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Chicago Fire 5-1 Kansas City - August 14, 2002 / MLS 2002

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MLS 2002 - Round 31

Cardinal Stadium - Naperville - United States

August 14, 2002 - 20:30

15 919

Chicago Fire

5 - 1

Kansas City

Assist by Kelly GrayDaMarcus Beasley

12'

Assist by Kelly GrayJosh Wolff

15'

Assist by Josh WolffHristo Stoichkov

44'

Assist by DaMarcus BeasleyDema Kovalenko

88'

Ante Razov

90+3'

PrekiAssist by Dario Fabbro

logo Chicago Fire CF

8' - Goal Preki

12' - Goal DaMarcus Beasley12

15' - Goal Josh Wolff15

16' - Yellow card Tony Meola

44' - Goal Hristo Stoichkov44

45' - Yellow card Dario Fabbro

logo Chicago Fire CF

46' - Substitution Chris Kleinis substituted by Chris Brown

55' - Substitution Josh Wolffis substituted by Orlando Perez55

57' - Yellow card Diego Gutierrez

62' - Substitution Dario Fabbrois substituted by Francisco Gomez

69' - Substitution Hristo Stoichkovis substituted by Billy Walsh69

75' - Substitution Eric Quillis substituted by Matt McKeon

79' - Yellow card Dema Kovalenko79

88' - Goal Dema Kovalenko88

90' - Red card Nick Garcia

91' - Red card Tony Meola

92' - Substitution Prekiis substituted by Bo Oshoniyi

93' - Goal Ante Razov93

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

5 - 1

Kansas City

Chicago Fire Kansas City

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra

United States

B.date25/05/1979

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5 Curtin

Jim Curtin

United States

B.date23/06/1979

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

6 Gray

Kelly Gray

United States

B.date07/04/1981

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7 Beasley12

DaMarcus Beasley

United States

B.date24/05/1982

Age20 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8 Stoichkov4469

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgaria

B.date08/02/1966

Age36 years

H1m78

positionSecond striker

16 Wolff1555

Josh Wolff

United States

B.date25/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m72

positionForward

21 Kovalenko8879

Dema Kovalenko

Ukraine

B.date28/08/1977

Age24 years

H1m72

positionForward

9 Razov93

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		28	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Carlos Bocanegra		23	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jim Curtin		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Kelly Gray		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		28	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	DaMarcus Beasley	12	20	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Hristo Stoichkov	4469	36	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Josh Wolff	1555	25	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Dema Kovalenko	8879	24	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ante Razov	93	28	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Kansas City

1 Meola1691

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age33 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

4 Burns

Mike Burns

United States

B.date14/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefender

3 Garcia90

Nick Garcia

United States

B.date09/04/1979

Age23 years

H1m78

positionDefender

14 Talley

Carey Talley

United States

B.date28/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefender

5 Zavagnin

Kerry Zavagnin

United States

B.date02/07/1974

Age28 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

19 Quill75

Eric Quill

United States

B.date28/02/1978

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

17 Klein46

Chris Klein

United States

B.date04/01/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight Midfielder

7 Gutierrez57

Diego Gutierrez

United States

B.date03/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

9 Fabbro6245

Dario Fabbro

Argentina

B.date11/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionForward

11 Preki890+2

Preki

United States

B.date24/06/1963

Age39 years

H1m80

positionForward

16 Armstrong

Stephen Armstrong

South Africa

B.date23/07/1976

Age26 years

H1m78

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola	1691	33	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mike Burns		31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nick Garcia	90	23	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Carey Talley		25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kerry Zavagnin		28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Eric Quill	75	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Chris Klein	46	26	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Diego Gutierrez	57	29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dario Fabbro	6245	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Preki	890+2	39	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Stephen Armstrong		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
26	D		Billy Walsh	69	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D		Orlando Perez	55	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Bo Oshoniyi	90+2	30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Matt McKeon	75	27	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Francisco Gomez	62	23	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Chris Brown	46	25	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kelly Gray

Orlando Perez

OUT

CJ Brown

David Vaudreuil

OUT

Hristo Stoichkov

Billy Walsh

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Diego Gutierrez

Igor Simutenkov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

188

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Bradley vs Kansas City

11 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on August 14, 2002

Bradley vs Gansler

8 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 14, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Gansler

132

Success rate in this team:

39 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Gansler vs Chicago Fire

2 victories

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on August 14, 2002

Gansler vs Bradley

2 victories

0 draw

8 losses

Latest figure on August 14, 2002

Referee

Erich Simmons

2 victories	3 draws	0 loss	Chicago Fire5 matches	General total	Kansas City5 matches	1 victory	3 draws	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	Kansas City1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 15, 2006					Latest figure on April 08, 2006

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Key figures

Dema Kovalenko played his game number 100 in Major League Soccer

The last time Kansas City has conceded at least 5 goals away from home in Major League Soccer, It was on the 09/06/2001 (vs )

The last time Kansas City has ended with the score 1-5 , It was on the 09/06/2001 (vs )

Read the next 23 key stats

General ranking

	4	Los Angeles Galaxy	33 pts	21 rd
	5	Kansas City Wizards	32 pts	23 rd
+1	6	Chicago Fire	31 pts	22 rd
+1	7	Columbus Crew	31 pts	23 rd
-2	8	Metrostars	29 pts	21 rd

General ranking

	3	Colorado Rapids	33 pts	22 rd
	4	Los Angeles Galaxy	33 pts	21 rd
	5	Kansas City Wizards	32 pts	23 rd
+1	6	Chicago Fire	31 pts	22 rd
+1	7	Columbus Crew	31 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LChicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls22/06/2002

VChicago Fire 2-1 Colorado Rapids07/07/2002

VChicago Fire 2-1 Atlético Morelia10/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United20/07/2002

VChicago Fire 3-0 New York Red Bulls27/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United31/07/2002

Overall

LMilwaukee Rampage 1-0 Chicago Fire17/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United20/07/2002

LSan Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Chicago Fire24/07/2002

VChicago Fire 3-0 New York Red Bulls27/07/2002

DChicago Fire 0-0 D.C. United31/07/2002

LFC Dallas 3-1 Chicago Fire10/08/2002

Current form

Away

VNew England Revolution 2-4 Kansas City Wizards13/07/2002

VRochester New York 2-3 Kansas City Wizards17/07/2002

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Kansas City Wizards20/07/2002

VFC Dallas 0-1 Kansas City Wizards31/07/2002

LAtlético Morelia 6-1 Kansas City Wizards07/08/2002

DD.C. United 0-0 Kansas City Wizards10/08/2002

Overall

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Kansas City Wizards20/07/2002

LKansas City Wizards 1-3 New York Red Bulls24/07/2002

VKansas City Wizards 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes27/07/2002

VFC Dallas 0-1 Kansas City Wizards31/07/2002

LAtlético Morelia 6-1 Kansas City Wizards07/08/2002

DD.C. United 0-0 Kansas City Wizards10/08/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	5
8	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	8
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
4	Draws (Competition total)	8
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
9	Losses (Competition total)	6
3	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
28	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.48	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
1.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.09
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.36
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.45

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
0-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

43	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
22	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	14
2	Red cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Ante Razov	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Chris Klein
Ante Razov	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Chris Klein
Ante Razov	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Preki
Ante Razov	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Josh Wolff	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Preki
Josh Wolff	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Preki
Josh Wolff	3 goals, 4 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 4 assists during the last 10 matches	Igor Simutenkov

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

6 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

4 ga

Away

8 matches

4 v

1 d

3 l

18 gf

9 ga

Total

14 matches

10 v

1 d

3 l

33 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

1 d

4 l

9 gf

18 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

0 d

6 l

4 gf

15 ga

Total

14 matches

3 v

1 d

10 l

13 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	July 04, 2001
Home	4 - 1	June 24, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	October 15, 2000
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

July 11, 2001 - US Open Cup 2001

Kansas City

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

July 04, 2001 - MLS 2001

Kansas City

0 - 7

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 19, 2001 - MLS 2001

Chicago Fire

2 - 0

Kansas City

October 15, 2000 - MLS 2000

Kansas City

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

June 04, 2000 - MLS 2000

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

Kansas City

Best historical scorers against Kansas City

Ante Razov	7 goals	1998 - 2000
Piotr Nowak	4 goals	1999 - 2001
Hristo Stoichkov	4 goals	2000 - 2001
Diego Gutierrez	4 goals	1999 - 2000
Josh Wolff	3 goals	1999 - 2000
Roman Kosecki	2 goals	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Mo Johnston	4 goals	1998 - 1999
Miklos Molnar	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Chris Henderson	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Gary Glasgow	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Pete Marino	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Chris Klein	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

Jesse Marsch	14 matches	1998 - 2001
Zach Thornton	13 matches	1998 - 2001
Diego Gutierrez	12 matches	1998 - 2001
Piotr Nowak	12 matches	1998 - 2001
CJ Brown	11 matches	1998 - 2001
Lubos Kubik	10 matches	1998 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Chris Klein	12 matches	1998 - 2001
Mo Johnston	11 matches	1998 - 2001
Preki	10 matches	1998 - 2000
Matt McKeon	8 matches	1998 - 2001
Sean Bowers	7 matches	1998 - 1999
Brian Johnson	7 matches	1998 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/04/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Diego Gutierrez

121 matches

55 matches

1996 - 2002

Frank Klopas

50 matches

56 matches

1996 - 1999

Mike Sorber

26 matches

29 matches

1996 - 2000

Chris Snitko

6 matches

29 matches

1996 - 2000

Ryan Tinsley

3 matches

64 matches

1997 - 1999

Total : 5 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

Ryan Tinsley

3 matches

64 matches

1997 - 1999

Frank Klopas

50 matches

56 matches

1996 - 1999

Diego Gutierrez

121 matches

55 matches

1996 - 2002

Mike Sorber

26 matches

29 matches

1996 - 2000

Chris Snitko

6 matches

29 matches

1996 - 2000

Total : 5 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

The other matches

April 03, 2002

19:30

Colorado Rapids

2 0

D.C. United

Line-ups available

June 26, 2002

19:30

Red Bulls

0 1

Colorado Rapids

Line-ups available

August 14, 2002

19:30

Columbus Crew

3 2

LA Galaxy

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	San Jose Earthquakes	38	21	12	2	7	34	20	+14
2	Dallas Burn	34	21	9	7	5	31	28	+3
3	Colorado Rapids	33	22	10	3	9	33	37	-4
4	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	21	10	3	8	31	30	+1
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	23	8	8	7	32	35	-3
+16	Chicago Fire	31	22	9	4	9	36	29	+7
+17	Columbus Crew	31	23	9	4	10	34	37	-3
-28	Metrostars	29	21	9	2	10	35	34	+1
9	New England Revolution	22	21	7	1	13	36	44	-8
10	D.C. United	22	21	6	4	11	19	27	-8

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Chicago Fire 5-1 Kansas City - August 14, 2002 / MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

5 - 1

Kansas City

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

Bradley vs Kansas City

Bradley vs Gansler

Manager

Gansler vs Chicago Fire

Gansler vs Bradley

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 Kansas City

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Kansas City

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