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LA Galaxy 3-0 Metrostars - August 31, 2002 / MLS 2002

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MLS 2002 - Round 27

Rose Bowl - Pasadena - United States

August 31, 2002 - 22:00

19 854

LA Galaxy

3 - 0

Metrostars

Assist by Simon ElliottCarlos Ruiz

Assist by Sasha VictorineCarlos Ruiz

23'

Assist by Cobi JonesCarlos Ruiz

83'

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4' - Goal Carlos Ruiz4

23' - Goal Carlos Ruiz23

26' - Yellow card Steve Jolley

33' - Substitution Mamadou Diallois substituted by Brad Davis

35' - Yellow card Cobi Jones35

38' - Yellow card Jeff Moore

41' - Yellow card Mauricio Cienfuegos41

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56' - Yellow card Danny Califf56

58' - Yellow card Alexi Lalas58

62' - Red card Craig Ziadie

74' - Yellow card Peter Vagenas74

83' - Goal Carlos Ruiz83

83' - Substitution Jeff Mooreis substituted by Mark Lisi

86' - Substitution Cobi Jonesis substituted by Brian Mullan86

89' - Substitution Danny Califfis substituted by Adam Frye photo Chris Albright

89' - Substitution Carlos Ruizis substituted by Chris Albright89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

LA Galaxy

3 - 0

Metrostars

LA Galaxy Metrostars

Team line-ups

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

23 Califf8956

Danny Califf

United States

B.date17/03/1980

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

14 Marshall

Tyrone Marshall

Jamaica

B.date12/11/1974

Age27 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

30 Lalas58

Alexi Lalas

United States

B.date01/06/1970

Age32 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

17 Hendrickson

Ezra Hendrickson

Saint Vincent

B.date16/01/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionRight full-back

13 Jones8635

Cobi Jones

United States

B.date16/06/1970

Age32 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Midfielder

12 Elliott

Simon Elliott

New Zealand

B.date10/06/1974

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

10 Cienfuegos41

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age34 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

11 Victorine

Sasha Victorine

United States

B.date03/02/1978

Age24 years

H1m88

positionMidfield

8 Vagenas74

Peter Vagenas

United States

B.date06/02/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionMidfield

20 Ruiz4238389

Carlos Ruiz

Guatemala

B.date15/09/1979

Age22 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		28	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Danny Califf	8956	22	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Tyrone Marshall		27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Alexi Lalas	58	32	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson		30	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cobi Jones	8635	32	217	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Simon Elliott		28	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos	41	34	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Sasha Victorine		24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Vagenas	74	24	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Carlos Ruiz	4238389	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

114

Metrostars

18 Howard

Tim Howard

United States

B.date06/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

12 Petke

Mike Petke

United States

B.date30/01/1976

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

21 Akwari

Nelson Akwari

United States

B.date04/02/1982

Age20 years

H1m83

positionDefender

5 Jolley26

Steve Jolley

United States

B.date15/10/1975

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

16 Ziadie62

Craig Ziadie

Jamaica

B.date20/09/1978

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

6 Moore8338

Jeff Moore

United States

B.date15/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m72

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Paule

Ross Paule

United States

B.date04/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

13 Mathis

Clint Mathis

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age25 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

15 Diallo33

Mamadou Diallo

Senegal

B.date21/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m90

positionStriker

7 Williams

Andy Williams

Jamaica

B.date23/09/1977

Age24 years

H1m73

positionForward

22 Faria

Rodrigo Faria

Brazil

B.date24/02/1977

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Tim Howard		23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Mike Petke		26	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Nelson Akwari		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Steve Jolley	26	26	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Craig Ziadie	62	23	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Jeff Moore	8338	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ross Paule		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Clint Mathis		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Mamadou Diallo	33	31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Andy Williams		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Rodrigo Faria		25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	D	Adam Frye	89	28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Brian Mullan	86	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Chris Albright	89	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
8	M		Mark Lisi	83	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M		Brad Davis	33	20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Peter Vagenas

