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Project 96 mascot: a raccoon with a soccer ballPROJECT 96
Regular season · 1998

Chicago 2–0Columbus.

June 6, 1998 · Soldier Field · 19,801 announced.

Chicago Fire

Bob Bradley

  • Kotschau 8'
  • Nowak 52'

2–0

Full time

Columbus Crew

Tom Fitzgerald

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. GoalKotschau8'
  2. GoalNowak52'
  3. 57'SubstitutionMarcelo Carrerafor Todd Yeagley
  4. SubstitutionZak Ibsenfor Frank Klopas60'
  5. 72'SubstitutionAndrew Gregorfor Scott Cannon
  6. 80'SubstitutionJimmy Glennfor Jeff Cunningham

Lineups

Who played.

Chicago Fire

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

Bench

  1. Zak Ibsen ↑

Columbus Crew

  1. Mark Dougherty
  2. Mike Clark
  3. Ricardo Iribarren
  4. Scott Cannon ↓
  5. Todd Yeagley ↓
  6. Ansil Elcock
  7. Billy Thompson
  8. Robert Warzycha
  9. Jason Farrell
  10. Jeff Cunningham ↓
  11. Stern John

Bench

  1. Andrew Gregor ↑
  2. Marcelo Carrera ↑
  3. Jimmy Glenn ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Saturday, June 6, 1998
Competition
Regular season · 1998
Venue
Soldier Field
The club's home ground that season; the match record does not name the venue.
Attendance
19,801
Chicago coach
Bob Bradley
Columbus coach
Tom Fitzgerald

Attendance is the announced figure.