1998 U.S. Open Cup final

The 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final was the 85th final of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the United States's oldest soccer cup competition. The match, contested by the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew, took place on October 30, 1998 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.[1] It was Chicago's and the Crew's first U.S Open Cup campaign and their first final in the U.S. Open Cup. The Chicago Fire won the game 2–1 in overtime thanks to goals from Jerzy Podbrożny and Frank Klopas while the Crew goal came from Stern John.[1]

1998 U.S. Open Cup Final
Event1998 U.S. Open Cup
DateOctober 30, 1998
VenueSoldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
RefereeArturo Angeles[1]
Attendance18,615[1]
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Fire defender, C. J. Brown, was named the Man of the Match after the game.[2]

The final was originally scheduled to take place on August 26, 1998, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but was postponed by a day after the arrival of Hurricane Bonnie.[3] After a second postponement, the match was moved to Chicago despite objections from the Columbus Crew front office.[4]

Match

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Details

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Chicago Fire2–1 (a.e.t.)Columbus Crew
Podbrożny   45' (pen.)
Klopas   99'
Report John   53'
Attendance: 18,615
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chicago Fire
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Columbus Crew
GK   Zach Thornton
RB   Luboš Kubík   14'
CB   C. J. Brown
CB   Francis Okaroh
LB   Chris Armas
MF   Jesse Marsch
MF   Ritchie Kotschau   91'
MF   Piotr Nowak
MF   Josh Wolff
CF '   Ante Razov
CF   Jerzy Podbrożny
Substitutes:
MF   Josh Keller   14'   77'
MF   Zak Ibsen   77'
FW   Frank Klopas   91'
Manager:
  Bob Bradley
GK   Juergen Sommer
RB   Mike Clark
CB   Thomas Dooley
CB   Ricardo Iribarren
LB   Ansil Elcock
MF   Robert Warzycha   78'
MF   Andy Williams
MF   Brian Maisonneuve   67'
MF   Rob Smith
FW   Stern John
FW   Brian McBride
Substitutes:
MF   Todd Yeagley   67'
MF   Jason Farrell   78'
Manager:
  Tom Fitzgerald

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Michael Kennedy[1]
    • Alberto Echeverria[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Overtime if necessary.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "1998 Lamar Hunt United States Open Cup". The US Open Cup. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Game Recap Friday, October 30, 1998". Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Archived from the original on November 3, 1999. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Foltman, Bob (August 28, 1998). "Fire's quest for a title blown away by Bonnie". Chicago Tribune. sec. 4, p. 9. Retrieved May 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Merz, Craig (October 4, 1998). "U.S. Open Cup move irks Rootes". The Columbus Dispatch. p. F11.