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Regular season · 1998

Chicago 3–1 LA Galaxy.

Chicago Fire beat LA Galaxy 3–1 on Wednesday, May 20, 1998, in the 1998 regular season, before an announced crowd of 10,520.

Chicago Fire

Bob Bradley

  • Nowak 37'
  • Kosecki 58'
  • Nowak 68'

3–1

Full time

LA Galaxy

Octavio Zambrano

  • Welton 75'

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. GoalNowak37'
  2. GoalKosecki58'
  3. SubstitutionRich Kotschaufor Frank Klopas59'
  4. 61'SubstitutionJose Vasquezfor Greg Vanney
  5. 67'SubstitutionWellington Sanchezfor Martin Machon
  6. GoalNowak68'
  7. 75'GoalWelton
  8. 75'SubstitutionDaniel Hernandezfor Clint Mathis
  9. SubstitutionAndrew Lewisfor Ante Razov76'
  10. SubstitutionJorge Salcedofor Jerzy Podbrozny81'

Lineups

Who played.

Chicago Fire

  1. Zach Thornton
  2. Lubos Kubik
  3. Francis Okaroh A
  4. C.J. Brown
  5. Chris Armas
  6. Frank Klopas ↓
  7. Roman Kosecki G2 A
  8. Jesse Marsch
  9. Peter Nowak 2 G
  10. Jerzy Podbrozny A↓
  11. Ante Razov A↓

Bench

  1. Rich Kotschau ↑
  2. Jorge Salcedo ↑
  3. Andrew Lewis ↑

LA Galaxy

  1. Kevin Hartman
  2. Ezra Hendrickson
  3. Danny Pena
  4. Robin Fraser
  5. Greg Vanney ↓
  6. Steve Jolley
  7. Martin Machon ↓
  8. Mauricio Cienfuegos
  9. Clint Mathis ↓
  10. Harut Karapetyan
  11. Welton G

Bench

  1. Jose Vasquez ↑
  2. Wellington Sanchez A↑
  3. Daniel Hernandez ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Wednesday, May 20, 1998
Competition
Regular season · 1998
Venue
Soldier Field
The club's home ground that season; the match record does not name the venue.
Attendance
10,520
Chicago coach
Bob Bradley
LA Galaxy coach
Octavio Zambrano

Attendance is the announced figure.