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Regular season · 2000

Chicago 3–1Columbus.

July 8, 2000 · Soldier Field · 10,879 announced.

Chicago Fire

Bob Bradley

  • Kovalenko 20'
  • Kovalenko 36'
  • Razov 66'

3–1

Full time

Columbus Crew

Tom Fitzgerald

  • Washington 59'

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. SubstitutionJesse Marschfor Peter Nowak19'
  2. GoalKovalenko20'
  3. GoalKovalenko36'
  4. SubstitutionDaMarcus Beasleyfor Diego Gutierrez46'
  5. 46'SubstitutionRobert Warzychafor Mike Duhaney
  6. 46'SubstitutionJeff Cunninghamfor Miles Joseph
  7. 59'GoalWashington
  8. GoalRazov66'
  9. 75'SubstitutionRoland Aguilerafor Mike Lapper

Lineups

Who played.

Chicago Fire

  1. Zach Thornton
  2. C.J. Brown
  3. Andrew Lewis
  4. Carlos Bocanegra
  5. Mike Sorber
  6. Dema Kovalenko 2 G
  7. Diego Gutierrez 2 A↓
  8. Chris Armas A
  9. Peter Nowak ↓
  10. Josh Wolff
  11. Ante Razov G

Bench

  1. DaMarcus Beasley ↑
  2. Jesse Marsch A↑

Columbus Crew

  1. Mark Dougherty
  2. Mike Clark A
  3. Todd Yeagley
  4. Mike Lapper ↓
  5. Mario Gori
  6. Jason Farrell
  7. Mike Duhaney ↓
  8. John Wilmar Perez
  9. Miles Joseph ↓
  10. Brian West
  11. Dante Washington G

Bench

  1. Roland Aguilera ↑
  2. Robert Warzycha ↑
  3. Jeff Cunningham ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Saturday, July 8, 2000
Competition
Regular season · 2000
Venue
Soldier Field
The club's home ground that season; the match record does not name the venue.
Attendance
10,879
Chicago coach
Bob Bradley
Columbus coach
Tom Fitzgerald

Attendance is the announced figure.