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Chicago Fire 3-2 New England - September 23, 1998 / MLS 1998

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MLS 1998 - Round 17 - Western Conference

Soldier Field - Chicago - United States

September 23, 1998 - 20:30

11 244

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

New England

(penalty) Lubos Kubik

34'

Assist by Josh WolffFrank Klopas

74'

Assist by Chris ArmasJosh Wolff

89'

43'

Willy Gorter

68'

Mike BurnsAssist by Joe-Max Moore

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19' - Substitution Ivan McKinleyis substituted by Paul Keegan

28' - Substitution Roman Koseckiis substituted by Josh Wolff28

34' - Goal Lubos Kubik34

43' - Goal Willy Gorter

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57' - Yellow card CJ Brown57

61' - Substitution Josh Kelleris substituted by Zak Ibsen61

68' - Goal Mike Burns

71' - Substitution Ante Razovis substituted by Frank Klopas71

74' - Goal Frank Klopas74

89' - Goal Josh Wolff89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

New England

Chicago Fire New England

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

1 Campos

Jorge Campos

Mexico

B.date15/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m73

positionGoalkeeper

5 Kubik34

Lubos Kubik

Czech Republic

B.date20/01/1964

Age34 years

H1m86

positionSweeper

3 Kotschau

Ritchie Kotschau

United States

B.date22/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefender

2 Brown57

CJ Brown

United States

B.date15/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

20 Okaroh

Francis Okaroh

Nigeria

B.date25/08/1963

Age35 years

H1m83

positionDefender

14 Armas

Chris Armas

United States

B.date27/08/1972

Age26 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

19 Keller61

Josh Keller

United States

B.date16/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

10 Nowak

Piotr Nowak

Poland

B.date05/07/1964

Age34 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

11 Kosecki28

Roman Kosecki

Poland

B.date15/02/1966

Age32 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

12 Razov71

Ante Razov

United States

B.date02/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m85

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	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Lubos Kubik	34	34	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ritchie Kotschau		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	CJ Brown	57	23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Francis Okaroh		35	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Chris Armas		26	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Josh Keller	61	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Piotr Nowak		34	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Roman Kosecki	28	32	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Ante Razov	71	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jerzy Podbrozny		31	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

New England

1 Feuer

Ian Feuer

United States

B.date20/05/1971

Age27 years

H2m101

positionGoalkeeper

14 McKinley19

Ivan McKinley

South Africa

B.date15/06/1969

Age29 years

H1m85

positionDefender

5 Chronopoulos

Ted Chronopoulos

United States

B.date16/09/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefender

2 Dunseth

Brian Dunseth

United States

B.date02/03/1977

Age21 years

H1m73

positionDefender

24 Motajo

Manny Motajo

Nigeria

B.date13/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m83

positionDefender

7 Goulooze

Richard Goulooze

Netherlands

B.date16/11/1967

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

4 Burns68

Mike Burns

United States

B.date14/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefender

10 Gorter43

Willy Gorter

Netherlands

B.date06/07/1963

Age35 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

8 Baba

Imad Baba

United States

B.date15/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

9 Moore

Joe-Max Moore

United States

B.date23/02/1971

Age27 years

H1m76

positionCentre forward

21 Diaz Arce

Raul Diaz Arce

El Salvador

B.date01/02/1970

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ian Feuer		27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Ivan McKinley	19	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ted Chronopoulos		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Brian Dunseth		21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Manny Motajo		28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Richard Goulooze		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Mike Burns	68	28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Willy Gorter	43	35	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Imad Baba		24	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Joe-Max Moore		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Raul Diaz Arce		28	31	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

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	D	Zak Ibsen	61	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Frank Klopas	7471	32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Josh Wolff	8928	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
18	F		Paul Keegan	19	25	64	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

Josh Keller

Diego Gutierrez

OUT

Ritchie Kotschau

Josh Wolff

OUT

Roman Kosecki

Jesse Marsch

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manny Motajo

Paul Keegan

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bob Bradley

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Bradley vs New England

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1998

Bradley vs Zenga

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Walter Zenga

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Zenga vs Chicago Fire

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1998

Zenga vs Bradley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 1998

Referee

Michael Kennedy

10 victories	4 draws	2 losses	Chicago Fire16 matches	General total	New England42 matches	13 victories	11 draws	18 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire2 matches	Season total	New England4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on September 22, 2012					Latest figure on October 22, 2011

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Willy Gorter scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

End of streak for New England after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most (since 02/09/1998). It was the best streak for the club since 16/05/1997-14/06/1997 (7 matches).

New England keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 18/07/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/09/1997-16/05/1998 time period (16 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

1	Los Angeles Galaxy	65 pts	31 rd
2	Chicago Fire	56 pts	31 rd
3	Colorado Rapids	41 pts	31 rd
4	Dallas Burn	37 pts	31 rd
5	Kansas City Wizards	32 pts	31 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VChicago Fire 3-2 FC Dallas04/08/1998

LChicago Fire 1-2 Los Angeles Galaxy08/08/1998

VChicago Fire 2-1 San Jose Earthquakes15/08/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200102/09/1998

VChicago Fire 3-1 Colorado Rapids13/09/1998

VChicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas City17/09/1998

Overall

VColorado Rapids 0-2 Chicago Fire21/08/1998

DSporting Kansas City 2-2 Chicago Fire29/08/1998

VChicago Fire 3-2 Miami Fusion 1997-200102/09/1998

LFC Dallas 3-2 Chicago Fire10/09/1998

VChicago Fire 3-1 Colorado Rapids13/09/1998

VChicago Fire 1-0 Sporting Kansas City17/09/1998

Current form

Away

LColorado Rapids 2-1 New England Revolution11/07/1998

VFC Dallas 1-3 New England Revolution18/07/1998

LColumbus Crew 6-1 New England Revolution08/08/1998

DTampa Bay Mutiny 1-1 New England Revolution14/08/1998

LMiami Fusion 1997-2001 3-2 New England Revolution30/08/1998

VNew York Red Bulls 0-2 New England Revolution02/09/1998

Overall

DTampa Bay Mutiny 1-1 New England Revolution14/08/1998

LNew England Revolution 1-5 Los Angeles Galaxy22/08/1998

LMiami Fusion 1997-2001 3-2 New England Revolution30/08/1998

VNew York Red Bulls 0-2 New England Revolution02/09/1998

VNew England Revolution 2-0 Columbus Crew12/09/1998

VNew England Revolution 3-0 Tampa Bay Mutiny19/09/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	4	2
Drawless streak	16	4
Scoring streak	14	9
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	7	11
Invincibility streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
17	Victories (Competition total)	9
12	Victories (Home / Away)	4
3	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
10	Losses (Competition total)	16
3	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

59	Goals scored (Competition total)	51
37	Goals scored (Home / Away)	26
42	Goals conceded (Competition total)	63
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	36
1.97	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.7
2.47	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.73
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.4

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	21
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	11
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	22
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	13
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-3 (3 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	50
18	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	26
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Ante Razov	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Raul Diaz Arce
Ante Razov	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Raul Diaz Arce
Lubos Kubik	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Raul Diaz Arce
Lubos Kubik	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Raul Diaz Arce
Jerzy Podbrozny	12 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	10 assists	Joe-Max Moore
Jerzy Podbrozny	11 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	6 assists	Joe-Max Moore
Josh Wolff	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 4 matches	Joe-Max Moore

Historical head to head

Away

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

Historical head to head

Home

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

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	June 14, 1998
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

June 14, 1998 - MLS 1998

New England

1 - 3

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

Best historical scorers against New England

	Jerzy Podbrozny	2 goals	1998 - 1998
	Ritchie Kotschau	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Raul Diaz Arce

1 goal

1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs New England

CJ Brown	1 match	1998 - 1998
Lubos Kubik	1 match	1998 - 1998
Chris Armas	1 match	1998 - 1998
Zak Ibsen	1 match	1998 - 1998
Roman Kosecki	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ante Razov	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Ted Chronopoulos	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ivan McKinley	1 match	1998 - 1998
Imad Baba	1 match	1998 - 1998
David Nakhid	1 match	1998 - 1998
Raul Diaz Arce	1 match	1998 - 1998
Carlos Rocha	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/06/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Zak Ibsen

28 matches

6 matches

1996 - 1998

Francis Okaroh

26 matches

51 matches

1996 - 1998

Scott Coufal

2 matches

4 matches

1997 - 1998

Total : 3 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

Francis Okaroh

26 matches

51 matches

1996 - 1998

Zak Ibsen

28 matches

6 matches

1996 - 1998

Scott Coufal

2 matches

4 matches

1997 - 1998

Total : 3 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	65	31	23	4	8	84	44	+40
2	Chicago Fire	56	31	20	3	11	62	44	+18
3	Colorado Rapids	41	31	15	4	16	59	68	-9
4	Dallas Burn	37	31	15	6	16	42	56	-14
5	Kansas City Wizards	32	31	12	6	19	45	48	-3
6	San Jose Clash	30	31	12	8	19	46	60	-14

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Chicago Fire 3-2 New England - September 23, 1998 / MLS 1998

Chicago Fire

3 - 2

New England

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 New England

Bradley vs Zenga

Manager

Zenga vs Chicago Fire

Zenga 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 New England

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs New England

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking