HOUSTON DYNAMO1 Tally Hall (GK)2 Eddie Robinson (DF)3 Calen Carr (FW)4 Jermaine Taylor (DF)5 Danny Cruz (MF)7 Colin Clark (MF)8 Kofi Sarkodie (DF)9 Jason Garey (FW)10 Je-Vaughn Watson (MF)11 Brad Davis (MF)12 Will Bruin (FW)13 Francisco Navas Cobo (MF)15 Cam Weaver (FW)16 Adam Moffat (MF)17 Luiz Camargo (MF)18 Josue Soto (MF)19 Alex Dixon (MF)20 Geoff Cameron (MF)21 Hunter Freeman (DF)24 Tyler Deric (GK)25 Brian Ching (FW)26 Corey Ashe (MF)28 Evan Newton (GK)29 Carlo Costly (FW)31 André Hainault (DF)32 Bobby Boswell (DF)
CHICAGO FIRE1 Jon Conway (GK)3 Dan Gargan (DF)4 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (DF)5 Cory Gibbs (DF)6 Jalil Anibaba (DF)7 Mike Banner (MF)8 Dominic Oduro (FW)9 Baggio Husidic (MF)10 Sebastián Grazzini (MF)11 Daniel Paladini (MF)12 Logan Pause (MF)13 Gonzalo Segares (DF)14 Patrick Nyarko (MF)15 Orr Barouch (FW)16 Marco Pappa (MF)17 Pavel Pardo (MF)19 Corben Bone (MF)21 Michael Videira (MF)22 Marko Maric (MF)23 Josip Mikulic (DF)24 Pari Pantazopoulos (MF)25 Sean Johnson (GK)27 Victor Pineda (MF)28 Steven Kinney (DF)29 Cristian Nazarit (FW)30 Alec Dufty (GK)88 Gabriel Ferrari (DF)89 Yamith Cuesta (DF)99 Diego Chaves (FW)
ROSTERSPROBABLE LINEUPS
REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic.SAR (bench): Corey Parker; JAR (opposite): Steven Taylor;
4th: Armando Villarreal
DYNAMOFri. Oct. 14 at Portland
Sun. Oct. 23 Los Angeles
UPCOMING MATCHES
HOUSTON DYNAMO v CHICAGO FIRE(Oct. 1, Robertson Stadium, 3 p.m. CT; TeleFutura)
INJURY REPORTS
DISCIPLINARY SITUATION
INTERNATIONAL DUTY
SUSPENDED: noneWARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): HOU: Brad Davis, Adam Moffat… CHI: Diego Chaves, Cory Gibbs, Dominic Oduro
none
HOUSTON DYNAMO - OUT: MF Alex Dixon (L finger fracture); QUESTION-ABLE: MF Adam Moffat (concussion) … CHICAGO FIRE - OUT: MF Gabriel Ferrari (L knee ACL reconstruction); DFSteven Kinney (lower abdominal strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF SebastianGrazzini (R hamstring strain)
FIREWed. Oct. 12 FC Dallas
Sat. Oct. 15 at D.C. UnitedSat. Oct. 22 Columbus
GOALS SCOREDMINUTES PER GOAL
RIGHT FOOTLEFT FOOTHEADERS
OTHER
OPEN PLAYCROSS
CORNERREBOUND PENALTIES
DIRECT FROM FREE KICKFREE KICK (INDIRECT)
OWN GOALS
INSIDE GOAL AREAINSIDE PENALTY AREA
OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
F A39 3969 69
22 1910 146 61 0
21 207 72 54 02 11 00 52 1
9 624 226 11
F A39 3972 72
15 1914 159 51 0
13 1910 78 31 33 51 22 01 0
10 1025 244 5
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
HOW SCORED
TYPE OF PLAY
DISTANCE
DYNAMO FIRE
HOUSTON DYNAMO v CHICAGO FIRE(Oct. 1, Robertson Stadium, 3 p.m. CT -- MLS Game 278)
2011 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 05/12/1985 SeaTac, WA 31 31 0 1 36 36 0 12 Eddie Robinson DF 6-1 195 06/19/1978 Orlando, FL 2 2 0 0 166 154 9 103 Calen Carr FW 6-0 150 10/04/1982 Oakland, CA 6 2 1 0 88 21 10 34 Jermaine Taylor DF 5-10 180 01/14/1985 Portland, Jamaica 12 10 0 1 12 10 0 15 Danny Cruz MF 5-8 170 01/03/1990 Petersburg, VA 17 11 1 3 48 25 3 57 Colin Clark MF 6-0 180 04/11/1984 Fort Collins, CO 26 16 3 3 110 86 13 138 Kofi Sarkodie DF 5-8 165 03/22/1991 Huber Heights, OH 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 09 Jason Garey FW 6-0 185 07/19/1984 Baton Rouge, LA 10 2 0 0 93 42 15 610 Je-Vaughn Watson MF 6-1 175 10/22/1983 St. Catherine, Jamaica 21 11 1 2 21 11 1 211 Brad Davis MF 5-11 175 11/08/1981 St. Charles, MO 31 31 4 14 253 215 35 7812 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 23 21 5 1 23 21 5 113 Francisco Navas Cobo MF 5-10 150 11/17/1991 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 015 Cam Weaver FW 6-4 195 06/10/1983 Tacoma, WA 28 16 4 1 59 34 11 516 Adam Moffat MF 6-0 175 05/15/1986 Glasgow, Scotland 14 9 1 1 58 45 6 217 Luiz Camargo MF 5-8 172 05/04/1987 Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, Brazil 4 3 0 1 4 3 0 118 Josue Soto MF 5-9 160 01/03/1989 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 019 Alex Dixon MF 5-8 150 02/07/1990 Bay City, TX 7 0 1 0 7 0 1 020 Geoff Cameron MF 6-3 185 07/11/1985 Attleboro, MA 30 30 5 5 98 82 11 1321 Hunter Freeman DF 5-11 175 01/08/1985 Tyler, TX 23 22 1 2 107 92 2 624 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 08/30/1988 Houston, TX 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 025 Brian Ching FW 6-1 195 05/24/1978 Haleiwa, HI 18 13 5 1 187 155 77 2826 Corey Ashe MF 5-5 154 03/14/1986 Orange County, CA 29 27 0 0 127 73 1 1128 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 04/01/1988 Virginia Beach, VA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 029 Carlo Costly FW 6-2 187 07/18/1982 San Pedro Sula, Honduras 8 5 0 1 8 5 0 131 Andre Hainault DF 6-0 180 06/17/1986 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 28 28 0 0 76 73 3 332 Bobby Boswell DF 6-2 185 03/15/1983 Austin, TX 25 24 4 1 189 186 10 7
HEAD COACH : Dominic Kinnear 07/26/1967 W98 L67 T80
HOUSTON DYNAMO
2011 CAREERNo. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A1 Jon Conway GK 6-6 215 05/06/1977 Media, PA 6 6 0 0 88 85 0 33 Dan Gargan DF 5-11 175 12/14/1982 Philadelphia, PA 23 19 1 0 99 75 2 74 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF 6-3 196 11/13/1986 Chino Hills, CA 0 0 0 0 10 7 0 05 Cory Gibbs DF 6-2 180 01/14/1980 Plantation, FL 23 23 3 0 98 97 4 16 Jalil Anibaba DF 6-0 170 10/19/1988 Fullerton, CA 25 23 0 1 25 23 0 17 Mike Banner MF 5-10 160 10/20/1984 Washington, DC 0 0 0 0 54 19 3 38 Dominic Oduro FW 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Accra, Ghana 30 25 11 2 146 74 26 149 Baggio Husidic FW 6-1 180 05/19/1987 Velika Kladusa, Yugoslavia 16 8 0 1 48 31 5 510 Sebastian Grazzini MF 5-11 165 01/25/1981 Rosario, Argentina 9 9 3 4 9 9 3 411 Daniel Paladini MF 5-9 165 11/11/1984 Van Nuys, CA 19 14 0 1 27 19 1 112 Logan Pause MF 5-10 155 08/22/1981 Hillsborough, NC 25 24 0 0 223 201 2 1113 Gonzalo Segares DF 5-11 162 10/13/1982 San Jose, Costa Rica 29 29 0 3 143 140 8 1014 Patrick Nyarko FW 6-0 165 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana 26 21 1 8 92 67 7 2015 Orr Barouch FW 6-2 190 11/29/1991 Haifa, Israel 25 2 2 0 25 2 2 016 Marco Pappa MF 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City, Guatemala 26 25 8 2 87 79 20 1117 Pavel Pardo MF 5-9 150 07/26/1976 Guadalajara, Mexico 10 10 1 4 10 10 1 419 Corben Bone MF 5-9 149 09/16/1988 Plano, TX 9 6 0 1 14 7 0 121 Michael Videira MF 5-10 170 01/06/1986 Milford, MA 7 5 0 1 19 10 0 123 Josip Mikulic DF 6-2 185 04/12/1986 Ljubuski, Yugoslavia 12 11 0 0 12 11 0 024 Pari Pantazopoulos MF 6-0 180 09/17/1988 Athens, Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 025 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Auburn, GA 24 24 0 0 37 37 0 027 Victor Pineda MF 5-11 140 05/15/1993 Chicago, IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 028 Steven Kinney DF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 129 Cristian Nazarit FW 6-1 170 08/13/1990 Cali, Colombia 12 6 2 0 12 6 2 030 Alec Dufty GK 6-5 200 03/11/1987 Binghamton, NY 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 088 Gabriel Ferrari FW 6-2 185 09/01/1988 New York, NY 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 089 Yamith Cuesta DF 6-3 185 04/17/1989 Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia 19 18 0 0 34 30 0 199 Diego Chaves FW 5-10 150 02/14/1986 Montevideo, Uruguay 25 16 4 1 25 16 4 1
HEAD COACH : Frank Klopas 09/01/1966 W6 L4 T9
CHICAGO FIRE
MLS GAME INFORMATION
HOUSTON DYNAMO vs CHICAGO FIRE ROBERTSON STADIUM, Houston, Texas 3 p.m. CT (Telefutura; KHOU) October 1, 2011 (WEEK 29; MLS Game 278)
Two of the hotter teams in Major League Soccer meet at Robertson Stadium on Saturday afternoon when the Houston Dynamo take on the Chicago Fire. The Dynamo have moved to the top of the Eastern Conference in recent weeks, coming off a huge 1-0 victory at FC Dallas last weekend. The Fire won for the fifth time in six games at midweek, a stunning 3-0 win at Real Salt Lake that keeps them firmly in the playoff hunt. REFEREE: Edvin Jurisevic. SAR (bench): Corey Parker; JAR (opposite): Steven Taylor; 4th: Armando Villarreal MLS Career: 38 games; FC/gm: 21.9; Y/gm: 3.9; R: 4; pens: 5 INJURY REPORT: HOUSTON DYNAMO – OUT: MF Alex Dixon (L finger fracture); QUESTIONABLE: MF Adam Moffat (concussion) … CHICAGO FIRE – OUT: MF Gabriel Ferrari (L knee ACL reconstruction); DF Steven Kinney (lower abdominal strain); QUESTIONABLE: MF Sebastian Grazzini (R hamstring strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: HOU: Brad Davis, Adam Moffat … CHI: Diego Chaves, Cory Gibbs, Dominic Oduro SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: HOU: Bobby Boswell, Danny Cruz, Hunter Freeman, Je-Vaughn Watson, Cam Weaver … CHI: Yamith Cuesta, Dan Gargan, Baggio Husidic, Josep Mikulic, Cristian Nazarit, Daniel Paladini, Logan Pause HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Dynamo 6 wins, 19 goals … Fire 3 wins, 14 goals … Ties 2 AT HOUSTON (5 meetings): Dynamo 3 wins, 9 goals … Fire 2 wins, 8 goals … Ties 0
In their first meeting this season April 23 at Toyota Park, Houston’s Bobby Boswell scored in the 83rd minute, canceling out Diego Chaves’ early opener, as the teams ended in a 1-1 draw.
The Fire’s 2-0 win last April 24 at Toyota Park was their first against the Dynamo since the 2007 campaign. The Dynamo had won five games in a row vs. Chicago.
The Dynamo have won the last three meetings between the teams at Robertson Stadium. Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear v CHI: P16 W7 L5 D4 … Frank Klopas vs. HOU: first game
LAST MEETING (MLS) 4/23: CHI 1, HOU 1 (Chaves 18 – Boswell 83)
The Fire took the lead with an opportunistic goal in the 18th minute. Marco Pappa's dribbling run was finally stopped just outside the box, but Diego Cháves beat Houston defender Corey Ashe to the loose ball, turning and sprinting into the right side of the area before blasting a 10-yard shot into the top left corner.
But the Dynamo were able to snatch the equalizer seven minutes from the end. Center back Bobby Boswell rose above Fire defender Yamith Cuesta to head home a Brad Davis corner kick to extend Houston’s unbeaten streak and Chicago’s winless streak.
CHICAGO FIRE (4-1-4-1): Jon Conway – Jalil Anibaba (Dasan Robinson 76), Josip Mikulic, Yamith Cuesta, Gonzalo Segares - Logan Pause - Marco Pappa, Diego Chaves, Baggio Husidic (Michael Videira 65), Patrick Nyarko - Dominic Oduro (Gaston Puerari 82)
HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Hunter Freeman (Je-Vaughn Watson 78), Bobby Boswell, Andre Hainault, Corey Ashe - Danny Cruz (Colin Clark 67), Lovel Palmer, Geoff Cameron, Brad Davis - Cam Weaver, Will Bruin (Jason Garey 88).
HOUSTON DYNAMO The Houston Dynamo extended their unbeaten streak to three games and won for the first time this season away from home, a 1-0 win over FC Dallas on Saturday afternoon at Pizza Hut Park. The Dynamo have 42 points from 31 games on the season, taking over the top spot in the Eastern Conference to start the week. LAST MATCH
The only goal of the game came three minutes from full time. Brad Davis flighted in a corner kick from the left and Geoff Cameron steamed in to power home a header and give the Dynamo the full points.
MLS GAME INFORMATION
Dynamo head coach Dominic Kinnear made two changes to the team that came back for a 2-1 win against the San Jose Earthquakes at Robertson Stadium. Danny Cruz came back into the midfield for Colin Clark, and Brian Ching started up top for Carlo Costly.
HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-1-4-1): Tally Hall - Andre Hainault, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Adam Moffat - Danny Cruz (Je-Vaughn Watson 58), Luiz Camargo, Brad Davis - Calen Carr (Colin Clark 64) - Brian Ching (Carlo Costly 78).
TEAM NEWS The win was the first away from home all season for the Dynamo. That leaves only Vancouver Whitecaps FC
without a road victory in MLS this year. “We know and people keep talking about it,” head coach Dominic Kinnear said. “[I am] happy for the guys.
They are sick and tired that we haven't won on the road. … We’ve played some games on the road where we've completely dominated and come away with one point or nothing. To come away with three is a great feeling to have in the locker room."
For the 10th time this season, and the sixth time in the last nine games, the Dynamo scored a goal in the 79th minute or later to get a result.
“[The late] success just means we’re playing until the last whistle,” striker Brian Ching. “It shows the mentality of our team and the fact that we’re coming out and seeing games through.”
The Dynamo have scored 14 goals in the final 15 minutes of games, leading MLS by one ahead of Seattle Sounders FC.
“It’s not just a confidence of, ‘Oh we’re going to score late here,’ but it’s a mentality to keep going and keep pushing to have that ability to score,” midfielder Brad Davis said. “To win a championship, you have to have that and play until the final whistle, and that’s what we try to do.”
Although he’s moved to central defense in recent weeks, Geoff Cameron scored his fifth goal of the season, tying him for the Houston club lead with Brian Ching.
“I think we’re dangerous on set pieces, and we have a lot of guys who can be dangerous with Brad [Davis] serving the ball in,” Kinnear said. “Bobby [Boswell] has four and Geoff [Cameron] has five, some of which are from set pieces, so you have that. Then in the run of play, we get our wide guys involved and get service into the box. When we do that, we’re a dangerous team.”
Davis moved into a tie atop the MLS assist standings with his 14th of the campaign, equal for the league lead with the LA Galaxy’s David Beckham.
“On this team, it’s not about one guy, it’s about all the plays that everyone’s making over the course of 90 minutes,” Davis said. “We have a bunch of different guys stepping up in different ways, and that helps spread things around.”
The shutout was the first for the Dynamo since July 9, a span of 12 games, and the fifth of the season for the club.
“Anytime you get a shutout, it puts you in a good position to win a game,” Kinnear said. “We got a little bit of luck at times, and they had a few near-misses, but we just kept our heads down and held on, and it worked out, and we scored a goal late.”
After Sporting Kansas City’s midweek win against Columbus, the Dynamo find themselves in second place in the Eastern Conference, two points back. All three teams at the top – including third-place Columbus, with 41 points – have three games remaining; fourth-place Philadelphia (with 40 points before their Thursday game vs. D.C. United), will have three games remaining beginning this weekend.
“We've got three games left now, two home and one away, so maybe [the Dallas win] will start some momentum for the rest of the season and into the playoffs,” Cameron said. “That's our main goal: to finish off the season strong, get into the playoffs, and make a run for it."
CHICAGO FIRE The Chicago Fire extended their winning streak in impressive fashion, rolling to a dominant 3-0 win against a 10-man Real Salt Lake on Wednesday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. The Fire have 36 points from 30 matches on the year, sitting in seventh place in the Eastern Conference. LAST MATCH
Chicago opened the scoring in the ninth minute. Patrick Nyarko and Daniel Paladini combined on the left side of the penalty area before the ball went to Pappa in the heart of the area for a shot that beat RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando.
Two minutes later, the home side when down a man when Kyle Beckerman appeared to head-butt Paladini, who had given him a nudge from behind just moments prior, and Beckerman was sent off by referee Baldomero Toledo.
The Fire took advantage in the 39th minute. After slipping through an attempted tackle in the area, Pappa was able to pick out his target on the left side of the goal and scored his second on the night.
MLS GAME INFORMATION
The Fire and Pappa completed their night in the 75th minute from the right wing. The Guatemalan international got free on the right flank and cut into the area, lifting an angled shot past Rimando inside the far post to complete his hat trick.
Fire interim head coach Frank Klopas made two changes to the team that claimed a 3-2 win over the New England Revolution at Toyota Park. Cory Gibbs came into central defense for Jalil Anibaba, and Daniel Paladini replaced the injured Sebastian Grazzini in midfield.
CHICAGO FIRE (4-4-2): Sean Johnson - Dan Gargan (Michael Videira 78), Josip Mikulic (Jalil Anibaba 70), Cory Gibbs, Gonzalo Segares - Logan Pause, Pavel Pardo, Daniel Paladini, Marco Pappa - Patrick Nyarko (Corben Bone 81), Dominic Oduro.
TEAM NEWS The win continued a remarkable late-season run of form for the Fire. It’s their first three-game winning streak in
league play since May 16-28, 2009, and they’ve won five of their last six after winning just twice in the first 24 league games of the season.
The Fire also won for just the second time this season on the road, the first since a 2-1 win at Columbus on June 12.
“It was a great win against a very good team in a very difficult place. They don’t drop a lot of games at home. I was very happy with the performance of the guys, not just that we won, but tactically as well,” said Fire coach head coach Frank Klopas.
With the three consecutive victories, the Fire now find themselves just three points behind the New York Red Bulls for 10th place overall and the final wild card spot, with four games left to play.
“We’re talking in the locker with our teammates that each game is a playoff for us right now. We’re still alive and we need to get points, and we know the next game is going to be hard in Houston,” said Marco Pappa.
Pappa scored his first career MLS hat trick and just his second game with multiple goals since coming to the league midway through the 2008 season, also scoring two goals vs. Colorado on June 9, 2010.
“When we started, (Pappa) was playing as a left midfielder, then we switched formations and played more of a 4-2-3-1 and he was in front of Pavel (Pardo) and (Daniel) Paladini. With Dominic (Oduro) I kept telling him to think in terms of depth when we had the ball, so he was able to constantly sprint at the depth and create some gaps in between their midfield and their back line, where I thought that Marco would find the space and get the ball,” said Klopas. “He has the ability one-on-one to beat players, but his finishing was clinical tonight.”
The Fire have now scored three goals in each of their last three games, after scoring their season-high three once in the first 27 league contests – that coming in Week 2, a 3-2 win against Sporting Kansas City on March 26.
“This is a team, and when you have a good player it’s good for the player to play well like Marco (Pappa), and sometimes they decide the match,” said Klopas. “Sometimes it’s Marco, sometimes (Sebastian) Grazzini, sometimes Dominic (Oduro), so now I think we’re playing better and better, which is good for the team.”
With the U.S. Open Cup final ahead on Tuesday night at Seattle, Klopas indicated there could be significant changes in his team for the trip to Houston.
“You have to. Wednesday is a game where I think that most of the guys that played [against New England], unless there are more injuries, can play ... but I think the Houston game on Saturday is going to be very difficult,” Klopas said. “[It’s impossible] for guys to play on Wednesday, play on Saturday for 90 minutes in the heat and then recover in time for Tuesday. We’re going to have to make changes.”
Sebastian Grazzini missed the RSL game with a hamstring strain, and the club will await results of an MRI examination to see if he can play in the Houston game, or wait for the Open Cup final.
2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS (10-9-12, 42 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 20 M Geoff Cameron 30 30 2700 5 5 61 18 25 32 10 0 2 0 12 F Will Bruin 23 21 1670 5 1 53 23 15 18 8 0 1 0 25 F Brian Ching 18 13 1089 5 1 28 13 9 17 16 0 0 1 11 M Brad Davis 31 31 2638 4 14 45 14 33 27 2 164 5 0 32 D Bobby Boswell 25 24 2190 4 1 19 8 19 17 1 0 6 0 15 F Cam Weaver 28 16 1611 4 1 30 11 47 29 15 0 3 0 7 M Colin Clark 26 16 1386 3 3 29 9 18 10 2 4 1 1 5 M Danny Cruz 17 11 966 1 3 21 7 15 19 1 1 3 0 21 D Hunter Freeman 23 22 1909 1 2 4 1 17 21 1 0 3 0 10 M Je-Vaughn Watson 21 11 1150 1 2 12 4 27 10 3 5 3 1 16 M Adam Moffat (TOT) 14 9 933 1 1 17 5 11 10 0 0 4 1 16 M Adam Moffat (HOU) 10 9 833 1 1 17 5 10 7 0 0 3 1 3 F Calen Carr (TOT) 6 2 193 1 0 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 F Calen Carr (HOU) 6 2 193 1 0 4 2 6 4 2 0 0 0 19 M Alex Dixon 7 0 84 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 F Koke 7 2 233 1 0 7 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 22 M *Lovel Palmer 19 16 1450 1 0 33 7 19 11 0 0 4 1 17 M Luiz Camargo 4 3 258 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 0 0 29 F Carlo Costly 8 5 399 0 1 14 2 6 6 12 0 0 1 1 G Tally Hall 31 31 2790 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 4 D Jermaine Taylor 12 10 880 0 1 5 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 26 M Corey Ashe 29 27 2392 0 0 9 1 12 33 2 2 2 0 17 D *Mike Chabala 7 2 266 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 9 F Jason Garey 10 2 164 0 0 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 0 31 D Andre Hainault 28 28 2520 0 0 8 0 40 24 1 0 0 0 23 F *Dominic Oduro 1 0 29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 D Eddie Robinson 2 2 146 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 D Kofi Sarkodie 7 7 582 0 0 2 0 10 6 0 0 2 1 24 G Tyler Deric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 M Francisco Navas Cobo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 G Evan Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 M Josue Soto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 1 Team totals 31 31 2790 39 38 411 134 356 336 82 176 42 7 Opponent totals 31 31 2790 39 33 369 134 336 356 61 155 38 3 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Brian Ching 2, Will Bruin 2, Hunter Freeman 1, Alex Dixon 1, Danny Cruz 1 Geoff Cameron 1, Bobby Boswell 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Brad Davis 5, Danny Cruz 2, Geoff Cameron 2, Colin Clark 1, Brian Ching 1 Luiz Camargo 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Brad Davis 3-3 HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 1 G Tally Hall 31 31 2790 134 92 39 1.26 5 5 10 9 12 5 Team totals 31 31 2790 134 92 39 1.26 5 5 10 9 12 5 Opponent totals 31 31 2790 134 92 39 1.26 3 3 9 10 12 9 * = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Houston Dynamo statistics listed here.
2011 CHICAGO FIRE STATISTICS (7-8-15, 36 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT SOG FC FS OFF CK C E 8 F Dominic Oduro (TOT) 30 25 2330 11 2 69 34 23 45 17 0 5 0 8 F Dominic Oduro (CHI) 29 25 2301 11 2 67 34 23 45 17 0 5 0 16 M Marco Pappa 26 25 2128 8 2 79 37 41 33 10 69 2 0 99 F Diego Chaves 25 16 1431 4 1 38 11 15 39 2 4 5 0 10 M Sebastian Grazzini 9 9 600 3 4 15 6 14 15 1 9 1 0 5 D Cory Gibbs 23 23 1933 3 0 17 4 22 17 1 0 5 1 15 F Orr Barouch 25 2 591 2 0 26 9 17 14 5 1 1 0 29 F Cristian Nazarit 12 6 624 2 0 20 5 25 2 8 0 3 0 14 F Patrick Nyarko 26 21 1957 1 8 27 9 26 48 8 1 2 0 17 M Pavel Pardo 10 10 855 1 4 5 3 7 4 0 11 0 0 18 F Gaston Puerari 14 10 808 1 2 17 8 18 20 7 22 3 0 3 D Dan Gargan (TOT) 23 19 1681 1 0 6 1 25 10 0 0 6 0 3 D Dan Gargan (CHI) 7 7 618 1 0 4 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 13 D Gonzalo Segares 29 29 2603 0 3 16 3 34 15 2 1 6 0 6 D Jalil Anibaba 25 23 2148 0 1 9 2 25 12 1 1 0 0 19 M Corben Bone 9 6 461 0 1 10 4 1 1 0 5 0 0 9 F Baggio Husidic 16 8 726 0 1 12 3 13 7 1 15 2 0 11 M Daniel Paladini 19 14 1277 0 1 33 12 33 13 1 10 7 0 21 M Michael Videira 7 5 384 0 1 2 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 G Jon Conway 6 6 540 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 D Yamith Cuesta 19 18 1610 0 0 7 1 31 13 3 0 3 1 88 F Gabriel Ferrari 3 0 17 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 25 G Sean Johnson 24 24 2160 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 22 M Marko Maric 1 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23 D Josip Mikulic 12 11 935 0 0 4 0 18 3 0 0 3 1 17 F Davis Paul 1 1 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 M Logan Pause 25 24 2188 0 0 6 2 25 11 0 0 3 0 77 M Bratislav Ristic 9 5 413 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 0 1 0 32 D *Dasan Robinson 5 2 248 0 0 1 0 2 5 1 0 1 0 7 M Mike Banner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 G Alec Dufty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 D Steven Kinney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 M Pari Pantazopoulos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 M Victor Pineda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Own-goals received 2 Team totals 30 30 2700 39 31 416 155 414 351 68 149 58 3 Opponent totals 30 30 2700 39 32 379 123 351 414 66 146 56 4 GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dominic Oduro 3, Marco Pappa 2, Patrick Nyarko 1, Cristian Nazarit 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Gonzalo Segares 2, Patrick Nyarko 2, Pavel Pardo 1, Daniel Paladini 1 Diego Chaves 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Sebastian Grazzini 1-1, Diego Chaves 1-1 CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 25 G Sean Johnson 24 24 2160 99 67 31 1.29 1 3 7 6 11 7 1 G Jon Conway 6 6 540 24 15 8 1.33 0 0 0 2 4 1 Team totals 30 30 2700 123 82 39 1.30 1 3 7 8 15 8 Opponent totals 30 30 2700 155 116 39 1.30 2 2 8 7 15 6 * = Played with other teams in 2011. Only Chicago Fire statistics listed here.
HOUSTON DYNAMO 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: Sat. Mar. 19 Philadelphia L 0-1 19,385 0-1-0 T6 0 PHI: Califf (5) Fri. Mar. 25 at Seattle T 1-1 36,204 0-1-1 0 1 HOU: Cameron (42); SEA: Zakuani (80) Sat. Apr. 2 at New York T 1-1 13,664 0-1-2 9 2 HOU: Weaver (50); NY: Richards (47) Sun. Apr. 10 Vancouver W 3-1 12,047 1-1-2 T3 5 HOU: Weaver (37) Boswell (42) Bruin (76); VAN: Camilo (38) Sun. Apr. 17 New England W 1-0 15,176 2-1-2 T2 8 HOU: Freeman (86) Sat. Apr. 23 at Chicago T 1-1 12,473 2-1-3 T3 9 HOU: Boswell (83); CHI: Chaves (18) Fri. Apr. 29 D.C. United W 4-1 20,577 3-1-3 1 12 HOU: Bruin (4,41,57) Weaver (62); DC: Burch (39) Wed. May 4 Colorado L 1-2 13,206 3-2-3 T3 12 HOU: Clark (71); COL: Smith (74) Palguta (84) Sat. May 7 at Toronto FC L 1-2 20,259 3-3-3 4 12 HOU: Palmer (87); TOR: Plata (50) dos Santos (81) Sat. May 14 at Real Salt Lake T 0-0 16,301 3-3-4 T3 13 Sat. May 21 New York T 2-2 25,314 3-3-5 3 14 HOU: Davis (12) Koke (82); NY: Richards (1) Ballouchy (90) Wed. May 25 at Los Angeles L 0-1 14,458 3-4-5 3 14 LA: Donovan (45) Sat. May 28 FC Dallas T 2-2 16,709 3-4-6 3 15 HOU: Weaver (42) Clark (87); DAL: Jacobson (27) Ihemelu (70) Sat. June 4 at San Jose L 0-2 9,270 3-5-6 T4 15 SJ: Lenhart (69) Dawkins (90) Sat. June 11 Chivas USA W 2-1 19,333 4-5-6 T3 18 HOU: Cameron (29) own goal (55); CHV: Mondaini (7) Sat. June 18 Columbus L 0-2 13,039 4-6-6 4 18 CLB: Mendoza (41) Anor (77) Sat. June 25 at D.C. United T 2-2 15,734 4-6-7 0 19 HOU: Davis (41) Ching (89); DC: Pontius (31) Davies (73) Sun. July 3 at Colorado T 0-0 18,203 4-6-8 0 20 Sat. July 9 Toronto FC W 2-0 19,085 5-6-8 4 23 HOU: Cruz (50) Cameron (81) Sat. July 16 Sporting KC T 1-1 12,047 5-6-9 4 24 HOU: Davis (8); KC: Collin (90) Sat. July 23 at Chivas USA L 0-3 11,013 5-7-9 5 24 CHV: Braun (31,40,86) Sat. July 30 Seattle W 3-1 18,465 6-7-9 T4 27 HOU: Clark (7) Ching (23,70); SEA: Fernandez (37) Sat. Aug. 6 at Philadelphia T 1-1 18,524 6-7-10 5 28 HOU: Cameron (84); PHI: McInerney (15) Sun. Aug. 14 Portland W 2-1 14,475 7-7-10 T3 31 HOU: Moffat (17) Ching (27); POR: Jewsbury (56) Wed. Aug. 17 at New England T 1-1 10,963 7-7-11 4 32 HOU: Boswell (90); NE: Cochrane (4) Sat. Aug. 20 Real Salt Lake W 3-2 16,247 8-7-11 2 35 HOU: Ching (47) Boswell (69) Dixon (90); RSL: Espindola (28) Gil (60) Sat. Aug. 27 at Vancouver L 0-1 20,226 8-8-11 3 35 VAN: Salinas (86) Sat. Sept. 10 at Sporting KC L 0-3 14,791 8-9-11 4 35 KC: Bunbury (9,73) Sapong (79) Wed. Sept. 14 at Columbus T 2-2 10,709 8-9-12 0 36 HOU: Watson (34) Carr (86); CLB: Mendoza (64,76) Sat. Sept. 17 San Jose W 2-1 18,129 9-9-12 T3 39 HOU: Davis (47) Bruin (79); SJ: Stephenson (40) Sat. Sept. 24 at FC Dallas W 1-0 10,849 10-9-12 1 42 HOU: Cameron (87) Sat. Oct. 1 Chicago Fri. Oct. 14 at Portland Sun. Oct. 23 Los Angeles
CHICAGO FIRE 2011 SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT ATT. W-L-T POS. PTS GOALS: Sat. Mar. 19 at FC Dallas T 1-1 20,145 0-0-1 5 1 CHI: Chaves (17); DAL: Rodriguez (19) Sat. Mar. 26 Sporting KC W 3-2 12,157 1-0-1 T2 4 CHI: Chaves (34) Puerari (40) Pappa (60); KC: Besler (51) Bunbury (72) Sat. Apr. 9 at Seattle L 1-2 36,233 1-1-1 T2 4 CHI: Chaves (8); SEA: White (7) Zakuani (25) Thu. Apr. 14 at Portland L 2-4 18,627 1-2-1 T7 4 CHI: own goal (66) Pappa (81); POR: Perlaza (29,47) Wallace (38) own goal (84) Sun. Apr. 17 Los Angeles L 1-2 18,203 1-3-1 T8 4 CHI: Oduro (89); LA: Barrett (42) Gonzalez (72) Sat. Apr. 23 Houston T 1-1 12,473 1-3-2 8 5 CHI: Chaves (18); HOU: Boswell (83) Sat. Apr. 30 at Colorado T 1-1 11,789 1-3-3 8 6 CHI: Pappa (43); COL: Akpan (49) Sat. May 7 Vancouver T 0-0 11,680 1-3-4 8 7 Sat. May 14 at Toronto FC T 2-2 18,674 1-3-5 0 8 CHI: Pappa (63) Barouch (75); TOR: Plata (9) Santos (47) Sat. May 21 at Philadelphia L 1-2 18,379 1-4-5 0 8 CHI: Oduro (67); PHI: M. Farfan (64) Ruiz (75) Sat. May 28 San Jose T 2-2 11,926 1-4-6 8 9 CHI: Oduro (56) Gibbs (80); SJ: Corrales (50) Wondolowski (74) Sat. June 4 Seattle T 0-0 13,839 1-4-7 8 10 Thu. June 9 at Sporting KC T 0-0 19,925 1-4-8 8 11 Sun. June 12 at Columbus W 1-0 13,498 2-4-8 T6 14 CHI: Nazarit (90) Sat. June 18 at New England T 1-1 14,246 2-4-9 T6 15 CHI: Oduro (32); NE: Lekic (49) Wed. June 22 Real Salt Lake T 0-0 14,972 2-4-10 6 16 Sun. June 26 New York T 1-1 16,961 2-4-11 T6 17 CHI: Pappa (58); NY: Lindpere (40) Sat. July 2 at Chivas USA T 1-1 15,152 2-4-12 T7 18 CHI: Oduro (26); CHV: LaBrocca (46) Sat. July 9 at Los Angeles L 1-2 21,762 2-5-12 T7 18 CHI: Nazarit (62); LA: Donovan (58) Beckham (66) Sat. July 16 Portland L 0-1 16,419 2-6-12 T7 18 POR: Jewsbury (25) Wed. Aug. 3 Philadelphia T 1-1 10,557 2-6-13 T8 19 CHI: Pardo (54); PHI: Paunovic (34) Sun. Aug. 7 at Vancouver L 2-4 18,714 2-7-13 0 19 CHI: Oduro (23) Barouch (80); VAN: Hassli (1,72) Koffie (24) Camilo (48) Sat. Aug. 13 at New York T 2-2 25,177 2-7-14 9 20 CHI: Oduro (16) Grazzini (24); NY: Henry (9) Lindpere (63) Thu. Aug. 18 D.C. United T 1-1 15,818 2-7-15 9 21 CHI: Grazzini (59); DC: Wolff (73) Sun. Aug. 21 Toronto FC W 2-0 12,020 3-7-15 7 24 CHI: Oduro (16) Gargan (69) Sat. Aug. 27 Colorado W 2-0 15,211 4-7-15 7 27 CHI: Oduro (17) Gibbs (36) Sat. Sept. 10 at San Jose L 0-2 10,525 4-8-15 T7 27 SJ: Wondolowski (10) Corrales (69) Sat. Sept. 17 Chivas USA W 3-2 15,246 5-8-15 T7 30 CHI: Gibbs (2) own goal (26) Oduro (85); CHV: Angel (61) LaBrocca (63) Sun. Sept. 25 New England W 3-2 14,567 6-8-15 0 33 CHI: Grazzini (5) Oduro (9) Nyarko (30); NE: Guy (90,90) Wed. Sept. 28 at Real Salt Lake W 3-0 20,762 7-8-15 7 36 CHI: Pappa (9,36,75) Sat. Oct. 1 at Houston Wed. Oct. 12 FC Dallas Sat. Oct. 15 at D.C. United Sat. Oct. 22 Columbus
HOUSTON DYNAMO INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 3 Will Bruin 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Assists 3 Brad Davis 04/10/2011 vs. VAN W 3-1 Shots 8 Will Bruin 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 8 Geoff Cameron 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Shots on Goal 4 Brian Ching 08/20/2011 vs. RSL W 3-2 4 Brad Davis 08/27/2011 at VAN L 0-1 Fouls Committed 5 Bobby Boswell 08/27/2011 at VAN L 0-1 Fouls Suffered 5 Geoff Cameron 03/19/2011 vs. PHI L 0-1 Offside 4 Brian Ching 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Saves 8 Tally Hall 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Shots Faced 9 Tally Hall 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Goals Allowed 3 Tally Hall 07/23/2011 at CHV L 0-3 3 Tally Hall 09/10/2011 at KC L 0-3
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 4 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Assists 5 04/10/2011 vs. VAN W 3-1 5 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 Shots 27 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 Shots on Goal 10 08/20/2011 vs. RSL W 3-2 Fouls Committed 19 08/06/2011 at PHI T 1-1 Fouls Suffered 16 07/16/2011 vs. KC T 1-1 16 09/17/2011 vs. SJ W 2-1 Corner Kicks 12 04/17/2011 vs. NE W 1-0 12 08/17/2011 at NE T 1-1 Offside 9 08/17/2011 at NE T 1-1 Saves 8 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Shots Faced 9 04/02/2011 at NY T 1-1 Goals Allowed 3 07/23/2011 at CHV L 0-3 3 09/10/2011 at KC L 0-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2011) Shots 3 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 Shots on Goal 0 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 0 09/10/2011 at KC L 0-3 Fouls Committed 4 06/18/2011 vs. CLB L 0-2 Fouls Suffered 3 07/03/2011 at COL T 0-0 Corner Kicks 1 03/25/2011 at SEA T 1-1 1 05/07/2011 at TOR L 1-2 Offside 0 04/29/2011 vs. DC W 4-1 0 05/07/2011 at TOR L 1-2 0 06/18/2011 vs. CLB L 0-2 0 06/25/2011 at DC T 2-2 Saves 0 07/09/2011 vs. TOR W 2-0 Shots Faced 0 07/09/2011 vs. TOR W 2-0
CHICAGO FIRE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 3 Marco Pappa 09/28/2011 at RSL W 3-0 Assists 2 Pavel Pardo 08/27/2011 vs. COL W 2-0 Shots 6 Dominic Oduro 06/18/2011 at NE T 1-1 6 Marco Pappa 07/16/2011 vs. POR L 0-1 Shots on Goal 4 Dominic Oduro 07/02/2011 at CHV T 1-1 4 Marco Pappa 07/16/2011 vs. POR L 0-1 Fouls Committed 6 Marco Pappa 04/14/2011 at POR L 2-4 6 Yamith Cuesta 08/07/2011 at VAN L 2-4 Fouls Suffered 6 Patrick Nyarko 03/26/2011 vs. KC W 3-2 Offside 3 Gaston Puerari 03/26/2011 vs. KC W 3-2 3 Cristian Nazarit 07/09/2011 at LA L 1-2 3 Patrick Nyarko 08/18/2011 vs. DC T 1-1 Saves 6 Jon Conway 05/14/2011 at TOR T 2-2 6 Sean Johnson 07/16/2011 vs. POR L 0-1 6 Sean Johnson 08/21/2011 vs. TOR W 2-0 6 Sean Johnson 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 Shots Faced 8 Jon Conway 05/14/2011 at TOR T 2-2 8 Sean Johnson 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 Goals Allowed 4 Sean Johnson 04/14/2011 at POR L 2-4 4 Sean Johnson 08/07/2011 at VAN L 2-4
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2011) Goals 3 03/26/2011 vs. KC W 3-2 3 09/17/2011 vs. CHV W 3-2 3 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 3 09/28/2011 at RSL W 3-0 Assists 3 03/26/2011 vs. KC W 3-2 3 08/27/2011 vs. COL W 2-0 3 09/17/2011 vs. CHV W 3-2 3 09/28/2011 at RSL W 3-0 Shots 21 06/12/2011 at CLB W 1-0 Shots on Goal 8 05/14/2011 at TOR T 2-2 8 06/18/2011 at NE T 1-1 Fouls Committed 26 08/07/2011 at VAN L 2-4 Fouls Suffered 18 05/14/2011 at TOR T 2-2 Corner Kicks 13 04/14/2011 at POR L 2-4 Offside 4 03/26/2011 vs. KC W 3-2 4 07/09/2011 at LA L 1-2 4 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 Saves 6 4 times Shots Faced 8 05/14/2011 at TOR T 2-2 8 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 Goals Allowed 4 04/14/2011 at POR L 2-4 4 08/07/2011 at VAN L 2-4
TEAM LOW GAMES (2011) Shots 9 08/13/2011 at NY T 2-2 9 09/25/2011 vs. NE W 3-2 Shots on Goal 2 04/14/2011 at POR L 2-4 2 05/07/2011 vs. VAN T 0-0 Fouls Committed 8 09/10/2011 at SJ L 0-2 Fouls Suffered 5 06/09/2011 at KC T 0-0 5 08/13/2011 at NY T 2-2 Corner Kicks 1 08/27/2011 vs. COL W 2-0 1 09/28/2011 at RSL W 3-0 Offside 0 04/23/2011 vs. HOU T 1-1 0 05/07/2011 vs. VAN T 0-0 Saves 0 06/12/2011 at CLB W 1-0 0 08/03/2011 vs. PHI T 1-1 0 08/18/2011 vs. DC T 1-1 Shots Faced 0 06/12/2011 at CLB W 1-0
CHICAGO FIRE VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Dynamo 6 wins, 19 goals Fire 3 wins, 14 goals Ties 2 05/20/2006 CHI 1 at HOU 0 (H) 08/30/2006 CHI 2 vs HOU 2 (TP) 04/29/2007 CHI 1 at HOU 0 (H) 07/12/2007 HOU 4 at CHI 0 (TP) 05/17/2008 HOU 2 at CHI 1 (TP) 08/31/2008 HOU 2 vs CHI 1 (H) 06/05/2009 HOU 1 at CHI 0 (TP) 08/09/2009 HOU 3 vs CHI 2 (H) 04/24/2010 CHI 2 vs HOU 0 (TP) 08/21/2010 HOU 4 vs CHI 3 (H) 04/23/2011 CHI 1 vs HOU 1 (TP)
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Dynamo Fire Category 1 2 OT Tot. 1 2 OT Tot. Goals 9 10 0 19 5 9 0 14 Shots 70 64 0 134 57 56 0 113 Shots on Goal 29 30 0 59 22 28 0 50 Fouls 65 62 0 127 52 84 0 136 Offsides 6 10 0 16 5 12 0 17 Corner Kicks 34 19 0 53 29 22 0 51 GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 OT Total HOU 2 2 5 4 1 5 0 19 CHI 1 2 2 5 3 1 0 14 CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Dominic Kinnear vs. CHI 7-5-4 (1.56 pts./game) Frank Klopas vs. HOU 0-0-0 (1.00 pts./game) ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Dynamo Fire Goals 3 3 players tied 2 3 players tied Assists 3 Davis/Mulrooney 3 Cuauhtemoc Blanco Shots 19 Dwayne De Rosario 14 Chris Rolfe Shots on Goal 12 Dwayne De Rosario 7 Chris Rolfe Fouls Committed 15 Eddie Robinson 11 Wilman Conde Fouls Suffered 16 Eddie Robinson 9 Cuauhtemoc Blanco Wins 6 Pat Onstad 1 3 players tied Losses 3 Pat Onstad 4 Jon Busch Shutouts 2 Pat Onstad 1 3 players tied Saves 32 Pat Onstad 12 Jon Busch Goals Allowed 13 Pat Onstad 8 Jon Busch ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Dynamo Fire Goals 3 Brian Ching (8/21/10) 1 13 players tied Assists 2 Davis/Mulrooney 2 Freddie Ljungberg (8/21/10) Shots 6 Dwayne De Rosario (5/17/08) 5 Brian McBride (4/24/10) Shots on Goal 4 Ngwenya/De Rosario 3 Chris Rolfe (8/31/08) Fouls Committed 4 4 players tied 5 Nate Jaqua (5/20/06) Fouls Suffered 6 Eddie Robinson (5/20/06) 5 Diego Chaves (4/23/11) Saves 6 Pat Onstad (7/12/07) 7 Matt Pickens (7/12/07) Goals Allowed 3 Pat Onstad (8/21/10) 4 Pickens/Johnson 2011 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS: HOUSTON DYNAMO CHICAGO FIRE W-L-T Streak (started) W-L-T Streak (started) At Halftime: Leading 4-0-3 1 Ts (9/14/2011) 6-0-5 5 Ws (8/21/2011) Tied 4-4-6 1 Ws (9/24/2011) 1-2-7 1 Ts (8/18/2011) Trailing 2-5-3 1 Ws (9/17/2011) 0-6-3 2 Ls (8/7/2011) First Goal: Scored 7-1-3 1 Ws (9/24/2011) 7-0-6 5 Ws (8/21/2011) Allowed 3-8-7 1 Ws (9/17/2011) 0-8-5 1 Ls (9/10/2011) Goals Scored: 0 goals 0-7-2 3 Ls (7/23/2011) 0-2-4 2 Ls (7/16/2011) 1 goals 2-2-6 1 Ws (9/24/2011) 1-4-8 2 Ts (8/3/2011) 2 goals 4-0-4 1 Ws (9/17/2011) 2-2-3 2 Ws (8/21/2011) 3 goals 3-0-0 4 Ws (9/25/2010) 4-0-0 5 Ws (9/29/2010) 4 or more 1-0-0 11 Ws (4/2/2006) 0-0-0 23 Ws (5/23/1998) Goals Allowed: 0 goals 3-0-2 2 Ws (7/9/2011) 4-0-4 3 Ws (8/21/2011) 1 goals 6-3-6 1 Ws (9/17/2011) 0-1-8 2 Ts (8/3/2011) 2 goals 1-4-4 1 Ts (9/14/2011) 3-5-3 2 Ws (9/17/2011) 3 goals 0-2-0 3 Ls (8/28/2010) 0-0-0 3 Ls (5/31/2009) 4 goals 0-0-0 2 Ls (6/5/2010) 0-2-0 13 Ls (6/21/2003)
HOUSTON DYNAMO CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (6-3-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Brian Ching 5 5 449 3 1 9 Dwayne De Rosario 6 5 459 3 1 19 Stuart Holden 7 4 393 3 0 6 Bobby Boswell 7 7 630 2 0 4 Chris Wondolowski 4 2 153 2 0 4 Ricardo Clark 6 6 540 1 2 9 Nate Jaqua 2 2 167 1 2 5 Kei Kamara 3 2 167 1 1 5 Brian Mullan 9 8 744 1 0 7 Joseph Ngwenya 2 1 109 1 0 6 Lovel Palmer 3 3 270 1 0 10 Brad Davis 8 7 638 0 3 9 Richard Mulrooney 6 5 476 0 3 1 Wade Barrett 7 7 630 0 1 0 Geoff Cameron 5 5 390 0 1 7 Andre Hainault 5 5 430 0 1 2 Ade Akinbiyi 2 1 66 0 0 0 Corey Ashe 4 4 294 0 0 1 Kyle Brown 1 0 22 0 0 0 Will Bruin 1 1 88 0 0 3 Franco Caraccio 1 1 68 0 0 1 Ronald Cerritos 1 1 77 0 0 1 Mike Chabala 2 1 131 0 0 1 Colin Clark 1 0 23 0 0 2 Ryan Cochrane 4 4 291 0 0 0 Danny Cruz 3 2 159 0 0 3 Paul Dalglish 1 0 11 0 0 0 Hunter Freeman 1 1 78 0 0 0 Jason Garey 1 0 2 0 0 0 Kevin Goldthwaite 1 0 13 0 0 0 Kelly Gray 3 2 184 0 0 0 Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 Patrick Ianni 2 0 50 0 0 0 Julius James 1 1 90 0 0 0 Luis Angel Landin 1 0 28 0 0 1 Alejandro Moreno 2 2 180 0 0 6 Julian Nash 1 0 13 0 0 0 Anthony Obodai 1 1 49 0 0 0 Dominic Oduro 4 2 187 0 0 3 Pat Onstad 10 10 900 0 0 0 Eddie Robinson 7 7 625 0 0 5 Adrian Serioux 2 1 150 0 0 1 Craig Waibel 3 3 266 0 0 2 Je-Vaughn Watson 1 0 12 0 0 0 Cam Weaver 1 1 90 0 0 1 Team totals 11 11 990 19 16 134 Opponent totals 11 11 990 14 8 113 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Tally Hall 1 90 4 3 1.00 0 Pat Onstad 10 900 46 32 1.30 1 ----------- Team totals 11 990 50 35 1.27 1 Opponent totals 11 990 59 38 1.73 1
CURRENT HOUSTON DYNAMO PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHICAGO FIRE (6-3-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Brian Ching 12 11 1014 4 3 25 Bobby Boswell 15 15 1350 3 0 7 Jason Garey 9 4 320 2 1 11 Adam Moffat 3 3 177 1 0 2 Brad Davis 16 13 1170 0 3 16 Geoff Cameron 5 5 390 0 1 7 Hunter Freeman 8 6 511 0 1 0 Andre Hainault 5 5 430 0 1 2 Corey Ashe 4 4 294 0 0 1 Will Bruin 1 1 88 0 0 3 Colin Clark 6 5 463 0 0 10 Danny Cruz 3 2 159 0 0 3 Tally Hall 1 1 90 0 0 0 Eddie Robinson 14 14 1222 0 0 7 Je-Vaughn Watson 1 0 12 0 0 0 Cam Weaver 2 1 94 0 0 1 Team totals 11 11 990 19 16 134 Opponent totals 11 11 990 14 8 113 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Tally Hall 1 90 4 3 1.00 0 ----------- Team totals 11 990 50 35 1.27 1 Opponent totals 11 990 59 38 1.73 1
CHICAGO FIRE CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-6-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Calen Carr 5 2 260 2 0 8 Peter Lowry 2 2 180 2 0 4 Chris Rolfe 6 6 507 2 0 14 Diego Chaves 1 1 90 1 0 3 Wilman Conde 4 3 293 1 0 2 Andy Herron 3 1 123 1 0 4 Baggio Husidic 4 3 248 1 0 5 Justin Mapp 6 5 427 1 0 8 Brian McBride 4 4 302 1 0 10 Thiago 4 3 283 1 0 5 Cuauhtemoc Blanco 3 3 270 0 3 5 Freddie Ljungberg 1 1 90 0 2 1 C.J. Brown 7 7 563 0 1 0 Patrick Nyarko 5 4 390 0 1 5 Gonzalo Segares 8 7 587 0 1 4 Jalil Anibaba 1 1 76 0 0 1 Chris Armas 4 4 360 0 0 2 Mike Banner 4 0 87 0 0 1 Chad Barrett 3 3 235 0 0 4 Jon Busch 4 4 360 0 0 0 Nery Castillo 1 1 45 0 0 0 Jon Conway 1 1 90 0 0 0 Yamith Cuesta 1 1 90 0 0 0 Jim Curtin 2 2 180 0 0 3 Andrew Dykstra 1 1 90 0 0 0 Tomasz Frankowski 1 0 10 0 0 0 Leonard Griffin 1 0 39 0 0 0 Ivan Guerrero 4 4 334 0 0 1 Diego Gutierrez 5 5 392 0 0 1 Nate Jaqua 2 2 180 0 0 3 Collins John 1 0 28 0 0 1 Sean Johnson 1 1 90 0 0 0 Steven Kinney 1 0 49 0 0 0 Krzysztof Krol 1 1 85 0 0 3 Bruno Menezes 1 1 73 0 0 0 Josip Mikulic 1 1 90 0 0 0 Dominic Oduro 1 1 82 0 0 1 Willian Oliveira 1 0 26 0 0 1 Marco Pappa 6 5 439 0 0 4 Logan Pause 8 7 609 0 0 4 Matt Pickens 2 2 180 0 0 0 Brian Plotkin 2 0 18 0 0 0 Brandon Prideaux 4 4 343 0 0 1 Gaston Puerari 1 0 8 0 0 0 Dasan Robinson 7 5 444 0 0 1 Tony Sanneh 2 2 180 0 0 0 Bakary Soumare 4 4 316 0 0 1 Jack Stewart 1 0 22 0 0 0 Osei Telesford 1 0 1 0 0 0 Zach Thornton 2 2 180 0 0 0 John Thorrington 2 2 180 0 0 1 Deris Umanzor 1 0 1 0 0 0 Michael Videira 1 0 25 0 0 0 Tim Ward 2 2 180 0 0 1 Daniel Woolard 1 0 55 0 0 0 Team totals 11 11 990 14 8 113 Opponent totals 11 11 990 19 16 134 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Andrew Dykstra 1 90 6 6 0.00 0 Jon Conway 1 90 2 1 1.00 0 Zach Thornton 2 180 9 6 1.00 0 Jon Busch 4 360 21 12 2.00 1 Matt Pickens 2 180 14 10 2.00 0 Sean Johnson 1 90 7 3 4.00 0 ----------- Team totals 11 990 59 38 1.73 1 Opponent totals 11 990 50 35 1.27 1
CURRENT CHICAGO FIRE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. HOUSTON DYNAMO (3-6-2) PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHT Diego Chaves 1 1 90 1 0 3 Dan Gargan 8 7 631 1 0 2 Baggio Husidic 4 3 248 1 0 5 Patrick Nyarko 5 4 390 0 1 5 Gonzalo Segares 8 7 587 0 1 4 Jalil Anibaba 1 1 76 0 0 1 Mike Banner 4 0 87 0 0 1 Jon Conway 5 5 450 0 0 0 Yamith Cuesta 2 2 180 0 0 0 Alec Dufty 1 0 82 0 0 0 Cory Gibbs 4 4 283 0 0 2 Sean Johnson 1 1 90 0 0 0 Steven Kinney 1 0 49 0 0 0 Josip Mikulic 1 1 90 0 0 0 Dominic Oduro 8 3 354 0 0 4 Daniel Paladini 1 1 90 0 0 0 Marco Pappa 6 5 439 0 0 4 Logan Pause 8 7 609 0 0 4 Michael Videira 3 1 116 0 0 0 Team totals 11 11 990 14 8 113 Opponent totals 11 11 990 19 16 134 GOALKEEPER GP MIN SHTS SV GAA PG Alec Dufty 1 82 2 2 0.00 0 Jon Conway 5 450 21 17 0.80 1 Sean Johnson 1 90 7 3 4.00 0 ----------- Team totals 11 990 59 38 1.73 1 Opponent totals 11 990 50 35 1.27 1
Houston Dynamo vs. Chicago Fire Saturday, 1 October 2011 – 3 p.m. CT
MLS regular season Robertson Stadium, Houston TX
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DYNAMO VS. CHICAGO FIRE The Dynamo will play their second-to-last regular season home game at Robertson Stadium on Saturday, hosting the Chicago Fire in the only afternoon match of the season in Houston. The teams played to a 1-1 tie earlier in the season and were also involved in a trade that sent Dominic Oduro to Chicago and brought Calen Carr to Houston.
DYNAMO NOTES Houston leads the all-time series between the teams 6-3-2 and is 6-1-1 in their last eight meetings. The
last three matchups at Robertson Stadium have produced one-goal Houston victories by progressively increasing scorelines (2-1 in 2008, 3-2 in 2009, 4-3 in 2010).
The Dynamo’s 87th-minute goal last Saturday was the 10th time this season Houston has scored in the final 11 minutes to win or tie a game, including six of the last nine. The goal was Geoff Cameron’s fifth of the season, tying his career high in all competitions set in 2009 and tying him for the team lead.
Midfielder Brad Davis is one of the leading candidates for Major League Soccer’s MVP award, thanks in-part to his 14 assists, tied for the league lead. In addition to the assists, however, Davis leads the league by a wide margin in chances created, according to MLS stats partner Opta. While starting all 31 games, Davis has created 104 chances, 41 more than second-place Mauro Rosales of Seattle. Davis’ deadly set-piece delivery is part of the equation, as 55 of the 104 chances have come from free kicks, but Davis still leads the league with 49 chances created from open play. He has been involved in six of the Dynamo’s 10 late tying or winning goals this year.
Brazilian midfielder Luiz Camargo has started the last three MLS games for the Dynamo, and the team has posted a 2-0-1 record in those contests. The insertion of Camargo has allowed Geoff Cameron to shift to center back and has, for the last two games, pushed Andre Hainault to right back. The Dynamo have allowed just one goal from open play in three games with Camargo in midfield.
Goalkeeper Tally Hall made four saves in the win against Dallas to post his first shutout since July 9 and his fifth of the season. Hall is tied for fourth in MLS with 10 wins on the season. In all competitions, Hall has posted 10 career shutouts and is likely to make his 50th start for the Dynamo on Saturday.
Houston has scored first in 11 out of 31 games on the season; the Dynamo are 7-1-3 when notching the first goal and 3-8-7 when the opponent scores first; there have been two 0-0 ties. Houston’s 10 results when allowing the first goal are the most in MLS; the Dynamo’s winning percentage when allowing the first goal (.361) ranks third.
SPREADING THE WEALTH
The Dynamo have gotten goals from 15 different players in 2011 out of a total of 25 field players who have taken the field in an MLS game. Houston has six players with at least four goals, including co-scoring leaders Geoff Cameron, Brian Ching, and Will Bruin with five goals each and Bobby Boswell, Brad Davis, and Cam Weaver with four goals apiece.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
The Dynamo have scored 21 of their 39 goals (53.8%) in the final 15 minutes of a half, portions of the game that combine to make up 30 percent of a match. Houston has scored 14 goals in the final 15 minutes of games, most in MLS.
RE-WRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
Brad Davis is playing his way to the top of the Dynamo record books. Davis is the all-time club leader in games played in all competitions (194) and MLS (156); games started in all competitions (176) and MLS (142); and assists in all competitions (69) and MLS (60). Davis also ranks second in team history in minutes played and third in goals in all competitions (22) and MLS goals (20).
ALWAYS THERE Goalkeeper Tally Hall is the only Houston player to contest all 2,790 minutes of the MLS regular season so far. Hall and midfielder Brad Davis are the only players to start each MLS game.
UP NEXT: FIRST TRIP TO PORTLAND After breaking with most of Major League Soccer for an international fixture date next week, the Dynamo will return to action on Friday, October 14, with their first trip to JELD-WEN Field to take on the Portland Timbers. The renovated venue has gotten rave reviews for its atmosphere in the Timbers’ first season in MLS, and former Houston assistant coach John Spencer has led Portland into playoff contention. The Dynamo won the teams’ first meeting on August 14 by a 2-1 score, including a long-range goal from former Timber Adam Moffat.
NEW BLOOD Of the Dynamo’s 26 players on the roster, 14 are new to the orange in 2011. Houston acquired three players via draft (Kofi Sarkodie, Will Bruin, Evan Newton), four via trade (Colin Clark, Jason Garey, Calen Carr, Adam Moffat), five via international signings (Hunter Freeman, Jermaine Taylor, Je-Vaughn Watson, Carlo Costly, Luiz Camargo), and two via the Dynamo Academy (Alex Dixon, Josue Soto).
LOCAL FLAVOR Almost one-third of the Dynamo’s current roster has close ties to Texas. Six players are native Texans (Bobby Boswell, Tyler Deric, Alex Dixon, Hunter Freeman, Francisco Navas Cobo, Josue Soto), Colin Clark attended SMU in Dallas, and Jason Garey (Gonzales, La.) has a sister, Melissa, who was a standout player at Texas A&M University in College Station.
MISCELLANEOUS STATS - 2011 SEASON
Quickest goal Bruin (4), 4/29 vs. DC Quickest goal against Richards (0:39), 5/21 vs. NY Game-winning goals after 75’ (4) Freeman (86), 4/17 vs. NE Dixon (93+), 8/20 vs. RSL Bruin (79), 9/17 vs. SJ Cameron (87), 9/24 at FCD Game-tying goals after 75’ (6) Boswell (83), 4/23 at CHI Clark (87), 5/28 vs. FCD Ching (89), 6/25 at DC Cameron (84), 8/6 at PHI Boswell (90), 8/17 at NE Carr (86), 9/14 at CLB Game-winning goals against after 75’ (2) Palguta (84), 5/4 vs. COL Salinas (86), 8/27 at VAN Game-tying goals against after 75’ (3) Zakuani (80), 3/25 at SEA Ballouchy (91+), 5/21 vs. NY Collin (90), 7/16 vs. KC Hat tricks (1) Bruin, 4/29 vs. DC Hat tricks against (1) Braun, 7/23 at CHV Own goals (1) Pearce (55), 6/11 vs. CHV Own goals against (0) none Red cards (7) Sarkodie (72), 5/28 vs. FCD Palmer (52), 6/18 vs. CLB Clark (51), 7/16 vs. KC Ching (69), 7/16 vs. KC Watson (70), 7/23 at CHV Moffat (94+), 8/17 at NE Costly (64), 9/10 at KC Red cards against (3) Amarikwa (93+), 7/3 at COL Reis (94+), 8/17 at NE Ekpo (11), 9/14 at CLB Penalty kicks (3-3) Davis goal (12), 5/21 vs. NY (Sutton) Davis goal (41), 6/25 at DC (Hamid) Davis goal (47), 9/17 vs. SJ (Busch) Penalty kicks against (5-5) Plata goal (50), 5/7 at TFC (Hall) Donovan goal (46+), 5/25 at LA (Hall) Fernandez goal (37), 7/30 vs. SEA (Hall) Mendoza goal (64), 9/14 at CLB (Hall) Mendoza goal (76), 9/14 at CLB (Hall) Youngest goalscorer Will Bruin (21y,168d), 4/10 vs. VAN Oldest goalscorer Brian Ching (33y,88d), 8/20 vs. RSL Youngest starter Kofi Sarkodie (20y,3d), 3/25 at SEA Oldest starter Brian Ching (33y,123d), 9/24 at FCD
HOUSTON DYNAMO NUMERICAL ROSTER/TECHNICAL STAFF No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Born Pronunciation Status 1 Tally Hall GK 6-4 205 5-12-85 rhymes with RALLY 2 Eddie Robinson D 6-1 195 6-19-78 3 Calen Carr F 6-0 150 10-4-82 CAY-len 4 Jermaine Taylor D 5-10 180 1-14-85 International 5 Danny Cruz M 5-8 170 1-3-90 CRUISE Generation adidas 7 Colin Clark M 6-0 180 4-11-84 8 Kofi Sarkodie D 5-8 165 3-22-91 KO-fee sar-KO-dee Generation adidas 9 Jason Garey F 6-0 185 7-19-84 10 Je-Vaughn Watson M 6-1 175 10-22-83 International 11 Brad Davis M 5-11 175 11-8-81 12 Will Bruin F 6-2 194 10-24-89 Generation adidas 13 Francisco Navas Cobo M 5-10 150 11-17-91 NAH-vahs Home-Grown Player 15 Cam Weaver F 6-4 195 6-10-83 16 Adam Moffat M 6-0 175 5-15-86 MOFF-itt 17 Luiz Camargo M 5-8 172 5-4-87 International 18 Josue Soto M 5-9 160 1-3-89 hoh-SWAY Home-Grown Player 19 Alex Dixon M 5-8 150 2-7-90 Home-Grown Player 20 Geoff Cameron M 6-3 185 7-11-85 21 Hunter Freeman D 5-11 175 1-8-85 24 Tyler Deric GK 6-3 195 8-30-88 DARE-ick Home-Grown Player 25 Brian Ching F 6-1 195 5-24-78 26 Corey Ashe D 5-5 154 3-14-86 ASH 29 Carlo Costly F 6-2 187 7-18-82 International 31 Andre Hainault D 6-0 180 6-17-86 HAY-no International 32 Bobby Boswell D 6-2 185 3-15-83 BOZ-well On Loan 28 Evan Newton GK 6-2 185 4-1-88 Head Coach – Dominic Kinnear (8th year overall, 98-67-80 MLS) Assistant Coach – Wade Barrett Assistant Coach – Steve Ralston Goalkeepers Coach – Tim Hanley Head Athletic Trainer – Theron Enns Assistant Athletic Trainer – Shane Caron Equipment Manager – Michael Porter Director, Soccer Operations – Nick Kowba
Houston Dynamo Player Bios
1 TALLY HALL GK 6-4 205 Born: 5/12/85, SeaTac, WA Age: 26 Last Club: Esbjerg fB (Denmark) Third-year goalkeeper who has stepped into starting role in 2011 season. 2011: MLS All-Star … Made four saves to earn fifth shutout of season in 1-0 win at FCD on 9/24. Last goal: 10/21/09 at Isidro Metapán (CCL) Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado Last shutout: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Most saves (2011): 8, 4/2/11 at New York
2 EDDIE ROBINSON DF 6-1 195 Born: 6/19/78, Greensboro, NC Age: 33 Last Club: University of North Carolina Experienced defender and four-time MLS Cup champion expected to provide depth on the back line. United States international (1 cap, 1 goal). 2011: Has made two starts this season but left 6/11 match vs. CHV due to MCL strain. Last appearance: 6/11/11 vs. Chivas USA Last goal: 5/29/10 vs. Philadelphia Last assist: 5/22/10 vs. D.C. United Last yellow card: 9/18/10 vs. Toronto FC Last red card: 11/26/08 vs. Firpo (CCL)
3 CALEN CARR FW 6-0 150 Born: 10/4/82, Berkeley, CA Age: 28 Last Club: Chicago Fire Fast, versatile forward acquired from Chicago early in 2011 season. 2011: Returned from preseason concussion in August and scored first goal late to tie match at CLB on 9/14. Last start: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last goal: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last assist: 10/21/07 vs. LA Galaxy (w. CHI) Last yellow card: 9/12/09 at Real Salt Lake (w. CHI)
Last red card: 9/9/06 at Columbus (w. CHI)
4 JERMAINE TAYLOR DF 5-10 180 I Born: 1/14/85, Portland, Jamaica Age: 26 Last Club: St. George’s SC (Jamaica) Experienced defender expected to step into back line. Jamaica international (43 caps). 2011: Has seen regular time on defense, making 10 starts and coming on twice as a substitute. International: Started all four matches in Gold Cup as Jamaica won group and reached quarterfinals. Last start: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last assist: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last yellow card: 9/14/11 at Columbus
5 DANNY CRUZ MF 5-8 170 GA Born: 1/3/90, Petersburg, VA Age: 21 Last Club: UNLV Aggressive, speedy midfielder in third season who provides pace and service at wide midfield positions. 2011: Made consecutive substitute appearances and notched consecutive assists on decisive goals in 2-2 tie at CLB on 9/14 and 2-1 win vs. SJ on 9/17. Last goal: 7/9/11 vs. Toronto FC Last assist: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose Last yellow card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City Last red card: 7/21/10 vs. Puebla (SuperLiga)
7 COLIN CLARK MF 6-0 180 Born: 4/11/84, Fort Collins, CO Age: 27 Last Club: Colorado Rapids Tricky, technical attacking midfielder acquired from Colorado. United States international (1 cap). 2011: Helped lead Dynamo to 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 with opening goal and clinching assist … Notched third assist of season in 2-1 win vs. POR on 8/14. Last goal: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last assist: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last yellow card: 7/3/11 at Colorado
Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City
8 KOFI SARKODIE DF 5-8 165 GA Born: 3/22/91, Dayton, OH Age: 20 Last Club: University of Akron Promising rookie back selected No. 7 overall in 2011 MLS SuperDraft. United States U-20 international. 2011: Became youngest Dynamo player to start an MLS match in his pro debut on 3/25 at SEA … Started five straight matches from 6/25 to 7/23. International: Made two appearances for U.S. U-20 national team against France on 5/17 and 5/19. Last appearance: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA Last yellow card: 6/25/11 at D.C. United Last red card: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas
9 JASON GAREY FW 6-0 185 Born: 7/19/84, Baton Rouge, LA Age: 27 Last Club: Columbus Crew Gulf Coast region native, experienced attacking option with speed and size acquired in offseason. 2011: Has appeared in 10 MLS games, starting two. Last appearance: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last goal: 9/14/10 vs. Joe Public (CCL) (w. CLB) Last MLS goal: 8/21/10 vs. COL (w. CLB) Last assist: 10/21/10 at Joe Public (CCL) (w. CLB)
Last yellow card: 8/24/10 at Santos (CCL) (w. CLB)
10 JE-VAUGHN WATSON MF 6-1 175 I Born: 10/22/83, St. Catherine, Jamaica Age: 27 Last Club: Sporting Central (Jamaica) Energetic midfielder expected to compete for playing time in midfield. Jamaica international (12 caps). 2011: Has made 11 starts in his first MLS season and headed in first Dynamo goal in 2-2 tie at CLB on 9/14. International: Appeared in three of four games at Gold Cup as Jamaica won group and reached quarterfinals. Last goal: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last assist: 5/7/11 at Toronto FC Last yellow card: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last red card: 7/23/11 at Chivas USA
11 BRAD DAVIS MF 5-11 175 Born: 11/8/81, St. Charles, MO Age: 29 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Original Dynamo player who has won last two team MVP awards. United States international (5 caps). 2011: MVP candidate leads Major League Soccer with 14 assists … Earned fourth career All-Star selection. Last goal: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose (pk) Last assist: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last yellow card: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose Last red card: 8/30/09 at Colorado
12 WILL BRUIN FW 6-2 194 GA Born: 10/24/89, St. Louis, MO Age: 21 Last Club: Indiana University Forward with size and skill selected with No. 11 pick in 2011 MLS SuperDraft. 2011: Leads MLS rookies with five goals … Fired in left-footed volley in 79th minute in 2-1 win vs. SJ on 9/17. Last goal: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose Last assist: 4/2/11 at New York Last yellow card: 5/14/11 at Real Salt Lake
13 FRANCISCO NAVAS COBO MF 5-10 150 HG Born: 11/17/91, Houston, TX Age: 19 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Second-year professional expected to provide depth as an outside midfielder. 2011: Made first-team appearances as a sub in Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton on 7/20 and friendly win vs. Monterrey on 9/4. Last MLS appearance: 4/17/10 vs. Chivas USA Last start: 7/6/10 vs. Chivas USA (USOC)
15 CAM WEAVER FW 6-4 195 Born: 6/10/83, Tacoma, WA Age: 28 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Target forward in his third season with the Dynamo who provides consistent threat despite injuries. 2011: Scored fourth goal of the season to tie career high and added an assist in 2-2 tie vs. FCD on 5/28. Last goal: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last assist: 5/28/11 vs. FC Dallas Last yellow card: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last red card: 10/4/09 vs. Kansas City
16 ADAM MOFFAT MF 6-0 175 Born: 5/15/86, Glasgow, Scotland Age: 25 Last Club: Portland Timbers Tenacious two-way midfielder acquired in July 21 trade. 2011: Scored Goal of the Year candidate with 40-yard blast in 2-1 win vs. POR, his former team, on 8/14. Last goal: 8/14/11 vs. Portland Last assist: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last yellow card: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose Last red card: 8/17/11 at New England
17 LUIZ CAMARGO MF 5-8 172 I Born: 5/24/87, Vinheda, Brazil Age: 24 Last Club: Paraná Clube (Brazil) Skilled, hard-tackling midfielder acquired in August. 2011: Started three consecutive matches 9/14-9/24 and set up game-winning goal in 2-1 win vs. SJ on 9/17. Last assist: 9/17/11 vs. San Jose
18 JOSUE SOTO MF 5-9 160 HG Born: 1/3/89, Fort Worth, TX Age: 22 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Steady midfielder and home-grown product signed after completing collegiate career at SMU. 2011: Made first-team appearances as a sub in Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton on 7/20 and friendly win vs. Monterrey on 9/4.
19 ALEX DIXON MF 5-8 150 HG Born: 2/7/90, Bay City, TX Age: 21 Last Club: Dynamo Academy Talented attacking player and home-grown product signed after three years at North Carolina. 2011: Has seven appearances in MLS play, all as a substitute, and scored dramatic game-winner on 8/20 vs. RSL for first professional goal. Last appearance: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake
20 GEOFF CAMERON MF 6-3 185 Born: 7/11/85, Attleboro, MA Age: 26 Last Club: Rhode Island Emerging star in midfield looking to rebound from 2010 injury. United States international (1 cap). 2011: MLS All-Star … Has started last three games on defense and headed in winning goal at FCD on 9/24. Last goal: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last assist: 9/14/11 at Columbus Last yellow card: 9/10/11 at Kansas City Last red card: 10/10/10 vs. New England
21 HUNTER FREEMAN DF 5-11 175 Born: 1/8/85, Tyler, TX Age: 26 Last Club: IK Start (Norway) Experienced defender and Texas native acquired in the offseason after two years in Norway. 2011: Has started 22 MLS matches … Returned to starting lineup for first time since 6/18 in 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 and assisted clinching goal. Last start: 9/10/11 at Kansas City Last goal: 4/17/11 vs. New England Last assist: 7/30/11 vs. Seattle Last yellow card: 8/17/11 at New England Last MLS red card: 8/26/06 at Chicago (w. COL)
24 TYLER DERIC GK 6-3 195 HG Born: 8/30/88, Houston, TX Age: 23 Last Club: Dynamo Academy First ever Academy product expected to serve as No. 2 goalkeeper after strong outings in 2010. 2011: Has made four saves in each of his three appearances this year, including friendlies vs. Bolton on 7/20 and vs. Monterrey on 9/4. Last start: 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Last shutout: 10/16/10 at San Jose Most saves (’11): 4, 4/6/11 vs. Sporting KC (USOC) Most saves (Career): 5, 10/23/10 vs. Seattle
25 BRIAN CHING FW 6-1 195 Born: 5/24/78, Haleiwa, HI Age: 33 Last Club: San Jose Earthquakes Dynamo all-time leading scorer and team captain. United States international (45 caps, 11 goals). 2011: Team co-leader with five goals despite battling injuries throughout the season. Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last assist: 7/9/11 vs. Toronto FC Last yellow card: 8/21/10 vs. Chicago Last red card: 7/16/11 vs. Kansas City
26 COREY ASHE DF 5-5 154 Born: 3/14/86, Orange County, CA Age: 25 Last Club: North Carolina Quick left-footed midfielder capable of playing on either flank as he enters his fifth professional season. 2011: Started 27 of 31 MLS matches, including 24 starts at left back … Earned first career All-Star selection and played 29 minutes as a sub on 7/27. Last goal: 9/22/09 vs. Árabe Unido (CCL) Last assist: 10/10/10 vs. New England Last yellow card: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last red card: 8/26/09 at Árabe Unido (CCL)
28 EVAN NEWTON GK 6-2 185 Born: 4/1/88, Virginia Beach, VA Age: 23 Last Club: Old Dominion University Rookie goalkeeper with good size and experience selected in 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft. 2011: On loan with FC Tampa Bay of the NASL … Made first appearance as halftime sub and made six saves while keeping a shutout in 1-0 friendly win vs. Bolton Wanderers on 7/14 … Made four saves for shutout in league debut at Atlanta on 8/6.
29 CARLO COSTLY FW 6-2 187 I Born: 7/18/82, San Pedro Sula, Honduras Age: 29 Last Club: Atlas de Guadalajara (Mexico) Talented, experienced forward acquired in August 2011. Honduras international (50 caps, 20 goals). 2011: Started and assisted on opening goal in 3-2 win vs. RSL on 8/20. International: Scored both goals in 2-0 friendly win vs. Venezuela on 8/10 … Made 50th career appearance for Honduras in 2-0 loss vs. Colombia on 9/3. Last assist: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last red card: 9/10/11 at Kansas City
31 ANDRE HAINAULT DF 6-0 180 I Born: 6/17/86, Montréal, QC, Canada Age: 25 Last Club: FK SIAD Most (Czech Rep.) Defender who can play outside or center back. Canada international (24 caps, 2 goals). 2011: Has played in 28 of 31 games, playing center back in 24 of his 28 appearances before playing right back on 9/17 and 9/24. International: Helped Canada to strong start in World Cup qualifying, playing in wins vs. St. Lucia, at Puerto Rico. Last goal: 10/16/10 at San Jose Last assist: 7/31/10 vs. New York Last yellow card: 9/22/10 at Kansas City Last red card: 8/26/09 at Árabe Unido (CCL)
32 BOBBY BOSWELL DF 6-2 185 Born: 3/15/83, Austin, TX Age: 28 Last Club: D.C. United Backbone of the Dynamo’s defense over the last three seasons. United States international (3 caps). 2011: Has played in 24 of 31 MLS matches at center back and set a career high with four goals, including late, game-tying goals at CHI on 4/23 and at NE on 8/17. Last goal: 8/20/11 vs. Real Salt Lake Last assist: 4/10/11 vs. Vancouver Last yellow card: 9/24/11 at FC Dallas Last red card: 7/24/10 at Columbus
LEGEND GK-goalkeeper; DF-defender; MF-midfielder; FW-forward; I-international; HG-home-grown; GA-Generation adidas; USOC-United States Open Cup; CCL-CONCACAF Champions League
2011 HOUSTON DYNAMO STATISTICS, ALL GAMES (11-11-12)
Includes MLS regular season, U.S. Open Cup qualifying, Dynamo Charities Cup, friendly UNF POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A C E
13 MF Francisco Navas Cobo 2 0 28 0 0 0 0 own goals 1 TEAM 34 34 3090 42 39 49 8 OPPONENT 34 34 3090 39 34 44 5 UNF GOALKEEPER GP GS MIN SH SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO
Game #2 03/25/2011 HOU 1 at SEA 1 T Cameron 1 (unassisted) 42
Game #3 04/02/2011 HOU 1 at NY 1 T Weaver 1 (Bruin 1, Hall 1) 50
Game #4 04/10/2011 HOU 3 vs VAN 1 W Weaver 2 (Boswell 1, Davis 1) 37; Boswell 1 (Cruz 1, Davis 2) 42; Bruin 1 (Davis 3) 76
Game #5 04/17/2011 HOU 1 vs NE 0 W Freeman 1 (unassisted) 86
Game #6 04/23/2011 HOU 1 at CHI 1 T Boswell 2 (Davis 4) 83
Game #7 04/29/2011 HOU 4 vs DC 1 W Bruin 2 (Cameron 1) 4; Bruin 3 (Davis 5, Cameron 2) 41; Bruin 4 (Davis 6) 57; Weaver 3 (Freeman 1) 62
Game #8 05/04/2011 HOU 1 vs COL 2 L Clark 1 (Watson 1) 71
Game #9 05/07/2011 HOU 1 at TOR 2 L Palmer 1 (Watson 2) 87
Game #10 05/14/2011 HOU 0 at RSL 0 T
Game #11 05/21/2011 HOU 2 vs NY 2 T Davis 1 (penalty kick) 12; Koke 1 (unassisted) 82
Game #12 05/25/2011 HOU 0 at LA 1 L
Game #13 05/28/2011 HOU 2 vs DAL 2 T Weaver 4 (Davis 7) 42, Clark 2 (Davis 8, Weaver 1) 87
Game #14 06/04/2011 HOU 0 at SJ 2 L
Game #15 06/11/2011 HOU 2 vs CHV 1 W Cameron 2 (Davis 9) 29; own goal (Pearce) 55
Game #16 06/18/2011 HOU 0 vs CLB 2 L
Game #17 06/25/2011 HOU 2 at DC 2 T Davis 2 (penalty kick) 41; Ching 1 (Clark 1, Cameron 3) 89
Game #18 07/03/2011 HOU 0 at COL 0 T
Game #19 07/09/2011 HOU 2 vs TOR 0 W Cruz 1 (Ching 1) 50; Cameron 3 (unassisted) 81
Game #20 07/16/2011 HOU 1 vs KC 1 T Davis 3 (free kick) 8
Game #21 07/23/2011 HOU 0 at CHV 3 L
Game #22 07/30/2011 HOU 3 vs SEA 1 W Clark 3 (unassisted) 7; Ching 2 (Cameron 4, Davis 10) 23; Ching 3 (Clark 2, Freeman 2) 70
Game #23 08/06/2011 HOU 1 at PHI 1 T Cameron 4 (unassisted) 84
Game #24 08/14/2011 HOU 2 vs POR 1 W Moffat 1 (unassisted) 17; Ching 4 (Clark 3, Davis 11) 27
Game #25 08/17/2011 HOU 1 at NE 1 T Boswell 3 (unassisted) 90
Game #26 08/20/2011 HOU 3 vs RSL 2 W Ching 5 (Davis 12, Costly 1) 47; Boswell 4 (Davis 13) 69; Dixon 1 (unassisted) 93+
Game #27 08/27/2011 HOU 0 at VAN 1 L
Game #28 09/10/2011 HOU 0 at KC 3 L
Game #29 09/14/2011 HOU 2 at CLB 2 T Watson 1 (Taylor 1, Moffat 1) 34; Carr 1 (Cameron 5, Cruz 2) 86
Game #30 09/17/2011 HOU 2 vs SJ 1 W Davis 4 (penalty kick) 47; Bruin 5 (Luiz Camargo 1, Cruz 3) 79
Game #31 09/24/2011 HOU 1 at DAL 0 W Cameron 5 (Davis 14) 87
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U.S. OPEN CUP
# Player Q1
KC
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1 Tally Hall
2 Eddie Robinson 86D
3 Calen Carr
4 Jermaine Taylor
5 Danny Cruz 120M
7 Colin Clark 76M
8 Kofi Sarkodie 120D
9 Jason Garey 120F
11 Brad Davis
12 Will Bruin 37
13 Francisco Navas Cobo
14 Jordan Graye 34
15 Cam Weaver 83F
17 Mike Chabala 120D
18 Josue Soto
19 Alex Dixon 120M
20 Geoff Cameron
21 Hunter Freeman
22 Lovel Palmer 120M
23 Dominic Oduro
24 Tyler Deric 120G
25 Brian Ching
26 Corey Ashe 44M
28 Evan Newton
31 Andre Hainault
32 Bobby Boswell 120D
U.S. OPEN CUP
1R 04/06/2011 HOU 0 vs KC 1 L
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FIRE FLASHES ___________________________________________ 2011 Record/Home/Away………..…………………....7-8-15/5-2-8/2-5-7 2010 Record/Home/Away………..……………………9-12-9/4-4-7/5-8-2 vs. Eastern Conference/2010 .................................................. 4-1-8/5-4-3 vs. Western Conference/2010......………………………………3-7-7/4-8-6 Current Streak......................................................................................3W Last Five…………………………………………………………......WLWWW All-Time Record ......................................................................182-145-97 All-Time Home Record...............................................................110-51-52 All-Time Away Record..................................................................73-94-45 Last Regular Season Win………………………………3-0, @ RSL 9/28/11 Last Regular Season Loss.………………………...........2-0, @ SJ, 9/10/11 Last Shutout by Fire …………………………………….3-0, @ RSL,9/28/11 Last Shutout by Opponent…………………………........0-2, @ SJ, 9/10/11 March Record 2011/2010.........................................................1-0-1/0-1-0 April Record 2011/2010 ......................................................... .0-3-2/2-1-1 May Record 2011/2010............................................................0-1-3/0-1-3 June Record 2011/2010.......................................................... 1-0-5/2-0-1 July Record 2011/2010 ........................................................... 0-2-1/0-2-0 August Record 2011/2010 ......................................................2-1-3/ 2-2-1 September Record 2011/2010 .................................................3-1-0/0-0-3 October Record 2011/2010..................................................... 0-0-0/1-3-2 Pre All-Star 2011/2010.............................................................2-6-12/4-5-5 Post All-Star 2011/2010 ...........................................................5-2-3/5-7-4 Record After 30 Games 2011/2010 .....................................7-8-15/9-12-9 Ahead/Behind/Tied at Halftime ...................................... 6-0-5/0-6-3/0-2-8 Ahead/Behind/Tied at 75’..............................................5-0-1/0-8-1/1-0-14 Outshoot Opp./Opp. More Shots/Shots Tied ................. 5-4-9/2-4-4/0-0-2 Day/Night ...............................................................................4-3-2/3-5-13 Grass/Turf ...............................................................................7-5-14/0-3-1 Wearing All-Red Primary Kit ............................................................6-8-10 Wearing All-White Secondary Kit .......................................................1-0-5 Wearing Red/White/Red Kit…...……………………………………..0-0-0 CHICAGO FIRE – HOUSTON DYNAMO SERIES Having taken four of their last five matches, the Fire enter Saturday afternoon’s encounter as one of the hottest teams in Major League Soccer as they continue their late-season run for an MLS Cup playoff berth. The Dynamo enter Saturday’s encounter coming off two straight league wins and sit just a point off the Eastern Conference lead, knowing that a win on Saturday would go a long way towards punching a postseason ticket. In the first match of the 2011 series played April 23 at Toyota Park, the Fire ran out to a 1-0 lead as Diego Chaves buried an effort just inside the box in the 18th minute. The Fire looked like they would escape with three points but Bobby Boswell headed home an 83rd minute equalizer giving each side a share of the spoils. QUICK KICKS vs. Houston Dynamo (10-9-12; 39 GF, 39 GA) FIRE vs. Houston: 1-3-2; 6 GF, 10 GA FIRE at Houston: 2-3-0; 8 GF, 9 GA
After winning their first two matches at Robertson Stadium in 2006-07, the Fire have dropped their last three away to the Dynamo.
The Fire are 6-1-2 across all competitions since falling 4-2 at Vancouver on August 7.
A LOOK AT THE FIRE The Chicago Fire (7-8-15, 36 pts.) enter their 14th season of MLS play after posting a 9-12-9 record in 2010. Disappointed with missing out on the playoffs for just the second time in club history, the Fire have made many changes to the roster for 2011, bringing in the likes of veteran U.S. defender Cory Gibbs, Croatian Josip Mikulic , as well as Uruguayan striker Diego Chaves. The team also found a consistent goal scorer in Dominic Oduro via trade with Houston at the start of the season. In all, the Fire returned 13 players to the roster, meaning more than half the players opening the season are new to the club in 2011. 2010 MLS All-Star selection and Goal of the Year winner midfielder Marco Pappa returns for his 4th MLS season and looks to build upon his team leading seven goals in 2010. Joining Pappa in the midfielder are 2010 Fire MVP and newly named captain Logan Pause and last season’s assist leader Patrick Nyarko, while 2011 MLS Combine MVP Jalil Anibaba will patrol the backline with offseason acquisitions Gibbs and Mikulic. CHICAGO FIRE/ATHLETICO “RECOVERY ROOM”: September 16, 2011 OUT Ferrari – ACL Reconstruction Kinney – Lower Abdominal Strain DOUBTFUL Gibbs – Right Ankle Contusion PLAYER TRANSACTIONS OUT: M Marko Maric – Waived (9/14/2011) D Dasan Robinson – Traded to Toronto FC (7/28/2011) M Bratislav Ristic – Waived (7/26/2011) M Davis Paul – Waived (6/29/2011) F Gaston Puerari – Sold to Club Atlas (06/15/2011) F Calen Carr – Traded to Houston (03/23/2011) D Deris Umanzor – Waived (02/09/2011) GK Andrew Dysktra – Waived (01/31/2011) F Nery Castillo – Loaned to Aris FC (01/19/2011) M Freddie Ljungberg – Free Agent (01/01/2011) D Wilman Conde – Free Agent (01/01/2011) M Peter Lowry – Expansion Draft (11/24/10) M John Thorrington – Expansion Draft (11/24/10) IN: F Kellen Gulley – Signed (08/11/2011) D Dan Gargan – Traded from Toronto FC (07/28/2011) M Pavel Pardo – Signed (07/26/11) M Sebastian Grazzini - Signed (07/13/11) F Cristian Nazarit – Signed (05/04/11) D Pari Pantazopoulos – Signed (04/04/2011) F Dominic Oduro – Traded from Houston (03/23/2011) D Yamith Cuesta – Traded from Chivas USA (03/23/2011) M Michael Videira – Signed (03/10/2011) F Orr Barouch – Loaned from Tigres (03/10/2011) M Marko Maric – Signed (03/02/2011) GK Alec Dufty – Signed (03/02/2011) F Diego Chaves – Signed (02/18/2011 GK Jon Conway – Traded from Toronto FC (01/13/2011) M Davis Paul – Drafted (51st Overall) (01/13/2011) D Jalil Anibaba – Drafted (9th Overall) (01/13/2011) M Daniel Paladini – Signed (01/11/2011) D Josip Mikulic – Signed (01/11/2011) D Cory Gibbs – Re-Entry Draft (12/15/2010)
CHICAGO FIRE POWER PAST REAL SALT LAKE WITH 3-0 ROAD VICTORY
Chicago Fire (7-8-15; 36pts.) vs. Houston Dynamo (10-9-12; 42 pts.)
Fire Game #31 – Away Game #16 Saturday, October 1, 2011 – Robertson Stadium – Houston, TX – 3:00 PM CT
TV: Telefutura
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Marco Pappa tallied three sensational goals on the way to his first career hat trick as the Chicago Fire (7-8-15, 36 points) rolled past Real Salt Lake 3-0 in front of a record sellout crowd of 20,762 at Rio Tinto Stadium Wednesday night in Sandy, Utah. The victory, the Fire’s fifth in their last six matches gives the Fire 36 points and leaves the Men in Red three points behind the New York Red Bulls for the 10th and final MLS Cup Playoff spot with four matches to play. For the sixth time in the last eight matches the Fire found the back of the net within the first 20 minutes. Patrick Nyarko collected the ball on the left side before linking with Daniel Paladini at the top of the 18-yard-box where he found an open Pappa lurking with the space to operate. The Guatemalan international took two touches and sent a measured blast that beat Real Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimando to give the Fire a 1-0 advantage after 10 minutes. The match turned in the Fire’s favor in the 11th minute when RSL captain Kyle Beckerman was issued his walking papers for head butting Daniel Paladini at the midfield stripe. Words were exchanged between the two sides but the end result was a red card for Beckerman and a man advantage for the Fire. Real Salt Lake had the opportunity to pull one back in the 28th when former Fire midfielder Andy Williams found Alvaro Saborio in behind the Fire defense with a looping pass. The Costa Rican international snagged the ball with his back to goal and turned a fired a whizzing shot just wide of Sean Johnson’s net. The Fire doubled their lead in the 36th minute on a fantastic bit of patience and passing from Fire midfielder Pavel Pardo. The two-time Mexican World Cup veteran ran onto a loose ball and dribbled in on goal before sending a perfectly weighted through ball to Pappa charging along the right side. The playmaking midfielder latched onto the ball in stride before slotting a low driven shot into the back of the net at the far post. Pappa would complete his magical night at the foot of the Wasatch Front in the 75th minute. The Guatemalan midfielder outmuscled Real Salt Lake defender Chris Schuler as he carried the ball along the touchline on the right side. Pappa cut inside and took the ball inside the box before curving a sensational goal around Rimando into the netting at the back post to give the Fire a commanding 3-0 lead. Sean Johnson and the Fire defense were stout throughout the match. The second-year Fire ‘keeper recorded his seventh shutout of the season and the Men in Red closed out the game to earn their second road victory of the 2011 MLS campaign. FIRE ONE OF THE HOTTEST TEAMS IN MLS With a third straight league win in Wednesday’s match at RSL, the Chicago Fire maintain their streak as the second hottest team in Major League Soccer, behind only the league-leading LA Galaxy. Having won four of their last five matches, the Fire seem to have turned things around following a 4-2 loss at Vancouver on August 7. Since then, the club has gone 6-1-2 across all competitions, pushing for the playoffs while also earning a spot in next Tuesday’s U.S. Open Cup final at Seattle. PAPPA BECOMES FIFTH FIRE PLAYER TO RECORD HAT-TRICK IN 3-0 WIN AT RSL Having not scored since June 26, Chicago Fire midfielder put the league on notice that he’s still an offensive threat, scoring all three goals in the team’s 3-0 win at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. With the trio, Pappa became the fifth player in Fire history to record a hat trick in an MLS game and first to do it since Chris Rolfe’s first half effort in a 5-2 win vs. New York on October 23, 2008. See below the list of Fire players that have scored hat tricks in an MLS Regular Season match PLAYER DATE RESULT GOAL MINUTES Ante Razov 5/6/00 3-0 W at MIA 49’, 56’, 72’ Ante Razov 5/19/02 3-1 W at NE 34’, 54’, 73 Damani Ralph 6/5/04 3-0 W vs. DC 15’, 55’, 69’ Nate Jaqua 6/4/05 5-2 W vs. CHV 2’, 60’, 74’ Chris Rolfe 10/23/08 5-2 W vs. NY 11’, 38’, 44’ Marco Pappa 9/28/11 3-0 W at RSL 9’, 36’ 75’ With the hat trick, Pappa bested his season high total from last year of seven. If the Guatemalan international scores two goals, he’ll join Dominic Oduro in the Fire’s 10+ club, marking the first time since 2003 that two Fire players scored double-digit goals during the regular season (Razov and Ralph had 14 and 11 respectively). 2010 YEAR IN REVIEW The Fire ushered in a new era with the hiring of former El Salvador national team boss Carlos de los Cobos ahead of the 2010 campaign. The new manager brought in a new system to the club, while welcoming in Designated Players in Mexican striker Nery Castillo and Swedish winger Freddie Ljungberg. Despite the acquisitions, de los Cobos’ side came up just short of the 2010 MLS playoffs, missing the postseason for just the second time in club history. At season’s end, two legendary players announced their retirement, with the Fire bidding goodbye to U.S. giant Brian McBride and the last remaining “Fire Original”, defender C.J. Brown who spent all 13 seasons of his MLS career in the Windy City, appearing in 371 matches for the club across all competitions.
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2011 RESULTS/SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (CT) GOAL SCORERS LEAGUE RECORD March 19 @ FC Dallas 1‐1 D Chaves 0‐0‐1 March 26 vs. Sporting KC 3‐2 W Chaves, Puerari, Pappa 1‐0‐1 March 30 vs. Colorado Rapids* 2‐1 W Puerari, Anibaba ‐ April 9 @ Seattle Sounders FC 1‐2 L Chaves 1‐1‐1 April 14 @ Portland Timbers 2‐4 L own goal, Pappa 1‐2‐1 April 17 vs. LA Galaxy 1‐2 L Oduro 1‐3‐1 April 23 vs. Houston Dynamo 1‐1 D Chaves 1‐3‐2 April 30 @ Colorado Rapids 1‐1 D Pappa 1‐3‐3 May 7 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps 0‐0 D ‐ 1‐3‐4 May 14 @ Toronto FC 2‐2 D Pappa, Barouch 1‐3‐5 May 21 @ Philadelphia Union 1‐2 L Oduro 1‐4‐5 May 24 @ San Jose Earthquakes* 2‐2 D (5‐4 PK) Barouch, Cuesta ‐ May 28 vs. San Jose Earthquakes 2‐2 D Oduro, Gibbs 1‐4‐6 June 4 vs. Seattle Sounders FC 0‐0 D ‐ 1‐4‐7 June 9 @ Sporting KC 0‐0 D ‐ 1‐4‐8 June 12 @ Columbus Crew 1‐0 W Nazarit 2‐4‐8 June 18 @ New England Revolution 1‐1 D Oduro 2‐4‐9 June 22 vs. Real Salt Lake 0‐0 D ‐ 2‐4‐10 June 26 vs. New York Red Bulls 1‐1 D Pappa 2‐4‐11 June 28 @Rochester Rhinos** 1‐0 W Chaves ‐ July 2 @ Chivas USA 1‐1 D Oduro 2‐4‐12 July 9 @ LA Galaxy 1‐2 L Nazarit 2‐5‐12 July 12 vs. New York Red Bulls** 4‐0 W Oduro, Cuesta, Barouch (2) ‐ July 16 vs. Portland Timbers 0‐1 L ‐ 2‐6‐12 July 23 vs. Manchester United + 1‐3 L Gibbs ‐ August 3 vs. Philadelphia Union 1‐1 D Pardo 2‐6‐13 August 7 @ Vancouver Whitecaps 2‐4 L Oduro, Barouch 2‐7‐13 August 13 @ New York Red Bulls 2‐2 D Oduro, Grazzini 2‐7‐14 August 18 vs. DC United 1‐1 D Grazzini 2‐7‐15 August 21 vs. Toronto FC 2‐0 W Oduro, Gargan 3‐7‐15 August 27 vs. Colorado Rapids 2‐0 W Oduro, Gibbs 4‐7‐15 August 30 vs. Richmond Kickers** 2‐1 W Grazzini, Oduro ‐ September 10 @ San Jose Earthquakes 0‐2 L ‐ 4‐8‐15 September 14 vs. CD Guadalajara+ 0‐1 L ‐ ‐ September 17 vs. Chivas USA 3‐2 W Gibbs, OG, Oduro 5‐8‐15 September 25 vs. New England Revolution 3‐2 W Grazzini, Oduro, Nyarko 6‐8‐15 September 28 @ Real Salt Lake 3‐0 W Pappa (3) 7‐8‐15 October 1 @ Houston Dynamo 3:00pm October 4 @ Seattle Sounders FC** 9:00pm October 12 vs. FC Dallas 7:30pm October 15 @. DC United 6:30pm October 22 vs. Columbus Crew 7:30pm *U.S. Open Cup qualifying; **U.S. Open Cup, +Friendly
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CHICAGO FIRE ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birth date Hometown College Status 6 Jalil Anibaba DEF 6-0 170 10/18/1988 Davis, CA North Carolina 7 Mike Banner MID 5-10 160 10/20/1984 Washington, D.C. SIU – Edwardsville 15 Orr Barouch FWD 6-2 190 11/29/1991 Woodland Hills, CA -- 19 Corben Bone MID 5-9 149 09/16/1988 Plano, Texas Wake Forest 99 Diego Chaves FWD 5-10 150 02/14/1986 Montevideo, Uruguay -- Int. 1 Jon Conway GK 6-6 215 05/06/1977 Media, PA Rutgers 89 Yamith Cuesta DEF 6-3 195 04/17/1989 Turbo, Colombia -- Int. 30 Alec Dufty GK 6-5 200 03/11/1987 Raleigh, NC Evansville 88 Gabriel Ferrari FWD 6-2 185 09/01/1988 New York, NY -- 3 Dan Gargan DEF 5-11 175 12/14/1982 Philadelphia, PA Georgetown 5 Cory Gibbs DEF 6-2 180 01/14/1980 Fort Lauderdale, FL Brown University 10 Sebastián Grazzini MID 5-11 165 01/25/1981 Rosario, Argentina -- Int. 9 Baggio Husidic MID 6-1 180 05/19/1987 Libertyville, IL UIC 25 Sean Johnson GK 6-3 217 05/31/1989 Lilburn, GA Central Florida 28 Steven Kinney DEF 6-0 175 10/28/1987 Norcross, GA Elon University 23 Josip Mikulic DEF 6-1 185 04/12/1986 Ljubuski, Yugoslavia -- Int. 29 Cristian Nazarit FWD 6-1 170 08/13/1990 Cali, Colombia -- Int. 14 Patrick Nyarko FWD 6-0 165 01/15/1986 Kumasi, Ghana Virginia Tech 8 Dominic Oduro FWD 6-0 160 08/13/1985 Pramso, Ghana Virginia Commonwealth 11 Daniel Paladini MID 5-9 165 11/11/1984 Northridge, CA Cal State Northridge 16 Marco Pappa MID 5-10 155 11/15/1987 Guatemala City -- Int. 24 Pari Pantazopolous MID 6-0 175 09/14/1988 Mt. Prospect, IL -- 12 Logan Pause MID 5-10 155 08/22/1981 Hillsborough, NC North Carolina 17 Pavel Pardo MID 5-9 150 07/26/1976 Guadalajara, Mexico -- Int. 27 Victor Pineda MID 5-11 140 03/15/1993 Bolingbrook, IL -- 13 Gonzalo Segares DEF 5-11 162 10/13/1982 San Jose, Costa Rica Virginia Commonwealth 21 Mike Videira MID 5-10 180 01/06/1986 Milford, MA Duke
CHICAGO FIRE NUMERICAL ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE No. Player Pos. Pronunciation Place of Birth Last Team 1 Jon Conway GK Media, PA Toronto FC 3 Dan Gargan DEF Philadelphia, PA Toronto FC 5 Cory Gibbs DEF Plantation, FL New England Revolution 6 Jalil Anibaba DEF Jah-LEEL Ah-Nee-Bah-Bah Fontana, CA University of North Carolina 7 Mike Banner MID Washington, D.C. Chicago Fire 8 Dominic Oduro FWD Accra, Ghana Houston Dynamo 9 Baggio Husidic MID WHO-sid-ICH Velika Kladusa, Bosnia Chicago Fire 10 Sebastian Grazzini MID GRASS-ee-knee Rosario, Argentina CA All Boys (ARG) 11 Daniel Paladini MID Northridge, CA Carolina Railhawks (USSF D-2) 12 Logan Pause MID Hillsborough, NC Chicago Fire 13 Gonzalo Segares DEF seh-GAH-res San Jose, Costa Rica Chicago Fire 14 Patrick Nyarko FWD NEE-yah-koh Kumasi, Ghana Chicago Fire 15 Orr Barouch FWD Barr-ooch Haifa, Israel Tigres (MEX) 16 Marco Pappa MID Guatemala City, Guatemala Chicago Fire 17 Pavel Pardo MID Guadalajara, Mexico Club America (MEX) 19 Corben Bone MID Plano, Texas Chicago Fire 21 Mike Videira MID Milford, MA AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) 23 Josip Mikulic DEF MICK-ooh-Lich Ljubuški, Bosnia-Herzegovina NK Zagreb (CRO) 24 Pari Pantazopolous MID Pay-REE Pant-a-zop-o-los Athens, Greece Zakynthos (GRE) 25 Sean Johnson GK Lilburn, GA Chicago Fire 27 Victor Pineda MID Chicago, IL Chicago Fire 28 Steven Kinney DEF Norcross, GA Chicago Fire 29 Cristian Nazarit FWD Chris-Tee-Ahn Nas-a-reet Cali, Colombia Independiente Santa Fe (COL) 30 Alec Dufty GK Binghamton, NY AC St. Louis (USSF D-2) 88 Gabriel Ferrari FWD New York, NY FC Wohlen (SUI) 89 Yamith Cuesta DEF Jah-MEET Turbo, Colombia Chivas USA 99 Diego Chaves FWD CHA-vez Montevideo, Uruguay Nacional (URU) Technical Director & Interim Head Coach: Frank Klopas First Assistant Coach: Leo Percovich Assistant Coach: Larry Sunderland Goalkeeper Coach: Aron Hyde Soccer Fitness Specialist: Tony Jouaux
Head Athletic Trainer: Bo Leonard Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Zalewski Equipment Manager: Charles Raycroft Director of Team Operations: Ron Stern
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#6 JALIL ANIBABA – 2011: 25 GP/24 0 GS, 0G, 1A in 2148 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 20 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/17/11 vs. LA (89’) Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft Named 2011 MLS Combine MVP Scored first professional goal in 2-1 win vs. COL in U.S. Open Cup
play-in match 3/30/11 in Peoria, IL #7 – MIKE BANNER – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 5 min., 09/18/10 @ RSL in 1-0 loss LAST MLS GOAL: 08/01/10 @ LA (19’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/12/09 @ RSL (Rolfe 44’) Enters his fifth season with the Fire and MLS Started nine of 18 games he appeared in 2010 Reached a career season high in minutes played with 1019 in 2010 #15–ORR BAROUCH – 2011: 25 GP/2 GS, 1G, 0A in 591 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 13 min., 09/25/11 vs. NE in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/07/11 @ VAN (80’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match Joined Fire on loan from Tigres UANL of Mexico for 2011 season Israeli citizen and U.S. green card holder #19–CORBEN BONE – 2011: 9 GP/6 GS, 0G, 1A in 452 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 9 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/14/2011 @ TOR (Barouch 75’) Member of Generation adidas program Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall of 2010 MLS SuperDraft Recorded 15 goals and 38 assists in three years of play at Wake
Forest University #99 – DIEGO CHAVES – 2011: 25 GP/16 GS, 4G, 1A in 1431 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 24 min., 09/25/11 vs. NE in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 04/23/11 vs. HOU (18’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/17/11 vs. CHV (Oduro 85’) Became first Fire player to score in his first three MLS appearances
with goal @ SEA on 4/9/2011 Joined Fire from Uruguayan giants Nacional #1 – JON CONWAY – 2011: 6 GP/6 GS, 0 W, 1 SO in 540 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 05/21/11 @ PHI in 2-1 loss LAST MLS WIN: 04/09/10 vs. RSL LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 05/07/10 vs. VAN (0-0 draw) Only player on 2011 Fire roster to win MLS Cup (San Jose 2001, 03) Oldest player on 2011 Fire roster at 33 #89 YAMITH CUESTA – 2011: 19 GP/18 GS, 0G, 0A in 1610 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 45 min., 09/17/11 vs. CHV in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored a first team MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/10/09 with CHV vs. KC (Braun, 71) #30 – ALEC DUFTY – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0 W, 0 SO LAST MLS MATCH: Played 82 min., 04/11/2009 @ HOU in 0-0 draw Signed with Fire 03/02/11 as developmental goalkeeper Spent the 2010 season with USSF Division 2’s AC St. Louis #88 – GABRIEL FERRARI – 2011: 3 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 17 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 8 min., 06/26/11 vs. NY in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match Signed with Serie A side Sampdoria in 2007 at the age of 18 Member of U.S. squad at 2007 FIFA U20 World Championships Born in New York City to an Italian father and Brazilian mother #3 – DAN GARGAN – 2011: 23 GP/19 GS, 1G, 0A in 1681 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 78 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/21/11 vs. TOR (69’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/07/10 vs. CHV (Attakora 21’) Acquired in a trade with Toronto for Dasan Robinson on 7/28/2011 Played with Fire goalkeeper Jon Conway in Toronto
#5 – CORY GIBBS – 2011: 23 GP/23 GS, 3G, 0A in 1933 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/17/11 vs. CHV (2’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 07/24/09 vs. DC (Davis 63’) Played and started in 25 matches during 2010 with the New England
Revolution – a career high in MLS Has appeared in 19 matches for the U.S. Men’s National Previously played with PSV Eindhoven (NED), St. Pauli (GER) and
ADO Den Haag (NED) #10 – SEBASTIAN GRAZZINI – 2011: 9 GP/9 GS, 3G, 4A in 600 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 25 min., 09/25/11 vs. NE in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/25/11 vs. NE (5’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/25/11 vs. NE (Oduro 9’) Signed on a free transfer on July 13, 2011 Last played for Club Atletico All Boys in the Argentine Primera Division #9 – BAGGIO HUSIDIC – 2011: 16 GP/8 GS, 0G, 1A in 726 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 65 min. 09/25/11 vs. NE in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 10/23/10 @ CHV (93+) LAST MLS ASSIST: 05/28/11 vs. SJ (Gibbs 80’) Finished 3rd on team in goals in 2010 behind Pappa (7) & McBride (6) Appeared in a career high 22 matches in 2010 Born in Bosnia, moved with family to Chicago area during the war in
Yugoslavia #25 – SEAN JOHNSON – 2011: 24 GP/24 GS, 7W, 7SO in 2160 min LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS WIN: 09/28/11 vs. RSL LAST MLS SHUTOUT: 09/28/11 vs. RSL (3-0 win) Earned U.S. Men’s National Team debut 1/22/11 vs. Chile in LA Member of Generation adidas program Youngest player to appear in goal for the Chicago Fire #28 – STEVEN KINNEY – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 58 min., 10/23/10 @CHV in 4-1 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/29/10 @ SJ (39’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/08/10 vs. CLB (Lowry 30’) Appeared in 13 matches, logging 963 minutes in rookie 2010 season First player out of Elon University to sign an MLS contract Made 78 appearances during his four-year college career at Elon
University #23 – JOSIP MIKULIC – 2011: 12 GP/11 GS, 0G, 0A in 935 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 70 min., 09/28/11 vs. RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: Has not scored in an MLS first team match LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match Came up through NK Zagreb youth system with fellow teammate
Marko Maric Was a member of the Croatian U19 Men’s National Team #29 – CRISTIAN NAZARIT – 2011: 12 GP/6 GS, 2G, 0A in 624 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 1 min., 08/21/11 vs. TOR in 2-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 07/09/11 @ LA (62’) LAST MLS ASSIST: Has not assisted in an MLS first team match Signed with the club from Independiente Santa Fe on May 4, 2011 Colombian youth international at the U17 and U20 levels Played with current Fire teammate Yamith Cuesta in 2009 South
American U20 World Cup qualifying #14 – PATRICK NYARKO – 2011: 26 GP/21 GS, 1G, 8A in 1957 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 81 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/25/11 vs. NE (30’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/28/11 @ RSL (Pappa 9’) 2010 team leader in assists with 10, a career high Has appeared in 57 of 60 regular season matches from 2009-10 Can play as a second striker or on either wing
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#8 – DOMINIC ODURO – 2011: 29 GP/25 GS, 11G, 2A in 2301 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/25/2011 vs. NE 9’ LAST MLS ASSIST: 04/30/11 @ COL (Pappa 43’) Scored first goal for the Fire on 4/17/11 vs. LA Was a teammate of Gonzalo Segares at Virginia Commonwealth in
2004 Has previous MLS experience with Houston, New York and Dallas #11 – DANIEL PALADINI – 2011: 19 GP/14 GS, 0G, 1A in 1277 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/06/2008 @ TOR (41’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/28/2011 @ RSL (Pappa 9’) Two-time Division 2 All-League Best XI Midfielder (2009-10) Helped Carolina RailHawks to 2010 USSFD2 Finals Drafted in 2006 by Los Angeles Galaxy #24 – PARI PANTAZOPOULOS – 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min LAST MLS MATCH: Has yet to play in an MLS first team match Emerged as the club’s Open Tryout winner to become the first player
to win the tryout to join the first team Started his professional career with Cypriot club ASIL Lysi Played in Greece with Zakynthos and, Korinthos Originally born in Athens, Greece, moved with family to Mt. Prospect,
IL in 1998 Grew up a Chicago Fire fan, idolizing the likes of Peter Nowak, Frank
Klopas and Roman Kosecki #16 – MARCO PAPPA – 2011: 26 GP/ 25 GS, 8G, 2A in 2128 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 09/28/11 @ RSL (75’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/13/11 @ NY (Oduro 16’) Scored a team high seven goals and added five assists in 2010 MLS
season Tallied three game winning goals in 2010 Won MLS Goal of the Year for strike on 4/10/10 vs. SJ Named to 2010 MLS All-Star Team Has appeared in 15 matches, scoring two goals for Guatemala
#17 – PAVEL PARDO – 2011: 10 GP/10 GS, 1G, 4A in 855 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 08/03/11 vs. PHI (54’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 09/28/11 vs. RSL (Pappa 36’) Appeared in the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cups for Mexico Appeared in over 300 matches for Club America in the Mexican
Primera Division Won the 2007 Bundesliga title with Stuttgart #12 – LOGAN PAUSE – 2011: 25 GP/24 GS, 0G, 0A in 2188 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/28/11 @ RSL in 3-0 win LAST MLS GOAL: 05/08/10 @ TOR (51’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 10/23/10 @ CHV (Carr 68’) Youngest player in Fire history to 200 regular season appearances,
sits fourth all-time with 210. Named 2011 Chicago Fire Captain Longest tenured member of the current roster Has earned six caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team Has appeared in 21+ games in every season since joining the Fire in
2003 Youngest Fire player to hit 200 MLS regular season appearances at 29 #27 – VICTOR PINEDA– 2011: 0 GP/0 GS, 0G, 0A in 0 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Has not appeared in a first team MLS match First Home Grown player signed by the Chicago Fire first team Helped Fire’s U16/17 Academy to 2010 National Championship A member of the U.S. U18 Men’s National Team
#13 – GONZALO SEGARES – 2011: 29 GP/29 GS, 0G, 3A in 2603 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 90 min., 09/17/11 vs. CHV in 3-2 win LAST MLS GOAL: 04/25/09 @ CLB (88’) LAST MLS ASSIST: 08/21/11 vs. TOR (Oduro 16’) Returned to the club in August 2010 after playing for Apollon in Cyprus With 8, sits second among Fire defenders for most goals all-time for
the club behind Lubos Kubik (15) Has appeared in 13 matches for the Costa Rican Men’s National Team Selected 35th overall (third round) by the Fire in the 2005 MLS
SuperDraft #21 – MICHAEL VIDEIRA – 2011: 6 GP/5 GS, 0G, 1A in 372 min. LAST MLS MATCH: Played 25 min., 04/23/11 vs. HOU in 1-1 draw LAST MLS GOAL: Has not score an MLS goal LAST MLS ASSIST: 03/26/11 vs KC (Puerari 40’) Played with both current teammates Cory Gibbs (New England) and
Alec Dufty (AC St. Louis) during 2010 Signed with Hamilton Academical of the Scottish Premier League in
2008 after playing four years at Duke Played for the U.S. U17 and U20 Men’s National Teams
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2011 Chicago Fire Team Lineups
3-19-11 @ FCD, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Mikulic D Gibbs M Ristic (Nyarko 42’) M Videira (Husidic 62’) M Pause M Pappa M Segares F Puerari F Chaves 1 (Barouch 75’)
3-26-11 vs. KC, W 3-2 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Mikulic D Gibbs D Segares M Nyarko (Robinson 89’) M Videira M Pause M Pappa 1 F Puerari 1 (Barouch 74’) F Chaves 1 (Oduro 89’)
4-9-11 @ SEA, L 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Robinson D Gibbs D Segares (Oduro 83’) M Nyarko (Barouch 89’) M Videira M Pause M Pappa F Puerari F Chaves 1
4-14-11 @ POR, L 4-2 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Robinson D Gibbs D Segares M Nyarko M Videira (Maric 56+’, Barouch 64’) M Pause M Pappa 2 F Puerari (Oduro 57’) F Chaves
4-17-11 vs. LA, L 2-1 GK Conway D Anibaba D Mikulic D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa M Videira (Oduro 59’) 1 M Pause (Nyarko 46’) M Paul F Puerari (Barouch 70’) F Chaves
4-23-11 vs. HOU, T 1-1 GK Conway D Anibaba (Robinson 76’) D Cuesta D Mikulic D Segares M Nyarko M Husidic (Videira 65’) M Pause M Pappa F Chaves 1 F Oduro (Puerari 82’)
4-30-11 @ COL, T 1-1 GK Conway D Anibaba D Cuesta D Mikulic (Robinson 37’) D Segares M Oduro M Puerari (Nyarko 89’) M Paladini M Bone (Barouch 74’) M Pappa 1 F Chaves
5-7-11 vs. VAN, T 0-0 GK Conway D Anibaba D Cuesta D Mikulic D Segares M Oduro M Puerari (Ristic 84’) M Paladini M Bone (Husidic 74’) M Pappa F Chaves
5-14-11 @ TOR, T 2-2 GK Conway D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro (Ristic 93+’) M Puerari (Barouch 58’) 1 M Paladini M Bone M Pappa 1 F Chaves (Husidic 91+’)
5-21-11 @ PHI, L 2-1 GK Conway D Cuesta D Gibbs D Ristic D Segares M Oduro 1 M Husidic (Puerari 60’) M Paladini M Bone (Pause 60’) M Pappa F Chaves (Barouch 56+’)
5-28-11 vs. SJ, T 2-2 GK Johnson D Ristic D Cuesta D Gibbs 1 D Segares M Oduro 1 (Puerari 81’) M Paladini (Husidic 76’) M Pause M Pappa F Nazarit F Chaves (Barouch 74’)
6-4-11 vs. SEA, T 0-0 GK Johnson D Ristic D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro M Paladini M Pause M Bone (Puerari 67’) F Nazarit (Barouch 67’) F Chaves (Nyarko 54’)
6-9-11 @ KC, T 0-0 GK Johnson D Ristic D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro M Paladini M Pause M Puerari (Chaves 71’) M Bone (Nyarko 56’) F Nazarit (Barouch 78’)
6-12-11 @ CLB, W 1-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro M Husidic (Paladini 84’) M Pause M Nyarko F Chaves (Nazarit 79’) F Puerari (Barouch 67’)
6-18-11 @ NE, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro 1 M Husidic (Paladini 74’) M Pause M Nyarko F Chaves (Barouch 63’) F Nazarit (Ferrari 85’)
3-30-11 US Open Cup Qualifier vs. COL, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba 1 D Cuesta (Robinson 60’) D Gibbs D Segares M Nyarko M Videira M Pause M Paul F Puerari 1 F Chaves (Barouch 90’)
5-24-11 US Open Cup Qualifier @ SJ, T 2-2 (5-4 PK) GK Johnson D Anibaba (Oduro 46’) D Robinson (Gibbs 88’) D Cuesta 1 D Segares M Ristic M Paladini M Pause M Pappa F Nazarit F Puerari (Barouch 46’) 1
6-22-11 vs. RSL, T 0-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Oduro M Husidic (Bone 80’) M Paladini M Nyarko F Chaves (Ferrari 86’) F Barouch (Pappa 70’)
6-26-11 vs. NY, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Ferrari 82’) 1 M Husidic (Bone 69’) M Paladini M Nyarko F Oduro F Barouch (Chaves 58’)
6-28-11 U.S. Open Cup @ ROC, W 1-0 GK Johnson D Ristic D Mikulic D Robinson (Anibaba 49’) D Pantazopoulos M Ferrari (Nyarko 46’) M Paladini M Videira M Bone F Chaves 1 F Nazarit
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7-2-11 @ CHV, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs (Mikulic 62’) D Segares M Pappa (Nazarit 64’) M Pause M Husidic M Nyarko F Chaves (Barouch 74’) F Oduro 1
7-9-11 @ LA, L 2-1 GK Johnson D Anibaba (Chaves 78’) D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa (Barouch 82’) M Pause M Paladini M Nyarko (Ristic 95+’) F Nazarit 1 F Oduro
7-12-11 U.S. Open Cup vs. NY,W 4-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta 1 D Mikulic D Segares M Pappa (Chaves 66’) M Pause M Paladini M Nyarko (Husidic 66’) F Nazarit (Barouch 46’) 2 F Oduro 1
7-16-11 vs. POR, L 1-0 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Cuesta D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa M Pause (Ristic 88’) M Paladini (Barouch 46’) M Nyarko F Nazarit F Oduro
7-23-11 WF Challenge vs. MAN UTD, L 3-1 GK Johnson (Conway 46’) D Anibaba (Videira 88’) D Cuesta (Mikulic 46’) D Gibbs (Robinson 88’) D Segares (Pantazopoulos 88’) M Pappa (Grazzini 62’) M Pause (Husidic 46’) M Paladini (Bone 88’) M Nyarko (Chaves 79’) F Nazarit (Barouch 46’) F Oduro (Ristic 72’)
8-3-11 vs. PHI, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Pause D Mikulic D Gibbs (Anibaba 6’) D Segares M Paladini M Pardo 1 M Pappa M Grazzini (Nazarit 66’) M Nyarko (Chaves 82’) F Oduro
8-7-11 @ VAN, L 4-2 GK Johnson D Pause D Mikulic D Cuesta D Segares M Paladini (Husidic 70’) M Pardo M Pappa (Barouch 56’) M Grazzini (Nazarit 56’) M Nyarko F Oduro 1
8-13-11 @ NY, T 2-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Cuesta D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa (Nazarit 73’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini 1(Chaves 67’) F Nyarko (Barouch 56’) F Oduro 1
8-18-11 vs. DC, T 1-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Cuesta D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa (Chaves 86’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini 1 (Paladini 72’) F Nyarko (Barouch 86’) F Oduro
8-21-11 vs. TOR, W 2-0 GK Johnson D Gargan 1 D Gibbs D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa (Barouch 73’) M Pardo M Pause M Grazzini (Nazarit 89’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1 (Husidic 91’+)
8-27-11 vs. COL, W 2-0 GK Johnson D Gargan D Gibbs 1 D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa M Pardo (Paladini 46’) M Pause M Grazzini F Nyarko (Barouch 76’) F Oduro 1 (Husidic 89’)
8-30-11 U.S. Open Cup vs. RIC, W 2-1 GK Johnson D Gargan D Gibbs D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa M Paladini M Pause M Grazzini 1 (Husidic 46’) F Nyarko F Oduro 1 (Chaves 87’)
9-10-11 @ SJ, L 2-0 GK Johnson D Pause D Gibbs D Anibaba D Gargan M Pappa (Barouch 72’) M Pardo M Husidic (Chaves 60’) M Grazzini F Nyarko F Oduro
9-14-11 FRIENDLY vs. CDG, L 1-0 GK Johnson (Conway 46’) D Anibaba (Gargan 46’) D Mikulic D Gibbs (Cuesta 46’) D Segares (Pantazopoulos 46’) M Pappa (Barouch 46’) M Pardo (Videira 46’) M Pause (Pineda 46’) M Husidic (Paladini 46’) M Nyarko (Nazarit 46’) F Chaves (Gulley 76’)
9-17-11 vs. CHV, 3-2 GK Johnson D Anibaba D Mikulic (Paladini 80’) D Gibbs 1 D Segares M Pappa (Chaves 80’) M Pardo M Grazzini (Cuesta 46’) M Pause F Nyarko F Oduro 1
9-25-11 vs. NE, 3-2 GK Johnson D Gargan D Mikulic D Anibaba D Segares M Pappa M Pardo M Grazzini 1 (Husidic 25’) M Pause F Nyarko 1 (Chaves 66’) F Oduro 1 (Barouch 77’)
9-28-11 @ RSL, W 3-2 GK Johnson D Gargan (Videira 78’) D Mikulic (Anibaba 70’) D Gibbs D Segares M Pappa 3 M Pardo M Paladini M Pause F Nyarko (Bone 81’) F Oduro