Alejandro Moreno

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nelson Akwari

Ted Chronopoulos

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Schmid

145

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Schmid vs Metrostars

5 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Schmid vs Zambrano

4 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

101

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Zambrano vs LA Galaxy

4 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Zambrano vs Schmid

4 victories

1 draw

4 losses

Latest figure on August 31, 2002

Referee

Michael Kennedy

18 victories	10 draws	5 losses	LA Galaxy33 matches	General total	Metrostars25 matches	11 victories	4 draws	10 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	LA Galaxy3 matches	Season total	Metrostars4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on September 17, 2011					Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Videos

Comments

Key figures

LA Galaxy keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 27/07/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/04/2002-17/07/2002 time period (14 matches).

Mike Petke played his game number 10 vs Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer with New York Red Bulls

It's the first time in his career that Carlos Ruiz scores at least 3 goals during the same game in his professional career with Los Angeles Galaxy

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

	1	San Jose Earthquakes	42 pts	25 rd
+1	2	Los Angeles Galaxy	42 pts	25 rd
-1	3	Dallas Burn	40 pts	24 rd
	4	Colorado Rapids	36 pts	25 rd
+1	5	Columbus Crew	35 pts	25 rd

General ranking

+2	6	Kansas City Wizards	35 pts	26 rd
-2	7	Chicago Fire	34 pts	25 rd
-1	8	Metrostars	32 pts	24 rd
	9	New England Revolution	29 pts	25 rd
	10	D.C. United	26 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes04/07/2002

DLos Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Sporting Kansas City20/07/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Columbus Crew27/07/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 New England Revolution10/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-0 Colorado Rapids17/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Sporting Kansas City21/08/2002

Overall

VSan Jose Earthquakes 0-1 Los Angeles Galaxy07/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 New England Revolution10/08/2002

LColumbus Crew 3-2 Los Angeles Galaxy14/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-0 Colorado Rapids17/08/2002

VLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Sporting Kansas City21/08/2002

LFC Dallas 1-0 Los Angeles Galaxy24/08/2002

Current form

Away

VNew England Revolution 0-2 Metrostars29/06/2002

LFC Dallas 2-0 Metrostars04/07/2002

VColumbus Crew 2-3 Metrostars06/07/2002

VVirginia Beach Mariners 0-1 Metrostars16/07/2002

VSporting Kansas City 1-3 Metrostars24/07/2002

LChicago Fire 3-0 Metrostars27/07/2002

Overall

VSporting Kansas City 1-3 Metrostars24/07/2002

LChicago Fire 3-0 Metrostars27/07/2002

LMetrostars 2-3 Columbus Crew31/07/2002

LMetrostars 1-2 Columbus Crew07/08/2002

LMetrostars 1-3 FC Dallas17/08/2002

VMetrostars 1-0 D.C. United25/08/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	7
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	13	15
Scoring streak	0	4
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	7
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	23
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
12	Victories (Competition total)	10
9	Victories (Home / Away)	6
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
2	Draws (Home / Away)	0
9	Losses (Competition total)	11
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

37	Goals scored (Competition total)	37
23	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	16
1.54	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.61
1.92	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.61
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.6

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	14
9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
2-1 (6 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
4	Red cards (Competition total)	6
3	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Carlos Ruiz	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Mamadou Diallo
Carlos Ruiz	11 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Rodrigo Faria
Carlos Ruiz	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Mamadou Diallo
Carlos Ruiz	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Rodrigo Faria
Cobi Jones	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Andy Williams
Ezra Hendrickson	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Clint Mathis
Cobi Jones	3 goals, 5 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	4 goals, 2 assists during the last 8 matches	Rodrigo Faria

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

6 v

1 d

2 l

20 gf

12 ga

Away

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

14 gf

16 ga

Total

19 matches

10 v

3 d

6 l

34 gf

28 ga

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

4 v

2 d

4 l

16 gf

14 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

1 d

6 l

12 gf

20 ga

Total

19 matches

6 v

3 d

10 l

28 gf

34 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	July 20, 1997
Home	4 - 1	August 21, 1999

