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Regular season · 2005

Chicago 2–3D.C..

August 6, 2005 · Soldier Field · 14,448 announced.

Chicago Fire

Dave Sarachan

  • Reiter 83'
  • Rolfe 88'

2–3

Full time

D.C. United

Peter Nowak

  • Carroll 41'
  • Kovalenko 72'
  • Moreno 78' pen

Timeline

How it unfolded.

  1. 19'Yellow cardJoshua Gros
  2. 32'Yellow cardDema Kovalenko
  3. Yellow cardC.J. Brown36'
  4. 36'SubstitutionJohn Wilsonfor Freddy Adu
  5. 41'GoalCarroll
  6. SubstitutionChad Barrettfor Andy Herron46'
  7. SubstitutionThiagofor Jesse Marsch64'
  8. 72'GoalKovalenko
  9. 74'SubstitutionClyde Simmsfor Ben Olsen
  10. SubstitutionLubos Reiterfor Jim Curtin75'
  11. 78'PenaltyMoreno
  12. GoalReiter83'
  13. 85'SubstitutionJamil Walkerfor Christian Gomez
  14. GoalRolfe88'

Lineups

Who played.

Chicago Fire

  1. Zach Thornton
  2. Samuel Caballero
  3. C.J. Brown
  4. Jim Curtin ↓
  5. Ivan Guerrero A
  6. Logan Pause
  7. Chris Armas A
  8. Jesse Marsch ↓
  9. Justin Mapp
  10. Andy Herron ↓
  11. Chris Rolfe. G

Bench

  1. Lubos Reiter G↑
  2. Thiago ↑
  3. Chad Barrett ↑

D.C. United

  1. Nick Rimando
  2. Bryan Namoff
  3. Brandon Prideaux
  4. Joshua Gros
  5. Dema Kovalenko G
  6. Brian Carroll G
  7. Christian Gomez A↓
  8. Ben Olsen ↓
  9. Santino Quaranta A
  10. Jaime Moreno GA
  11. Freddy Adu ↓

Bench

  1. Jamil Walker ↑
  2. Clyde Simms ↑
  3. John Wilson ↑

Match facts

Match facts

Date
Saturday, August 6, 2005
Competition
Regular season · 2005
Venue
Soldier Field
Attendance
14,448
Chicago coach
Dave Sarachan
D.C. coach
Peter Nowak

Attendance is the announced figure.