2 goals	1999 - 2000

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	9 goals	1999 - 2003
Edson Buddle	5 goals	2002 - 2003
Brian McBride	4 goals	1998 - 2003
Stern John	3 goals	1998 - 1999
Dante Washington	2 goals	2000 - 2001
John Wilmar Perez	1 goal	2001 - 2001

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	20 matches	1998 - 2003
CJ Brown	19 matches	1998 - 2003
Ante Razov	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Zach Thornton	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Chris Armas	14 matches	1998 - 2003
Piotr Nowak	14 matches	1998 - 2002

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

Mike Clark	20 matches	1998 - 2003
Jeff Cunningham	19 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian West	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian McBride	15 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian Maisonneuve	13 matches	1998 - 2003
Robert Warzycha	12 matches	1998 - 2002

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

Andy Williams

37 matches

43 matches

1998 - 2004

Manny Lagos

11 matches

1 match

1998 - 2004

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

30 matches

1997 - 1998

Sulaiman Tenywa Bonseu

8 matches

31 matches

2000 - 2001

Matt Chulis

1 match

10 matches

1999 - 2001

Total : 5 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

Andy Williams

37 matches

43 matches

1998 - 2004

Sulaiman Tenywa Bonseu

8 matches

31 matches

2000 - 2001

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

30 matches

1997 - 1998

Matt Chulis

1 match

10 matches

1999 - 2001

Manny Lagos

11 matches

1 match

1998 - 2004

Total : 5 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

The other matches

May 22, 2004

17:00

New England

1 1

Red Bulls

Line-ups available

20:30

Kansas City

2 0

FC Dallas

Line-ups available

21:00

Colorado Rapids

2 1

D.C. United

Line-ups available

22:00

San Jose

4 2

LA Galaxy

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	9	4	3	2	18	14	+4
2	San Jose Earthquakes	12	8	3	3	2	16	13	+3
3	Kansas City Wizards	11	7	3	2	2	7	4	+3
4	Chicago Fire	10	8	2	4	2	8	8	0
5	Metrostars	10	7	2	4	1	14	14	0
6	Colorado Rapids	10	7	2	4	1	6	6	0
7	D.C. United	9	9	2	3	4	11	14	-3
8	Dallas Burn	8	7	2	2	3	6	8	-2
+19	Columbus Crew	8	7	2	2	3	6	8	-2
-110	New England Revolution	6	7	1	3	3	7	10	-3

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Chicago Fire 1-3 Columbus Crew - May 23, 2004 / MLS 2004

Chicago Fire

1 - 3

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

Sarachan vs Columbus Crew

Sarachan vs Andrulis

Manager

Andrulis vs Chicago Fire

Andrulis vs Sarachan

Referee

4th official

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

The other matches

Post-match general ranking