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Columbus Crew 6-2 Chicago Fire - October 26, 2003 / MLS 2003

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MLS 2003 - Journée 31

Columbus Crew Stadium - Columbus - United States

October 26, 2003 - 16:00

19 404

Columbus Crew

6 - 2

Chicago Fire

Assist by Jeff CunninghamBrian McBride

49'

Assist by Edson BuddleJeff Cunningham

54'

Assist by Freddy GarciaBrian McBride

67'

Assist by Freddy GarciaEdson Buddle

74'

Assist by Ross PauleEdson Buddle

85'

Assist by Jake TraegerFreddy Garcia

90'

Dipsy SelolwaneAssist by Jonathan Bolaños

25'

Jesse Marsch (penalty)

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3' - Goal Dipsy Selolwane

25' - Goal Jesse Marsch

45' - Yellow card Mark Williams45

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46' - Substitution Mark Williamsis substituted by Freddy Garcia photo Jeff Cunningham

46' - Substitution Brian Westis substituted by Jeff Cunningham46

46' - Substitution Zach Thorntonis substituted by Curtis Spiteri

49' - Goal Brian McBride49

54' - Goal Jeff Cunningham54

58' - Substitution Jesse Marschis substituted by Craig Capano

67' - Goal Brian McBride67

74' - Goal Edson Buddle74

75' - Substitution Dipsy Selolwaneis substituted by Ante Razov

78' - Substitution Brian Maisonneuveis substituted by Jake Traeger78

85' - Goal Edson Buddle85

90' - Goal Freddy Garcia90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Columbus Crew

6 - 2

Chicago Fire

Columbus Crew Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Columbus Crew

1 Busch

Jon Busch

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age27 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

4 Williams4645

Mark Williams

Northern Ireland

B.date28/09/1970

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

3 Clark

Mike Clark

United States

B.date16/12/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefender

8 Oughton

Duncan Oughton

New Zealand

B.date14/06/1977

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Defender

2 Hejduk

Frankie Hejduk

United States

B.date05/08/1974

Age29 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

16 Paule

Ross Paule

United States

B.date04/04/1976

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Maisonneuve78

Brian Maisonneuve

United States

B.date28/06/1973

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

17 West46

Brian West

United States

B.date10/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m76

positionVersatile Midfielder

21 Martino

Kyle Martino

United States

B.date19/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

12 Buddle8574

Edson Buddle

United States

B.date21/05/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionForward

20 McBride4967

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age31 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jon Busch		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mark Williams	4645	33	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mike Clark		30	265	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Duncan Oughton		26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Frankie Hejduk		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Ross Paule		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Brian Maisonneuve	78	30	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Brian West	46	25	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Kyle Martino		22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Edson Buddle	8574	22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride	4967	31	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton46

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5 Curtin

Jim Curtin

United States

B.date23/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

6 Gray

Kelly Gray

United States

B.date07/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

12 Pause

Logan Pause

United States

B.date22/08/1981

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Marsch2558

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

17 Selolwane375

Dipsy Selolwane

Botswana

B.date27/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

24 Futagaki

Ryan Futagaki

United States

B.date17/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

22 Bolaños

Jonathan Bolaños

Costa Rica

B.date22/04/1978

Age25 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

16 Williams

Andy Williams

Jamaica

B.date23/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m73

positionForward

11 Jaqua

Nate Jaqua

United States

B.date28/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m90

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton	46	30	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		28	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jim Curtin		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Kelly Gray		22	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Logan Pause		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch	2558	29	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Dipsy Selolwane	375	25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Ryan Futagaki		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Jonathan Bolaños		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Andy Williams		26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Nate Jaqua		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	M	Jake Traeger	78	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Freddy Garcia	9046	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jeff Cunningham	5446	27	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Curtis Spiteri	46	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Craig Capano	58	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ante Razov	75	29	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian McBride

Jeff Cunningham

OUT

Frankie Hejduk

Eric Denton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

CJ Brown

Carlos Bocanegra

OUT

Jesse Marsch

Chris Armas

OUT

Dipsy Selolwane

Damani Ralph

OUT

Ryan Futagaki

Ante Razov

OUT

Jonathan Bolaños

Justin Mapp

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Greg Andrulis

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Andrulis vs Chicago Fire

3 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on October 26, 2003

Andrulis vs Sarachan

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sarachan

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Sarachan vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 2003

Sarachan vs Andrulis

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on October 26, 2003

Referee

Kevin Stott

11 victories	9 draws	21 losses	Columbus Crew41 matches	General total	Chicago Fire60 matches	26 victories	16 draws	18 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Columbus Crew2 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on August 27, 2022					Latest figure on September 27, 2020

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Jeff Cunningham scores a goal vs Chicago Fire in his professional career since the 22/09/2002 (with Columbus Crew vs Chicago Fire )

The last time Columbus Crew has scored at least 6 goals , It was on the 16/06/2001 (vs )

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 4 consecutive wins (since 04/10/2003). It was the best streak for the club since 27/06/2001-14/07/2001 (6 matches).

Read the next 34 key stats

General ranking

	6	Colorado Rapids	40 pts	30 rd
	7	D.C. United	39 pts	30 rd
+1	8	Columbus Crew	38 pts	30 rd
-1	9	Los Angeles Galaxy	36 pts	30 rd
	10	Dallas Burn	23 pts	30 rd

General ranking

1	Chicago Fire	53 pts	30 rd
2	San Jose Earthquakes	51 pts	30 rd
3	New England Revolution	45 pts	30 rd
4	Kansas City Wizards	42 pts	30 rd
5	Metrostars	42 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DColumbus Crew 1-1 New England Revolution23/07/2003

LColumbus Crew 3-4 New York Red Bulls06/08/2003

DColumbus Crew 2-2 Chicago Fire13/08/2003

VColumbus Crew 1-0 Sporting Kansas City31/08/2003

VColumbus Crew 3-2 FC Dallas13/09/2003

DColumbus Crew 1-1 D.C. United04/10/2003

Overall

VColumbus Crew 3-2 FC Dallas13/09/2003

LNew York Red Bulls 1-0 Columbus Crew20/09/2003

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

DColumbus Crew 1-1 D.C. United04/10/2003

LChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew10/10/2003

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

Current form

Away

VNew York Red Bulls 1-2 Chicago Fire24/08/2003

LNew England Revolution 5-1 Chicago Fire30/08/2003

VLos Angeles Galaxy 0-2 Chicago Fire13/09/2003

LFC Dallas 2-0 Chicago Fire20/09/2003

DColorado Rapids 1-1 Chicago Fire01/10/2003

VNew York Red Bulls 0-1 Chicago Fire15/10/2003

Overall

VChicago Fire 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy23/09/2003

DColorado Rapids 1-1 Chicago Fire01/10/2003

VChicago Fire 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy04/10/2003

VChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew10/10/2003

VNew York Red Bulls 0-1 Chicago Fire15/10/2003

VChicago Fire 4-3 Colorado Rapids18/10/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	6	1
Conceding streak	2	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	2	6
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

9	General ranking (Competition total)	1
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
9	Victories (Competition total)	15
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	8
6	Draws (Home / Away)	4
12	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	20
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.31	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.76
1.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.43
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
0.93	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.79

Betting aid

15	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-1 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (2 times)

Bookings

63	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Brian McBride	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	14 goals	Ante Razov
Brian McBride	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Damani Ralph
Brian McBride	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Ante Razov
Jeff Cunningham	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Ante Razov
Jeff Cunningham	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Andy Williams
Brian West	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Andy Williams
Brian McBride	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Ante Razov

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

15 gf

12 ga

Away

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

12 gf

24 ga

Total

20 matches

4 v

4 d

12 l

27 gf

36 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

24 gf

12 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

3 d

3 l

12 gf

15 ga

Total

20 matches

12 v

4 d

4 l

36 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 01, 2001
Home	3 - 0	August 01, 2001

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 10, 2003
Away	2 - 0	March 23, 2002

Latest head to head

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

September 14, 2002 - MLS 2002

Columbus Crew

2 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Jeff Cunningham	8 goals	1999 - 2002
Edson Buddle	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Stern John	3 goals	1998 - 1999
Brian McBride	2 goals	1998 - 2000
Dante Washington	2 goals	2000 - 2001
Brian Maisonneuve	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.

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

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

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	19 matches	1998 - 2003
Jeff Cunningham	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian West	17 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian McBride	14 matches	1998 - 2003
Brian Maisonneuve	12 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.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Jesse Marsch	19 matches	1998 - 2003
CJ Brown	18 matches	1998 - 2003
Ante Razov	17 matches	1998 - 2003
Zach Thornton	17 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.

They played in both sides

Andy Williams

43 matches

21 matches

1998 - 2003

Sulaiman Tenywa Bonseu

31 matches

8 matches

2000 - 2001

Jorge Salcedo

30 matches

11 matches

1997 - 1998

Matt Chulis

10 matches

1 match

1999 - 2001

Total : 4 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

43 matches

21 matches

1998 - 2003

Jorge Salcedo

30 matches

11 matches

1997 - 1998

Sulaiman Tenywa Bonseu

31 matches

8 matches

2000 - 2001

Matt Chulis

10 matches

1 match

1999 - 2001

Total : 4 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

October 25, 2003

16:00

New England

5 2

Red Bulls

Line-ups available

19:30

D.C. United

1 1a.e.t.

Kansas City

Line-ups available

20:30

FC Dallas

4 3

Colorado Rapids

Line-ups available

22:00

San Jose

1 1a.e.t.

LA Galaxy

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Chicago Fire	53	30	15	8	7	53	43	+10
2	San Jose Earthquakes	51	30	14	9	7	45	35	+10
3	New England Revolution	45	30	12	9	9	55	47	+8
4	Kansas City Wizards	42	30	11	9	10	48	44	+4
5	Metrostars	42	30	11	9	10	40	40	0
6	Colorado Rapids	40	30	11	7	12	40	45	-5
7	D.C. United	39	30	10	9	11	38	36	+2
+18	Columbus Crew	38	30	10	8	12	44	44	0
-19	Los Angeles Galaxy	36	30	9	9	12	35	35	0
10	Dallas Burn	23	30	6	5	19	35	64	-29

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Columbus Crew 6-2 Chicago Fire - October 26, 2003 / MLS 2003

Columbus Crew

6 - 2

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

Andrulis vs Chicago Fire

Andrulis vs Sarachan

Manager

Sarachan vs Columbus Crew

Sarachan vs Andrulis

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

The other matches

Post-match general ranking