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Chicago Fire 3-2 LA Galaxy - September 23, 2003 / US Open Cup 2003

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US Open Cup 2003 - Semi-final

Cardinal Stadium - Naperville - United States

September 23, 2003

5 327

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

LA Galaxy

DaMarcus Beasley

55'

Damani Ralph

63'

Ante Razov

69'

73'

Alejandro Moreno

75'

Arturo Torres

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18' - Yellow card Peter Vagenas

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55' - Goal DaMarcus Beasley55

60' - Yellow card Myung-bo Hong

63' - Goal Damani Ralph63

64' - Substitution Mauricio Cienfuegosis substituted by Arturo Torres

66' - Substitution Danny Califfis substituted by Ryan Suarez

69' - Goal Ante Razov69

73' - Goal Alejandro Moreno

74' - Substitution Chris Albrightis substituted by Antonio Martínez

75' - Goal Arturo Torres

90' - Substitution DaMarcus Beasleyis substituted by Logan Pause90

90' - Red card Myung-bo Hong photo Antonio Martínez

90' - Yellow card Antonio Martínez

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

LA Galaxy

Chicago Fire LA Galaxy

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age29 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

4 Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra

United States

B.date25/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

3 Whitfield

Evan Whitfield

United States

B.date23/06/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

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

20 Perez

Orlando Perez

United States

B.date12/07/1977

Age26 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age31 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7 Beasley5590

DaMarcus Beasley

United States

B.date24/05/1982

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8 Ralph63

Damani Ralph

Jamaica

B.date06/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

9 Razov69

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age29 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		29	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Carlos Bocanegra		24	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Evan Whitfield		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jim Curtin		24	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Kelly Gray		22	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Orlando Perez		26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		31	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		29	206	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	DaMarcus Beasley	5590	21	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Damani Ralph	63	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ante Razov	69	29	173	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

113

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

18 Hong6090

Myung-bo Hong

South Korea

B.date12/02/1969

Age34 years

H1m85

positionSweeper

23 Califf66

Danny Califf

United States

B.date17/03/1980

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

14 Marshall

Tyrone Marshall

Jamaica

B.date12/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

5 Albright74

Chris Albright

United States

B.date14/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

10 Cienfuegos64

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age35 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

13 Jones

Cobi Jones

United States

B.date16/06/1970

Age33 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Midfielder

8 Vagenas18

Peter Vagenas

United States

B.date06/02/1978

Age25 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

12 Elliott

Simon Elliott

New Zealand

B.date10/06/1974

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

20 Ruiz

Carlos Ruiz

Guatemala

B.date15/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m78

positionStriker

15 Moreno73

Alejandro Moreno

Venezuela

B.date08/07/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		29	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Myung-bo Hong	6090	34	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Danny Califf	66	23	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Tyrone Marshall		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Chris Albright	74	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos	64	35	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cobi Jones		33	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Vagenas	18	25	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Simon Elliott		29	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Carlos Ruiz		24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Alejandro Moreno	73	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

123

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	M		Logan Pause	90	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Ryan Suarez	66	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Antonio Martínez	7490	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Arturo Torres	7564	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jesse Marsch

Logan Pause

OUT

Orlando Perez

Justin Mapp

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Dave Sarachan

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Sarachan vs LA Galaxy

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2003

Sarachan vs Schmid

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Schmid

188

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Schmid vs Chicago Fire

11 victories

2 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2003

Schmid vs Sarachan

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2003

Referee

Augusto St Silva

4 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire12 matches	General total	LA Galaxy4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	LA Galaxy1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on July 15, 2006					Latest figure on June 18, 2005

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Key figures

The last time LA Galaxy has conceded at least 3 goals away from home in US Open Cup, It was on the 11/08/1999 (vs )

Chicago Fire keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs LA Galaxy in US Open Cup running (since 23/08/2000). It's a record streak. The first of history

LA Galaxy keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw away from home running (since 22/08/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 30 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 2-0 Sporting Kansas City26/07/2003

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York Red Bulls09/08/2003

VChicago Fire 3-1 D.C. United16/08/2003

VChicago Fire 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy20/08/2003

VChicago Fire 2-1 Colorado Rapids27/08/2003

DChicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew06/09/2003

Overall

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

VChicago Fire 2-1 Colorado Rapids27/08/2003

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

DChicago Fire 1-1 Columbus Crew06/09/2003

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

LFC Dallas 2-0 Chicago Fire20/09/2003

Current form

Away

LColorado Rapids 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy31/05/2003

LNew York Red Bulls 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy21/06/2003

DColorado Rapids 2-2 Los Angeles Galaxy25/06/2003

LChicago Fire 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy20/08/2003

VSeattle Sounders 1-5 Los Angeles Galaxy27/08/2003

LD.C. United 2-1 Los Angeles Galaxy06/09/2003

Overall

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 New England Revolution23/08/2003

VSeattle Sounders 1-5 Los Angeles Galaxy27/08/2003

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 FC Dallas30/08/2003

LD.C. United 2-1 Los Angeles Galaxy06/09/2003

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

VLos Angeles Galaxy 1-0 D.C. United20/09/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	16	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

DaMarcus Beasley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Carlos Ruiz
DaMarcus Beasley	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Carlos Ruiz
DaMarcus Beasley	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last match	Carlos Ruiz

Historical head to head

Home

12 matches

4 v

2 d

6 l

15 gf

16 ga

Away

11 matches

3 v

2 d

6 l

10 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

25 matches

8 v

4 d

13 l

27 gf

29 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

2 d

3 l

11 gf

10 ga

Away

12 matches

6 v

2 d

4 l

16 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Total

25 matches

13 v

4 d

8 l

29 gf

27 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 13, 2003
Home	3 - 1	May 20, 1998

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	September 07, 2002
Away	2 - 1	September 07, 2002

Latest head to head

September 13, 2003 - MLS 2003

LA Galaxy

0 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

August 20, 2003 - MLS 2003

Chicago Fire

1 - 0

LA Galaxy

September 07, 2002 - MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

LA Galaxy

June 08, 2002 - MLS 2002

LA Galaxy

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 11, 2002 - MLS 2002

Chicago Fire

0 - 1

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Ante Razov	4 goals	1998 - 2002
Piotr Nowak	3 goals	1998 - 1998
Josh Wolff	3 goals	1999 - 2000
Jesse Marsch	3 goals	1998 - 2002
DaMarcus Beasley	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Hristo Stoichkov	2 goals	2000 - 2001

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

Carlos Ruiz	5 goals	2002 - 2002
Luis Hernandez	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Peter Vagenas	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Cobi Jones	3 goals	1998 - 2000
Simon Elliott	2 goals	1999 - 1999
Alexi Lalas	2 goals	2001 - 2002

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

Zach Thornton	25 matches	1998 - 2003
Jesse Marsch	25 matches	1998 - 2003
CJ Brown	21 matches	1998 - 2002
Piotr Nowak	21 matches	1998 - 2002
Ante Razov	21 matches	1998 - 2003
Chris Armas	17 matches	1998 - 2003

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

Mauricio Cienfuegos	23 matches	1998 - 2003
Ezra Hendrickson	22 matches	1998 - 2002
Kevin Hartman	20 matches	1998 - 2003
Cobi Jones	19 matches	1998 - 2003
Simon Elliott	17 matches	1999 - 2003
Greg Vanney	17 matches	1998 - 2001