This page offers all the statistics of the match and the pre-match of

Metrostars 3-0 Columbus Crew - July 19, 1998 / MLS 1998

. All the information you will find here have been collected manually from the most official sources. However, if you found any mistake or any missing information, please contact us.

MLS 1998 - Round 22 - Eastern Conference

Giants Stadium - East Rutherford - United States

July 19, 1998 - 15:00

13 826

Metrostars

3 - 0

Columbus Crew

Assist by Eduardo HurtadoGiovanni Savarese

26'

Assist by Tab RamosEduardo Hurtado

42'

Assist by Billy WalshEduardo Hurtado

86'

logo Metrostars MET

10' - Yellow card Andrew Gregor

20' - Substitution Jason Farrellis substituted by Brian West

26' - Goal Giovanni Savarese26

34' - Yellow card Brian West

40' - Yellow card Brian Kelly40

42' - Goal Eduardo Hurtado42

logo Metrostars MET

60' - Red card Tab Ramos60

61' - Yellow card Billy Thompson

63' - Substitution Giovanni Savareseis substituted by Kerry Zavagnin63

64' - Substitution Andrew Gregoris substituted by Jeff Cunningham

70' - Substitution Mike Clarkis substituted by Marcelo Carrera

79' - Substitution Marcelo Vegais substituted by Billy Walsh79

86' - Goal Eduardo Hurtado86

logo Columbus Crew CC

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Metrostars

3 - 0

Columbus Crew

Metrostars Columbus Crew

Team line-ups

Metrostars

1 Meola

Tony Meola

United States

B.date21/02/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

5 Palacios

Arley Palacios

Colombia

B.date10/06/1973

Age25 years

H1m85

positionDefender

22 Lalas

Alexi Lalas

United States

B.date01/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

8 Duhaney

Mike Duhaney

United States

B.date05/04/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4 Soñora

Diego Soñora

Argentina

B.date17/09/1969

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

6 Sorber

Mike Sorber

United States

B.date14/05/1971

Age27 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

9 Vega79

Marcelo Vega

Chile

B.date12/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

20 Kelly40

Brian Kelly

United States

B.date06/10/1974

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Ramos60

Tab Ramos

United States

B.date21/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

17 Savarese2663

Giovanni Savarese

Venezuela

B.date14/07/1971

Age27 years

H1m83

positionForward

29 Hurtado4286

Eduardo Hurtado

Ecuador

B.date02/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m90

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tony Meola		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Arley Palacios		25	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Alexi Lalas		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Mike Duhaney		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Diego Soñora		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mike Sorber		27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Marcelo Vega	79	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Brian Kelly	40	23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Tab Ramos	60	31	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Giovanni Savarese	2663	27	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Eduardo Hurtado	4286	28	19	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

Columbus Crew

33 Dougherty

Mark Dougherty

United States

B.date07/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

3 Clark70

Mike Clark

United States

B.date16/12/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

5 Dooley

Tom Dooley

United States

B.date12/05/1961

Age37 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

6 Yeagley

Todd Yeagley

United States

B.date20/09/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefender

13 Elcock

Ancil Elcock

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date17/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m80

positionDefender

15 Gregor6410

Andrew Gregor

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

12 Farrell20

Jason Farrell

United States

B.date31/12/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

9 Thompson61

Billy Thompson

United States

B.date05/05/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

16 Smith

Rob Smith

United States

B.date20/08/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

14 John

Stern John

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date30/10/1976

Age21 years

H1m86

positionStriker

20 McBride

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Mark Dougherty		30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Mike Clark	70	25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Tom Dooley		37	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Todd Yeagley		25	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ancil Elcock		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Andrew Gregor	6410	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Jason Farrell	20	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Billy Thompson	61	30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rob Smith		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Stern John		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride		26	60	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
24	D		Billy Walsh	79	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D		Kerry Zavagnin	63	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	Brian West	2034	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Jeff Cunningham	64	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Marcelo Carrera	70	35	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcelo Vega

Jim Rooney

OUT

Mike Duhaney

Mike Petke

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Dougherty

Juergen Sommer

OUT

Andrew Gregor

Brian Maisonneuve

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alfonso Mondelo

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Mondelo vs Columbus Crew

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 19, 1998

Mondelo vs Fitzgerald

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 19, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Tom Fitzgerald

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Fitzgerald vs Metrostars

5 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on July 19, 1998

Fitzgerald vs Mondelo

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on July 19, 1998

Referee

Kevin Stott

16 victories	15 draws	28 losses	Metrostars59 matches	General total	Columbus Crew41 matches	11 victories	9 draws	21 losses
2 victories	0 draw	3 losses	Metrostars5 matches	Season total	Columbus Crew2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on August 24, 2019					Latest figure on August 27, 2022

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Metrostars keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Major League Soccer running (since 16/05/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/04/1997 (6 matches)

End of streak for Metrostars after 5 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Columbus Crew (since 26/04/1997). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Eduardo Hurtado scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

	1	D.C. United	41 pts	22 rd
+1	2	Metrostars	28 pts	19 rd
-1	3	Columbus Crew	27 pts	18 rd
	4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	18 pts	21 rd
	5	New England Revolution	16 pts	20 rd

General ranking

	1	D.C. United	41 pts	22 rd
+1	2	Metrostars	28 pts	19 rd
-1	3	Columbus Crew	27 pts	18 rd
	4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	18 pts	21 rd
	5	New England Revolution	16 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMetrostars 4-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200123/05/1998

LMetrostars 1-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny03/06/1998

VMetrostars 3-1 Miami Fusion 1997-200113/06/1998

VMetrostars 5-3 New England Revolution24/06/1998

VMetrostars 1-0 Virginia Beach Mariners08/07/1998

LMetrostars 1-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny11/07/1998

Overall

VMetrostars 3-1 Miami Fusion 1997-200113/06/1998

LColumbus Crew 2-1 Metrostars20/06/1998

VMetrostars 5-3 New England Revolution24/06/1998

LColorado Rapids 1-0 Metrostars04/07/1998

VMetrostars 1-0 Virginia Beach Mariners08/07/1998

LMetrostars 1-2 Tampa Bay Mutiny11/07/1998

Current form

Away

LMiami Fusion 1997-2001 2-0 Columbus Crew09/05/1998

VNew England Revolution 0-2 Columbus Crew22/05/1998

DSporting Kansas City 1-1 Columbus Crew27/05/1998

LChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew06/06/1998

DSan Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Columbus Crew03/07/1998

VRochester New York 1-2 Columbus Crew07/07/1998

Overall

LChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew06/06/1998

DColumbus Crew 3-3 D.C. United13/06/1998

VColumbus Crew 2-1 New York Red Bulls20/06/1998

DSan Jose Earthquakes 1-1 Columbus Crew03/07/1998

VRochester New York 1-2 Columbus Crew07/07/1998

VColumbus Crew 3-0 Chicago Fire09/07/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	23	8
Scoring streak	7	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	2
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
8	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
9	Losses (Competition total)	4
4	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

32	Goals scored (Competition total)	33
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.78	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.94
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.78	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
2.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

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

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	19
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
3	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Giovanni Savarese	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Stern John
Giovanni Savarese	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Brian McBride
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Stern John
Eduardo Hurtado	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Jason Farrell
Eduardo Hurtado	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Robert Warzycha
Giovanni Savarese	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	6 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	Stern John

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

0 d

4 l

6 gf

9 ga

Total

9 matches

3 v

0 d

6 l

9 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

4 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

6 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

9 matches

6 v

0 d

3 l

13 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	June 30, 1996
Home	2 - 1	April 26, 1997

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 11, 1997
Away	2 - 0	April 27, 1996

Latest head to head

June 20, 1998 - MLS 1998

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars logo Metrostars

September 25, 1997 - MLS 1997

Metrostars

0 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

June 21, 1997 - MLS 1997

Columbus Crew

2 - 1

Metrostars logo Metrostars

May 11, 1997 - MLS 1997

Columbus Crew

3 - 0

Metrostars logo Metrostars

April 26, 1997 - MLS 1997

Metrostars

2 - 1

Columbus Crew logo Columbus Crew

Best historical scorers against Columbus Crew

Mike Sorber	2 goals	1997 - 1997
Giovanni Savarese	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Chris Unger	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Brian Kelly	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Nicola Caricola	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Tab Ramos	1 goal	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Metrostars

Brian McBride	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Billy Thompson	2 goals	1996 - 1998
Marcelo Carrera	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Tom Dooley	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Brian Bliss	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Stern John	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Tony Meola	8 matches	1996 - 1998
Rhett Harty	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Miles Joseph	7 matches	1996 - 1998
Giovanni Savarese	7 matches	1996 - 1998
Jeff Zaun	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Roberto Donadoni	5 matches	1996 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

Mike Clark	9 matches	1996 - 1998
Todd Yeagley	9 matches	1996 - 1998
Marcelo Carrera	8 matches	1996 - 1998
Brian Maisonneuve	7 matches	1996 - 1997
Janusz Michallik	6 matches	1996 - 1997
Rob Smith	6 matches	1996 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

A. J. Wood

36 matches

19 matches

1996 - 1997

Brian Bliss

19 matches

31 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 2 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 Bliss

19 matches

31 matches

1996 - 1997

A. J. Wood

36 matches

19 matches

1996 - 1997

Total : 2 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	D.C. United	41	22	17	7	5	53	33	+20
+12	Metrostars	28	19	10	1	9	35	32	+3
-13	Columbus Crew	27	18	9	4	9	33	26	+7
4	Tampa Bay Mutiny	18	21	6	3	15	24	36	-12
5	New England Revolution	16	20	6	4	14	34	43	-9
6	Miami Fusion 1997-2001	14	19	8	5	11	19	40	-21

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

Metrostars 3-0 Columbus Crew - July 19, 1998 / MLS 1998

Metrostars

3 - 0

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

Mondelo vs Columbus Crew

Mondelo vs Fitzgerald

Manager

Fitzgerald vs Metrostars

Fitzgerald vs Mondelo

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 Metrostars

Players with most games played vs Columbus Crew

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking