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LA Galaxy 1-1 Chicago Fire - May 30, 1998 / MLS 1998

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3' - Goal Mauricio Cienfuegos3

23' - Yellow card Steve Jolley23

31' - Yellow card Lubos Kubik

38' - Yellow card Robin Fraser38

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46' - Substitution Jerzy Podbroznyis substituted by Zak Ibsen

49' - Goal Ante Razov

55' - Yellow card Francis Okaroh

58' - Yellow card Clint Mathis58

61' - Yellow card Ante Razov

69' - Substitution Jose Vasquezis substituted by Daniel Hernandez69

78' - Substitution Wélton Araújo Melois substituted by Harut Karapetyan78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

LA Galaxy

1 - 1

Chicago Fire

LA Galaxy Chicago Fire

Team line-ups

LA Galaxy

22 Hartman

Kevin Hartman

United States

B.date24/05/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

4 Fraser38

Robin Fraser

United States

B.date17/11/1966

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

15 Jolley23

Steve Jolley

United States

B.date15/10/1975

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

3 Vanney

Greg Vanney

United States

B.date11/06/1974

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft central defender

17 Hendrickson

Ezra Hendrickson

Saint Vincent

B.date16/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m91

positionRight full-back

5 Machon

Martin Machon

Guatemala

B.date04/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m71

positionMidfield

10 Cienfuegos3

Mauricio Cienfuegos

El Salvador

B.date12/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m68

positionMidfield

2 Pena

Danny Pena

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

14 Mathis58

Clint Mathis

United States

B.date25/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

19 Araújo Melo78

Wélton Araújo Melo

Brazil

B.date17/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 Vasquez69

Jose Vasquez

Mexico

B.date20/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m83

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Kevin Hartman		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Robin Fraser	38	31	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Steve Jolley	23	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Greg Vanney		23	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ezra Hendrickson		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Martin Machon		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Mauricio Cienfuegos	3	30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Danny Pena		21	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Clint Mathis	58	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Wélton Araújo Melo	78	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jose Vasquez	69	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chicago Fire

18 Thornton

Zach Thornton

United States

B.date10/10/1973

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik31

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

2 Brown

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

20 Okaroh55

Francis Okaroh

Nigeria

B.date25/08/1963

Age34 years

H1m83

positionDefender

3 Kotschau

Ritchie Kotschau

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Nowak

Piotr Nowak

Poland

B.date05/07/1964

Age33 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

15 Marsch

Jesse Marsch

United States

B.date08/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

9 Podbrozny46

Jerzy Podbrozny

Poland

B.date17/12/1966

Age31 years

H1m76

positionStriker

41 Klopas

Frank Klopas

United States

B.date01/09/1966

Age31 years

H1m75

positionForward

12 Razov4961

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
18	G	Zach Thornton		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik	31	34	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Francis Okaroh	55	34	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ritchie Kotschau		22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak		33	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesse Marsch		24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jerzy Podbrozny	46	31	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas		31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov	4961	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
23	D		Daniel Hernandez	69	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F		Harut Karapetyan	78	26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
25	D		Zak Ibsen	46	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jose Vasquez

Wellington Sanchez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frank Klopas

Roman Kosecki

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Octavio Zambrano

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

63 %

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 30, 1998

Zambrano vs Bradley

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 30, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 30, 1998

Bradley vs Zambrano

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 30, 1998

Referee

Richard Grady

6 victories	3 draws	1 loss	LA Galaxy10 matches	General total	Chicago Fire3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	LA Galaxy1 match	Season total	Chicago Fire1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on July 20, 2002					Latest figure on September 26, 1999

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Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 25/04/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for Chicago Fire after 4 consecutive matches without a draw (since 02/05/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

End of streak for LA Galaxy after 4 consecutive wins at home (since 28/03/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 15/09/1996-10/10/1996 (5 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	28 pts	12 rd
+1	2	Chicago Fire	16 pts	11 rd
-1	3	San Jose Clash	15 pts	12 rd
	4	Dallas Burn	14 pts	10 rd
	5	Kansas City Wizards	11 pts	12 rd

General ranking

	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	28 pts	12 rd
+1	2	Chicago Fire	16 pts	11 rd
-1	3	San Jose Clash	15 pts	12 rd
	4	Dallas Burn	14 pts	10 rd
	5	Kansas City Wizards	11 pts	12 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLos Angeles Galaxy 0-0 FC Dallas05/10/1997

DLos Angeles Galaxy 3-3 San Jose Earthquakes21/03/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 3-2 New York Red Bulls28/03/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 5-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny25/04/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 7-4 Colorado Rapids06/05/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-1 FC Dallas23/05/1998

Overall

VLos Angeles Galaxy 5-1 Tampa Bay Mutiny25/04/1998

VSporting Kansas City 0-2 Los Angeles Galaxy29/04/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 7-4 Colorado Rapids06/05/1998

VColumbus Crew 2-4 Los Angeles Galaxy17/05/1998

LChicago Fire 3-1 Los Angeles Galaxy20/05/1998

VLos Angeles Galaxy 4-1 FC Dallas23/05/1998

Current form

Away

VMiami Fusion 1997-2001 0-2 Chicago Fire21/03/1998

LSporting Kansas City 1-0 Chicago Fire08/04/1998

LSan Jose Earthquakes 1-0 Chicago Fire11/04/1998

DColorado Rapids 4-4 Chicago Fire25/04/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-2 Chicago Fire16/05/1998

Overall

LChicago Fire 0-1 New York Red Bulls17/04/1998

DColorado Rapids 4-4 Chicago Fire25/04/1998

LChicago Fire 1-3 D.C. United02/05/1998

VTampa Bay Mutiny 1-2 Chicago Fire16/05/1998

VChicago Fire 3-1 Los Angeles Galaxy20/05/1998

VChicago Fire 5-0 Colorado Rapids23/05/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	10	1
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	5	4

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
9	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

35	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
3.18	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.9
4.4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
1.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
2.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

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

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Wélton Araújo Melo	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Frank Klopas
Wélton Araújo Melo	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Roman Kosecki
Mauricio Cienfuegos	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Mauricio Cienfuegos	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Clint Mathis	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Roman Kosecki
Clint Mathis	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Piotr Nowak
Wélton Araújo Melo	10 goals, 6 assists during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 3 assists during the last 3 matches	Jerzy Podbrozny

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	May 20, 1998
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

May 20, 1998 - MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

3 - 1

LA Galaxy

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

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.

Best historical scorers against LA Galaxy

	Piotr Nowak	2 goals	1998 - 1998
	Roman Kosecki	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 Chicago Fire

Martin Machon	1 match	1998 - 1998
Mauricio Cienfuegos	1 match	1998 - 1998
Daniel Hernandez	1 match	1998 - 1998
Wélton Araújo Melo	1 match	1998 - 1998
Kevin Hartman	1 match	1998 - 1998
Danny Pena	1 match	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

Ritchie Kotschau	1 match	1998 - 1998
Piotr Nowak	1 match	1998 - 1998
Jerzy Podbrozny	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ante Razov	1 match	1998 - 1998
Lubos Kubik	1 match	1998 - 1998
CJ Brown	1 match	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

60 matches

10 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

53 matches

1 match

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

35 matches

9 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

11 matches

8 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

60 matches

10 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Salcedo

35 matches

9 matches

1996 - 1998

Ante Razov

11 matches

8 matches

1996 - 1998

Jorge Campos

53 matches

1 match

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	28	12	10	2	2	36	20	+16
+12	Chicago Fire	16	11	6	2	5	20	13	+7
-13	San Jose Clash	15	12	5	3	7	22	24	-2
4	Dallas Burn	14	10	6	3	4	15	16	-1
5	Kansas City Wizards	11	12	5	3	7	14	17	-3
6	Colorado Rapids	8	12	4	4	8	25	31	-6

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LA Galaxy 1-1 Chicago Fire - May 30, 1998 / MLS 1998

LA Galaxy

1 - 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

Zambrano vs Chicago Fire

Zambrano vs Bradley

Manager

Bradley vs LA Galaxy

Bradley vs Zambrano

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 LA Galaxy

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs LA Galaxy

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking