MLS

FT Thursday, August 21, 2008
Chicago Fire FC DWWLW 1
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LA Galaxy DLDDL 0
Dignity Health Sports Park · 27,000 att. · ESPN2

Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
6
51
Possession
49
13
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
1
Accurate Passes
0
1
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
2
1
Crosses
3
0.0
Cross %
0.7
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
0
2
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CHI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LA

  1. 1Steve CroninG
  2. 28Sean FranklinD
  3. 12Troy RobertsD
  4. 3Greg VanneyD
  5. 4Ante JazicD
  6. 7Chris KleinM
  7. 15Pires AlvaroM
  8. 8Peter VagenasM
  9. 26Ely AllenM
  10. 14Edson BuddleF
  11. 21Alan GordonF

Substitutes

  1. 31Josh WicksG
  2. 25Eduardo RodrigoD
  3. 2Mike RandolphD
  4. 24Julian ValentinD
  5. 18Mike MunozM
  6. 19Josh TudelaM
  7. 11Israel SesayF

CHI

  1. 1Jon BuschG
  2. 6Brandon PrideauxD
  3. 22Wilman CondeD
  4. 4Bakary SoumaréD
  5. 8Diego GutierrezD
  6. 11John ThorringtonM
  7. 7Logan PauseM
  8. 33Stephen KingM
  9. 12Patrick NyarkoF
  10. 17Chris RolfeF
  11. 20Brian McBrideF

Substitutes

  1. 28Nick NobleG
  2. 23Lider MarmolD
  3. 32Dasan RobinsonD
  4. 18Michael BannerM
  5. 21Justin MappM
  6. 9Tomasz FrankowskiF
  7. 26Andy HerronF

Timeline

  1. 22' Chicago makes a sub: Justin Mapp enters for Patrick Nyarko. Reason: Injury
  2. 40' Bakary Soumare is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 50' Los Angeles makes a sub: Josh Tudela enters for Pires Alvaro. Reason: Tactical
  4. 63' Chicago makes a sub: Andy Herron enters for Stephen King. Reason: Tactical
  5. 65' Goal!! John Thorrington hits an impressive right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left channel (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Chicago now leads 1 - 0
  6. 67' Los Angeles makes a sub: Mike Randolph enters for Ely Allen. Reason: Tactical
  7. 73' Brandon Prideaux is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 86' Los Angeles makes a sub: Israel Sesay enters for Alan Gordon. Reason: Tactical
  9. 90' Chicago makes a sub: Dasan Robinson enters for Chris Rolfe. Reason: Tactical
  10. 90' End of the game
  11. 90'+2' Josh Tudela is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour

MLS News

All news
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