MLS

FT Thursday, September 25, 2008
LA Galaxy DDLDL 1
–
Chicago Fire FC LWLDW 3
SeatGeek Stadium · 20,156 att. · ESPN2 · ESPN3

Team Stats

12
Fouls
5
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
2
46
Possession
54
8
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.9
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
2
Accurate Passes
3
2
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
3
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
4
0.6
Cross %
0.8
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
2
Effective Clearances
2
2
Clearances
2

Head to Head

CHI leads series 4-1

Lineups

CHI

  1. 1Jon BuschG
  2. 6Brandon PrideauxD
  3. 4Bakary SoumaréD
  4. 22Wilman CondeD
  5. 25Gonzalo SegaresD
  6. 11John ThorringtonM
  7. 7Logan PauseM
  8. 10Cuauhtemoc BlancoM
  9. 21Justin MappM
  10. 17Chris RolfeF
  11. 20Brian McBrideF

Substitutes

  1. 28Nick NobleG
  2. 23Lider MarmolD
  3. 8Diego GutierrezM
  4. 18Michael BannerM
  5. 33Stephen KingM
  6. 9Tomasz FrankowskiF
  7. 26Andy HerronF

LA

  1. 31Josh WicksG
  2. 4Ante JazicD
  3. 7Chris KleinD
  4. 12Troy RobertsD
  5. 28Sean FranklinD
  6. 3Greg VanneyM
  7. 6Eddie LewisM
  8. 10Landon DonovanM
  9. 23David BeckhamM
  10. 14Edson BuddleF
  11. 21Alan GordonF

Substitutes

  1. 22Josh SaundersG
  2. 24Julian ValentinD
  3. 8Peter VagenasM
  4. 16Joe FranchinoM
  5. 26Ely AllenM
  6. 32Brandon McDonaldM
  7. 27Bryan JordanF

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal!! Chris Rolfe hits an impressive left footed shot to the lower left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! Chicago now leads 1 - 0
  2. 35' Goal!! Eddie Lewis hits an impressive left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 57' Goal!! Cuauhtemoc Blanco hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the left channel (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Chicago now leads 2 - 1
  4. 59' Goal!! Chris Rolfe hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the right channel (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Chicago now leads 3 - 1
  5. 63' Los Angeles makes a sub: Peter Vagenas enters for Alan Gordon. Reason: Tactical
  6. 72' Bakary Soumare is awarded a yellow card. Reason: time wasting
  7. 77' Los Angeles makes a sub: Bryan Jordan enters for Edson Buddle. Reason: Tactical
  8. 79' Chicago makes a sub: Mike Banner enters for Justin Mapp. Reason: Tactical
  9. 80' Los Angeles makes a sub: Brandon McDonald enters for Greg Vanney. Reason: Tactical
  10. 84' Chicago makes a sub: Stephen King enters for Chris Rolfe. Reason: Tactical
  11. 88' Brandon McDonald is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  12. 89' Chicago makes a sub: Diego Gutierrez enters for Cuauhtemoc Blanco. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' Troy Roberts is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  14. 90' End of the game

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