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Houston Dynamo 2-1 Chicago Fire - August 31, 2008 / MLS 2008

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MLS 2008 - Round 23 - Western Conference

BBVA Compass Stadium - Houston - United States

August 31, 2008

22 554

Houston Dynamo

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Assist by Brad DavisDwayne de Rosario

Assist by Brad DavisBrian Mullan

39'

Brian McBrideAssist by Cuauhtémoc Blanco

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6' - Goal Brian McBride

7' - Goal Dwayne de Rosario7

39' - Goal Brian Mullan39

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66' - Substitution Justin Mappis substituted by Andy Herron

76' - Substitution Brandon Prideauxis substituted by Mike Banner

78' - Substitution Nate Jaquais substituted by Kei Kamara78

85' - Substitution Eddie Robinsonis substituted by Patrick Ianni85

87' - Substitution Gonzalo Segaresis substituted by Marco Pappa

88' - Substitution Brad Davisis substituted by Stuart Holden88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Houston Dynamo

2 - 1

Chicago Fire

Houston Dynamo Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

Houston Dynamo

18 Onstad

Pat Onstad

Canada

B.date13/01/1968

Age40 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

2 Robinson85

Eddie Robinson

United States

B.date19/06/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

32 Boswell

Bobby Boswell

United States

B.date15/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

24 Barrett

Wade Barrett

United States

B.date23/06/1976

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

11 Davis88

Brad Davis

United States

B.date08/11/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

8 Mulrooney

Richard Mulrooney

United States

B.date03/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

13 Clark

Ricardo Clark

United States

B.date10/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

9 Mullan39

Brian Mullan

United States

B.date23/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight Midfielder

27 Jaqua78

Nate Jaqua

United States

B.date28/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m90

positionStriker

14 de Rosario7

Dwayne de Rosario

Canada

B.date15/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m80

positionStriker

25 Ching

Brian Ching

United States

B.date24/05/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Pat Onstad		40	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Eddie Robinson	85	30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Bobby Boswell		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Wade Barrett		32	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Brad Davis	88	26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Richard Mulrooney		31	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Ricardo Clark		25	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Brian Mullan	39	30	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Nate Jaqua	78	26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Dwayne de Rosario	7	30	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Brian Ching		30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chicago Fire

1 Busch

Jon Busch

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age32 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

6 Prideaux76

Brandon Prideaux

United States

B.date18/08/1976

Age32 years

H1m83

positionDefender

25 Segares87

Gonzalo Segares

Costa Rica

B.date13/10/1982

Age25 years

H1m80

positionDefender

22 Conde

Wilman Conde

Colombia

B.date29/08/1982

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

4 Soumaré

Bakary Soumaré

Mali

B.date09/11/1985

Age22 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

7 Pause

Logan Pause

United States

B.date22/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 Mapp66

Justin Mapp

United States

B.date18/10/1984

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11 Thorrington

John Thorrington

United States

B.date10/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10 Blanco

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Mexico

B.date17/01/1973

Age35 years

H1m77

positionVersatile Forward

17 Rolfe

Chris Rolfe

United States

B.date17/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionForward

20 McBride6

Brian McBride

United States

B.date19/06/1972

Age36 years

H1m83

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jon Busch		32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Brandon Prideaux	76	32	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Gonzalo Segares	87	25	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Wilman Conde		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bakary Soumaré		22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Logan Pause		27	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Justin Mapp	66	23	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	John Thorrington		29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Cuauhtémoc Blanco		35	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Chris Rolfe		25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Brian McBride	6	36	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	D	Patrick Ianni	85	23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Stuart Holden	88	23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Kei Kamara	78	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Mike Banner	76	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Andy Herron	66	30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Marco Pappa	87	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Brian Ching

Kei Kamara

OUT

Richard Mulrooney

Craig Waibel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gonzalo Segares

Diego Gutierrez

OUT

Justin Mapp

Patrick Nyarko

OUT

Cuauhtémoc Blanco

Stephen King

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dominic Kinnear

114

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Kinnear vs Chicago Fire

4 victories

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2008

Kinnear vs Hamlett

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on August 31, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Denis Hamlett

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Hamlett vs Houston Dynamo

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2008

Hamlett vs Kinnear

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2008

Referee

Arkadiusz Prus

8 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Houston Dynamo16 matches	General total	Chicago Fire32 matches	12 victories	6 draws	14 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Houston Dynamo2 matches	Season total	Chicago Fire3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 04, 2011					Latest figure on October 04, 2011

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 12/07/2008).

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 4 consecutive matches without a loss away from home (since 05/07/2008).

Houston Dynamo keeps its 5 matches with at least 2 goals scored at home running (since 29/07/2008). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/07/2007 (4 matches)

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

1	Houston Dynamo	35 pts	22 rd
2	Real Salt Lake	30 pts	22 rd
3	Chivas USA	27 pts	22 rd
4	FC Dallas	26 pts	22 rd
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	25 pts	22 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VHouston Dynamo 4-0 Atlante12/07/2008

LHouston Dynamo 0-1 Chivas Guadalajara15/07/2008

VHouston Dynamo 2-0 Pachuca29/07/2008

VHouston Dynamo 2-0 Columbus Crew02/08/2008

VHouston Dynamo 4-3 Real Salt Lake16/08/2008

VHouston Dynamo 4-0 Chivas USA20/08/2008

Overall

VHouston Dynamo 2-0 Pachuca29/07/2008

VHouston Dynamo 2-0 Columbus Crew02/08/2008

DNew England Revolution 2-2 Houston Dynamo05/08/2008

VHouston Dynamo 4-3 Real Salt Lake16/08/2008

VHouston Dynamo 4-0 Chivas USA20/08/2008

LNew York Red Bulls 3-0 Houston Dynamo24/08/2008

Current form

Away

LChivas USA 2-0 Chicago Fire19/06/2008

DColumbus Crew 2-2 Chicago Fire05/07/2008

LD.C. United 2-1 Chicago Fire08/07/2008

DSporting Kansas City 0-0 Chicago Fire27/07/2008

VNew England Revolution 1-2 Chicago Fire09/08/2008

VLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire21/08/2008

Overall

DChicago Fire 0-0 Real Salt Lake19/07/2008

DSporting Kansas City 0-0 Chicago Fire27/07/2008

VChicago Fire 1-0 Chivas USA02/08/2008

VNew England Revolution 1-2 Chicago Fire09/08/2008

LChicago Fire 0-1 D.C. United16/08/2008

VLos Angeles Galaxy 0-1 Chicago Fire21/08/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

680	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	658
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.55
1.19	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.76
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.73

Betting aid

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

Bookings

39	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Brian Ching	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	John Thorrington
Brian Ching	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Dwayne de Rosario	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Dwayne de Rosario	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Brian Ching	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Brian Ching	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Brian Ching	9 goals, 2 assists during the last 15 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	John Thorrington

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

8 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

8 ga

Away

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

1 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	July 12, 2007
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 29, 2007
Away	1 - 0	April 29, 2007

Latest head to head

May 17, 2008 - MLS 2008

Chicago Fire

1 - 2

Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo

July 12, 2007 - MLS 2007

Chicago Fire

0 - 4

Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo

April 29, 2007 - MLS 2007

Houston Dynamo

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

August 30, 2006 - MLS 2006

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo

May 20, 2006 - MLS 2006

Houston Dynamo

0 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Dwayne de Rosario	2 goals	2006 - 2008
Chris Wondolowski	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Nate Jaqua	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Joseph Ngwenya	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Stuart Holden	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Bobby Boswell	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Houston Dynamo

Calen Carr	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Justin Mapp	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Chris Rolfe	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Thiago Correa	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Andy Herron	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Eddie Robinson	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Wade Barrett	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Dwayne de Rosario	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Pat Onstad	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Brian Mullan	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Ricardo Clark	4 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Houston Dynamo

Diego Gutierrez	5 matches	2006 - 2008
Thiago Correa	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Ivan Guerrero	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Gonzalo Segares	4 matches	2006 - 2008
Chris Armas	4 matches	2006 - 2007
Calen Carr	4 matches	2006 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/05/2006. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kelly Gray

35 matches

104 matches

2002 - 2007

Nate Jaqua

31 matches

114 matches

2003 - 2008

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/03/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nate Jaqua

31 matches

114 matches

2003 - 2008

Kelly Gray

35 matches

104 matches

2002 - 2007

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/03/2002. 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	Houston Dynamo	35	22	9	8	5	31	26	+5
2	Real Salt Lake	30	22	8	6	8	27	27	0
3	Chivas USA	27	22	7	6	9	28	32	-4
4	FC Dallas	26	22	6	8	8	30	29	+1
5	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	22	6	7	9	42	45	-3
6	San Jose Earthquakes	25	22	6	7	9	21	26	-5
7	Colorado Rapids	24	22	7	3	12	29	32	-3

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Houston Dynamo 2-1 Chicago Fire - August 31, 2008 / MLS 2008

Houston Dynamo

2 - 1

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

Kinnear vs Chicago Fire

Kinnear vs Hamlett

Manager

Hamlett vs Houston Dynamo

Hamlett vs Kinnear

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 Houston Dynamo

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Houston Dynamo

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking