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Regular season · 1998

Chicago 0–1MetroStars.

April 17, 1998 · Soldier Field · 24,661 announced.

Chicago Fire

Bob Bradley

0–1

Full time

MetroStars

Alfonso Mondelo

  • Lalas 14'

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. 14'GoalLalas
  2. 64'SubstitutionPaul Doughertyfor Giovanni Savarese
  3. SubstitutionAnte Razovfor Rich Kotschau68'
  4. SubstitutionTony Kuhnfor Jerzy Podbrozny73'
  5. SubstitutionZak Ibsenfor Andrew Lewis76'
  6. SubstitutionZach Thorntonfor Jorge Salcedo86'
  7. 87'SubstitutionRhett Hartyfor Jim Rooney
  8. 90'Red cardMike Sorber

Lineups

Who played.

Chicago Fire

  1. Jorge Campos
  2. Lubos Kubik
  3. Francis Okaroh
  4. Andrew Lewis ↓
  5. Jorge Salcedo ↓
  6. Chris Armas
  7. Rich Kotschau ↓
  8. Peter Nowak
  9. Frank Klopas
  10. Roman Kosecki
  11. Jerzy Podbrozny ↓

Bench

  1. Zak Ibsen ↑
  2. Zach Thornton ↑
  3. Ante Razov ↑
  4. Tony Kuhn ↑

MetroStars

  1. Tony Meola
  2. Alexi Lalas G
  3. Mark Semioli
  4. Jeff Zaun
  5. Kerry Zavagnin A
  6. Mike Petke
  7. Diego Sonora
  8. Jim Rooney ↓
  9. Mike Sorber
  10. Eduardo Hurtado
  11. Giovanni Savarese ↓

Bench

  1. Rhett Harty ↑
  2. Paul Dougherty ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Friday, April 17, 1998
Competition
Regular season · 1998
Venue
Soldier Field
The club's home ground that season; the match record does not name the venue.
Attendance
24,661
Chicago coach
Bob Bradley
MetroStars coach
Alfonso Mondelo

Attendance is the announced figure.