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	June 15, 2002
Away	2 - 0	June 03, 2000

Latest head to head

June 15, 2002 - MLS 2002

Metrostars

5 - 0

LA Galaxy

September 29, 2001 - MLS 2001

LA Galaxy

4 - 2

Metrostars logo Metrostars

September 26, 2001 - MLS 2001

Metrostars

4 - 1

LA Galaxy

September 23, 2001 - MLS 2001

LA Galaxy

1 - 1

Metrostars logo Metrostars

June 23, 2001 - MLS 2001

LA Galaxy

2 - 0

Metrostars logo Metrostars

Best historical scorers against Metrostars

Cobi Jones	5 goals	1996 - 1998
Sasha Victorine	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Eduardo Hurtado	3 goals	1996 - 1996
Harut Karapetyan	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Mauricio Cienfuegos	2 goals	1996 - 2001
Greg Vanney	2 goals	1996 - 1996

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Mamadou Diallo	4 goals	2002 - 2002
Petter Villegas	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Rodrigo Faria	3 goals	2001 - 2001
Giovanni Savarese	2 goals	1996 - 1998
Clint Mathis	2 goals	2000 - 2001
Mark Chung	2 goals	1999 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

Mauricio Cienfuegos	16 matches	1996 - 2002
Greg Vanney	15 matches	1996 - 2001
Cobi Jones	13 matches	1996 - 2001
Paul Caligiuri	12 matches	1997 - 2001
Kevin Hartman	12 matches	1997 - 2002
Ezra Hendrickson	10 matches	1997 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/04/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

Mark Chung	9 matches	1999 - 2001
Tony Meola	9 matches	1996 - 1998
Mike Petke	9 matches	1999 - 2002
Mark Semioli	9 matches	1997 - 2001
Petter Villegas	9 matches	1996 - 2001
Steve Jolley	8 matches	2000 - 2002

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

Ezra Hendrickson

164 matches

8 matches

1997 - 2002

Clint Mathis

75 matches

50 matches

1998 - 2002

Steve Jolley

75 matches

94 matches

1997 - 2002

Eduardo Hurtado

61 matches

1996 - 1999

Alexi Lalas

48 matches

30 matches

1998 - 2002

Mark Semioli

45 matches

91 matches

1996 - 2001

Total : 11 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

Steve Jolley

75 matches

94 matches

1997 - 2002

Brian Kelly

19 matches

92 matches

1997 - 2001

Mark Semioli

45 matches

91 matches

1996 - 2001

Eduardo Hurtado

61 matches

1996 - 1999

Clint Mathis

75 matches

50 matches

1998 - 2002

Daniel Hernandez

31 matches

50 matches

1998 - 2002

Total : 11 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

August 31, 2002

19:30

Columbus Crew

0 0a.e.t.

New England

Line-ups available

19:30

D.C. United

4 2

San Jose

Line-ups available

20:00

Kansas City

2 1

Chicago Fire

Line-ups available

September 01, 2002

21:00

Colorado Rapids

3 2

FC Dallas

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	San Jose Earthquakes	42	25	13	3	9	41	30	+11
+12	Los Angeles Galaxy	42	25	13	3	9	40	32	+8
-13	Dallas Burn	40	24	11	7	6	36	32	+4
4	Colorado Rapids	36	25	11	3	11	37	44	-7
+15	Columbus Crew	35	25	10	5	10	38	37	+1
+26	Kansas City Wizards	35	26	9	8	9	35	42	-7
-27	Chicago Fire	34	25	10	4	11	40	33	+7
-18	Metrostars	32	24	10	2	12	37	40	-3
9	New England Revolution	29	25	9	2	14	41	48	-7
10	D.C. United	26	24	7	5	12	25	32	-7

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LA Galaxy 3-0 Metrostars - August 31, 2002 / MLS 2002

LA Galaxy

3 - 0

Metrostars

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

Schmid vs Metrostars

Schmid vs Zambrano

Manager

Zambrano vs LA Galaxy

Zambrano vs Schmid

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 Metrostars

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs Metrostars

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking