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Chicago Fire 1-2 LA Galaxy - August 08, 1998 / MLS 1998

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MLS 1998 - Journée 25 - Conférence Ouest

Soldier Field - Chicago - United States

August 08, 1998 - 16:00

37 122

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

(o.g) Danny Pena

87'

37'

Francis Okaroh (o.g)

90'

Steve JolleyAssist by Paul Caligiuri

logo Chicago Fire CF

23' - Yellow card Mauricio Cienfuegos

25' - Yellow card Roman Kosecki25

31' - Yellow card Tom Soehn31

37' - Own goal Francis Okaroh

41' - Yellow card Martin Machon

logo Chicago Fire CF

60' - Substitution Frank Klopasis substituted by Josh Wolff60

69' - Substitution Carlos Hermosillois substituted by Clint Mathis

70' - Substitution Joe Franchinois substituted by Greg Vanney

73' - Substitution Tom Soehnis substituted by Zak Ibsen73

76' - Substitution Wélton Araújo Melois substituted by Ezra Hendrickson

82' - Substitution Ante Razovis substituted by Tony Kuhn82

87' - Own goal Danny Pena87

89' - Substitution Francis Okarohis substituted by Zach Thornton89

90' - Goal Steve Jolley

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

Chicago Fire LA Galaxy

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

1 Campos

Jorge Campos

Mexico

B.date15/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m73

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

6 Soehn7331

Tom Soehn

United States

B.date15/04/1966

Age32 years

H1m77

positionDefender

20 Okaroh3789

Francis Okaroh

Nigeria

B.date25/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionDefender

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11 Kosecki25

Roman Kosecki

Poland

B.date15/02/1966

Age32 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

12 Razov82

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionForward

41 Klopas60

Frank Klopas

United States

B.date01/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m75

positionForward

9 Podbrozny

Jerzy Podbrozny

Poland

B.date17/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jorge Campos		31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik		34	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tom Soehn	7331	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Francis Okaroh	3789	34	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Roman Kosecki	25	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov	82	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas	60	31	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jerzy Podbrozny		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

16 Franchino70

Joe Franchino

United States

B.date09/08/1976

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

20 Caligiuri

Paul Caligiuri

United States

B.date09/03/1964

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefender

15 Jolley90

Steve Jolley

United States

B.date15/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

4 Fraser

Robin Fraser

United States

B.date17/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

13 Jones

Cobi Jones

United States

B.date16/06/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

10 Cienfuegos23

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

2 Pena87

Danny Pena

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

5 Machon41

Martin Machon

Guatemala

B.date04/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

19 Araújo Melo76

Wélton Araújo Melo

Brazil

B.date17/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

27 Hermosillo69

Carlos Hermosillo

Mexico

B.date24/08/1964

Age33 years

H1m88

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Joe Franchino	70	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Paul Caligiuri		34	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Steve Jolley	90	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robin Fraser		31	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cobi Jones		28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos	23	30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Danny Pena	87	21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Martin Machon	41	25	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Wélton Araújo Melo	76	23	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Carlos Hermosillo	69	33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton	89	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Zak Ibsen	73	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Josh Wolff	60	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Tony Kuhn	82	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Greg Vanney	70	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson	76	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Clint Mathis	69	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jorge Campos

Zach Thornton

OUT

Tom Soehn

Zak Ibsen

OUT

Frank Klopas

Diego Gutierrez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Robin Fraser

Ezra Hendrickson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 08, 1998

Bradley vs Zambrano

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 08, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 08, 1998

Zambrano vs Bradley

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on August 08, 1998

Referee

Paul Tamberino

3 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire11 matches	General total	LA Galaxy19 matches	11 victories	4 draws	4 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	LA Galaxy5 matches	4 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on June 23, 2001					Latest figure on October 27, 2001

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Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 04/04/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 7 consecutive wins at home in Major League Soccer (since 20/05/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time in his career that Francis Okaroh scores an own goal %comp with Chicago Fire

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	52 pts	24 rd
	2	Chicago Fire	37 pts	23 rd
	3	Colorado Rapids	29 pts	23 rd
+1	4	Kansas City Wizards	26 pts	22 rd
-1	5	Dallas Burn	25 pts	23 rd

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	52 pts	24 rd
	2	Chicago Fire	37 pts	23 rd
	3	Colorado Rapids	29 pts	23 rd
+1	4	Kansas City Wizards	26 pts	22 rd
-1	5	Dallas Burn	25 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 2-0 Columbus Crew06/06/1998

VChicago Fire 5-2 San Jose Earthquakes11/06/1998

VChicago Fire 1-0 FC Dallas17/06/1998

VChicago Fire 4-1 Sporting Kansas City24/06/1998

VChicago Fire 4-1 FC Dallas01/07/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 FC Dallas04/08/1998

Overall

LColumbus Crew 3-0 Chicago Fire09/07/1998

LD.C. United 4-1 Chicago Fire18/07/1998

DChicago Fire 1-1 San Jose Earthquakes22/07/1998

LNew York Red Bulls 3-2 Chicago Fire25/07/1998

LSan Jose Earthquakes 3-0 Chicago Fire29/07/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 FC Dallas04/08/1998

Current form

Away

VFC Dallas 1-8 Los Angeles Galaxy04/06/1998

VSan Jose Earthquakes 1-2 Los Angeles Galaxy27/06/1998

LD.C. United 3-0 Los Angeles Galaxy10/07/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy15/07/1998

LFC Dallas 3-0 Los Angeles Galaxy29/07/1998

VColorado Rapids 1-6 Los Angeles Galaxy05/08/1998

Overall

LD.C. United 3-0 Los Angeles Galaxy10/07/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-3 Los Angeles Galaxy15/07/1998

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200118/07/1998

LLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 D.C. United25/07/1998

LFC Dallas 3-0 Los Angeles Galaxy29/07/1998

VColorado Rapids 1-6 Los Angeles Galaxy05/08/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	11	3
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	17	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	8	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	1
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	23
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
12	Victories (Competition total)	16
8	Victories (Home / Away)	9
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
8	Losses (Competition total)	4
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

43	Goals scored (Competition total)	66
27	Goals scored (Home / Away)	32
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	35
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.95	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.87
2.7	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.67
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.52
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

13	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	10
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

26	Yellow cards (Competition total)	33
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	16
2	Red cards (Competition total)	6
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Roman Kosecki	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Wélton Araújo Melo
Roman Kosecki	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Wélton Araújo Melo
Lubos Kubik	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Lubos Kubik	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Jerzy Podbrozny	10 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Cobi Jones
Jerzy Podbrozny	9 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	5 assists	Mauricio Cienfuegos
Roman Kosecki	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	Cobi Jones

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 20, 1998
Home	3 - 1	May 20, 1998

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

May 30, 1998 - MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

1 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 20, 1998 - MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

3 - 1

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Piotr Nowak	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Roman Kosecki	1 goal	1998 - 1998
Ante Razov	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

	Mauricio Cienfuegos	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Wélton Araújo Melo	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Lubos Kubik	2 matches	1998 - 1998
CJ Brown	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Frank Klopas	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Jesse Marsch	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Zach Thornton	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Francis Okaroh	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Danny Pena	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Greg Vanney	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Steve Jolley	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Clint Mathis	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Harut Karapetyan	2 matches	1998 - 1998
Ezra Hendrickson	2 matches	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Chris Armas

24 matches

60 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

22 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

35 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

4 matches

53 matches

1996 - 1998

Total : 4 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

Chris Armas

24 matches

60 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

4 matches

53 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

11 matches

35 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

22 matches

11 matches

1996 - 1998

Total : 4 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	Los Angeles Galaxy	52	24	18	3	6	68	36	+32
2	Chicago Fire	37	23	13	2	10	44	33	+11
3	Colorado Rapids	29	23	11	4	12	45	52	-7
+14	Kansas City Wizards	26	22	10	5	12	30	30	0
-15	Dallas Burn	25	23	11	5	12	32	45	-13
6	San Jose Clash	20	22	8	6	14	32	45	-13

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Chicago Fire 1-2 LA Galaxy - August 08, 1998 / MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

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 LA Galaxy

Bradley vs Zambrano

Manager

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

Zambrano 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 LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking